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[edit] Events
- 31 August - Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are recovered in a police raid in Oslo, Norway.
- Rembrandt 400: Series of activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize - Marcus Wills, The Paul Juraszek Monolith
- Beck's Futures - Matt Stokes, Long After Tonight
- Caldecott Medal - Chris Raschka, The Hello, Goodbye Window
- Turner Prize - Tomma Abts
- Wynne prize - John Beard, The Gap
[edit] Exhibitions
- The Masterpieces Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Jan 2-Dec 31, 2006
- All the Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jan 26-Dec 31, 2006
- Rembrandt - Caravaggio Van Gogh Museum in cooperation with the Rijksmuseum, Feb 24-Jun 18, 2006
- A summer with Rembrandt Mauritshuis, The Hague, Jun 26-Sep 18, 2006
- Rembrandt, the Etcher The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, Jul 8-Sep 3, 2006
- Rodin (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23 Sep 2006—1 Jan 2007)
- Everyone Sang: a view of Siegfried Sassoon and his world by 25 contemporary painters (Francis Kyle Gallery, London, November-December)
- Peter Prendergast retrospective, Oriel Ynys Môn, 14 Jan – 26 Feb 2006 (toured throughout UK)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to March
- 1 January - John Latham, Zambian conceptual artist (b.1921).
- 8 January - Mimmo Rotella, Italian artist and poet (b.1918).
- 14 January - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b.1939).
- 29 January - Nam June Paik, South Korean-born American video artist (b.1932).
- 15 February - Joash Woodrow, English artist (b.1927).
- 23 February - Mauri Favén, Finnish painter (b.1920).
- 4 March - David Rose, American animator (b.1910).
- 4 March - Edgar Valter, Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books (b.1929).
- 9 March - Jean Leymarie, French art historian (b.1919).
- 25 March - Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b.1950).
- 27 March - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b.1925).
- 28 March - Pro Hart, Australian painter (b.1928).
[edit] April to June
- 5 April - Allan Kaprow, American painter, assemblagist and art theorist (b.1927).
- 23 April - Isaac Witkin, South African sculptor (b.1936).
- 3 May - Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor and poet (b.1921).
- 8 May - Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer (b.1938).
- 9 May - Edouard Jaguer, French poet and art critic (b.1924).
- 27 May - Alex Toth, American comic book artist and cartoonist (b.1928).
[edit] July to December
- 8 July - Catherine Leroy, French photographer (b.1945).
- 15 July - Andrée Ruellan, American painter (b.1905).
- 28 July - Richard Mock, American painter, sculptor and cartoonist (b.1944).
- 1 August - Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (b.1965).
- 4 August - Julio Galán, Mexican artist (b.1958).
- 20 August - Joe Rosenthal, American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer (b.1911).
- 26 August - Vladimir Tretchikoff, Russian artist (b.1913).
- 1 September - Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b.1918).
- 26 November - Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b.1943).
- 16 December - Larry Zox, American painter and printmaker (b.1937).
- 18 December - Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (b.1905).