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2000 in art
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[edit] Events
- 13 February - The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles Schulz.
- 9 March - The FBI arrests art forgery suspect Ely Sakhai in New York City.
- 12 May - Opening of the Tate Modern in London.
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- Constantine Andreou receives the Légion d'honneur.
[edit] Exhibitions
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery, London
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
[edit] Works
- Eduardo Chillida - Berlin
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize - Adam Cullen, Portrait of David Wenham
- Beck's Futures - Roderick Buchanan
- Turner Prize - Wolfgang Tillmans
[edit] Deaths
- 19 February - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian painter, architect and sculptor (b.1928).
- 26 February - Louisa Matthíasdóttir, Icelandic-American painter (b.1917).
- 26 April - Gregory Gillespie, American magic realist painter (b.1936).
- 9 June - Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b.1917).
- 25 August - Carl Barks, American illustrator and comic book creator (b.1901).
- 19 September - Anthony Robert Klitz, English artist (b.1917).
- 4 December - Ansgar Elde, Swedish ceramic artist (b.1933).