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1997 in art

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Events

  • January 27 – It is revealed that French museums have nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis.
  • March 6 – Pablo Picasso's Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery. It is recovered a week later.
  • April 27 – Andrew Cunanan murders Jeffrey Trail, beginning a murder spree that will last until July and end with the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace.
  • September 8 - Marcus Harvey's controversial painting of Myra Hindley goes on display at the Royal Academy of Art in London and is vandalised twice, by two different artists, on the opening day.
  • October 18 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, is opened.

    • Full date unknown

  • Puppy by Jeff Koons is moved from Sydney Harbour to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
  • Robert Colescott becomes the first African-American to represent the United States in a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennial.
  • Patricia Martín conceives La Colección Jumex in Mexico City.

    • Exhibitions

  • Sensation opens at the Royal Academy of Art in London.
  • Kate and Helen Storey's Primitive Streak opens at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
  • Documenta X opens in Kassel.

    • Awards

  • Archibald Prize – Nigel Thomson, Barbara Blackman
  • Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Torsten Andersson
  • Turner Prize – Gillian Wearing

    • -The Venice Biennial-

    Contents

  • The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for Lifetime Achievement: Emilio Vedova (Italy), Agnes Martin (USA)
  • The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: France exhibiting the work of Fabrice Hyber

    • Artworks

  • Louise Bourgeois – Eye Benches I, II and III (Seattle)
  • Lucian Freud – Eight Months Gone
  • Antony Gormley – Another Place (sculpture)
  • Philip Jackson – Gurkha Memorial, London
  • Larry Kirkland – Garden Wreath (installation, Portland, Oregon)
  • Sarah Lucas – Bunny Gets Snookered (installation, including Pauline Bunny)
  • Ron Mueck – Dead Dad, Angel, Big Baby II and III, Man in a Sheet and Mask (Self Portrait) (sculptures)
  • Odd Nerdrum
  • The Savior of Painting
  • Self-Portrait in Golden Cape
  • Cornelia Parker
  • Mass (Colder Darker Matter) (installation)
  • The Negative of Whispers (sculpture of found material)
  • Pornographic Drawings
  • Martin Puryear – Bearing Witness (sculpture, Washington, D.C.)
  • Gillian Wearing – 10–16 (video)

    • January to June

  • January 23 – Jeremy Maas, English art dealer and historian of Victorian painting (b. 1928).
  • January 25 – Dan Barry, American cartoonist (b. 1923)
  • February 2 – Theodoros Stamos, Greek American abstract expressionist painter (b.1922).
  • March 7 – Martin Kippenberger, German artist (b.1953).
  • March 11 – Sam Golden, paint maker (b.1915).
  • March 15 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French artist (b.1906).
  • March 19 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch born American abstract expressionist painter (b.1904).
  • April 16 – Roland Topor, French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker (b.1938).
  • April 20 – Jean Louis, French costume designer (b.1907).
  • April 22 – Reg Gammon, English painter and illustrator (b.1894)
  • May 23 – James Lee Byars, American artist (b.1932).

    • July to December

  • July 15 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, murdered (b.1946).
  • July 16 – Dora Maar, French photographer, poet and painter, lover of Pablo Picasso (b.1907).
  • August 4 – Tom Eckersley, English poster artist (b.1914)
  • September 6 – Jean-Pierre Sudre, French photographer (b.1921)
  • September 29 – Roy Lichtenstein, American pop artist (b.1923).
  • October 22 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and animation director (b.1905).
  • October 23 – Claire Falkenstein, American sculptor and painter (b.1908).
  • December 16 – Lillian Disney, American artist and wife of Walt Disney (b.1899).

    • Full date unknown

  • Jean Pierre Capron, French painter (b.1921).

    • References

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