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2001 in art
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[edit] Events
- 1 January - A black monolith measuring approximately 9 feet tall appears in Seattle, Washington's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- 11 September - An estimated $100 million worth of art was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. Public artwork accounted for around $10 million of this figure, which included works by Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, and Roy Lichtenstein.
- 17 July - Inauguration of the Altamira caves's replica created by Manuel Franquelo and Sven Nebel.
[edit] Full date unknown
- A new wing in the Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery of the University of Tel Aviv, Israel, is dedicated to the memory of Michel Kikoine.
[edit] Exhibitions
- Max Beckmann retrospective at the Pompidou Centre, Paris
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize - Nicholas Harding for John Bell as King Lear
- Beck's Futures - Tim Stoner
- Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Giuseppe Penone
- Turner Prize - Martin Creed for The lights going on and off.
[edit] Works
- Jeremy Deller - Battle of Orgreave
- Tracy Harris - Funnel
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 30 January - O. Winston Link, American photographer. (b.1914).
- 12 February - Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German film actress, producer and photographer (b.1912).
- 18 February - Balthus, French modern artist (b.1908).
- 4 March - Jean René Bazaine, French painter, stained glass window designer and writer (b.1904).
- 4 March - Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b.1916).
- 1 June - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b.1920).
- 19 June - David Sylvester, English art critic and curator (b.1924).
[edit] July to December
- 4 July - Anne Yeats, Irish painter and stage designer (b.1919).
- 11 July - Herman Brood, Dutch musician, painter and media personality (b.1946).
- July - Hélène de Beauvoir, French painter (b.1910).
- 23 October - Josh Kirby, English commercial artist (b.1928).
- 23 October - Daniel Wildenstein, French international art dealer and scholar (b.1917).
- 19 November - Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b.1924).