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1999 in art

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Events

  • 28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
  • July – After 158 years of an empty plinth, Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo becomes the first work displayed on the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London.
  • 11 December – After 19 years of work, restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes is completed in the Vatican City.
  • The Stuckism movement is founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson.
  • Discovery of Venus of Tan-Tan (300,000–500,000 BP) in Morocco, the earliest known artefact to show evidence of human artistic input.

    • Exhibitions

  • 11 March – Jackson Pollock retrospective opens at the Tate London.

    • Works

  • Christ Child (sculpture), London
  • Louise Bourgeois – Maman
  • Maurizio Cattelan – La Nona Ora (sculpture)
  • Tracey Emin – My Bed (exhibited at Tate Gallery)
  • Andreas Gursky – color photographs
  • 99 Cent II Diptychon (diptych)
  • Rhein II
  • Anish Kapoor – Taratantara (Baltic Flour Mill, Gateshead)
  • Cornelia Parker – Hanging Fire (Suspected Arson) (installation)
  • Persephone Unbound
  • Neo Rauch – Tal

    • Awards

  • Archibald Prize – Euan MacLeod, Self portrait/head like a hole
  • Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
  • Turner Prize – Steve McQueen

    • -The Venice Biennial-

    Contents

  • The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for Lifetime Achievement: Louise Bourgeois (USA), Bruce Nauman (USA)
  • The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: Monica Bonvicini, Bruna Esposito, Luisa Lambri, Paola Pivi, Grazia Toderi (Italy)

    • January to June

  • 28 January – Markey Robinson, Irish painter (born 1918)
  • 5 February – Nicholas Krushenick, American pop art painter (born 1929)
  • 9 February – Richard Allen, American Minimalist, Abstract, Systems, Fundamental and Geometric painter (born 1933)
  • 18 February – Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (born 1906)
  • 10 March – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919)
  • 15 March – Harry Callahan, American photographer (born 1912)
  • 20 March – Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (born 1920)
  • 29 March – Lucien Aigner, Hungarian photographer (born 1901)
  • 24 April – Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1920)
  • 2 May – Tibor Kalman, Hungarian-American graphic designer (born 1949)
  • 12 May – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator (born 1914)
  • 15 June – John Glashan, Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright (born 1927)
  • 19 June – Oton Gliha, Croatian painter (born 1914)
  • 30 June – Edouard Boubat, French photographer (born 1923)

    • July to December

  • 14 July – Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor, painter and set designer (born 1928)
  • 15 August – Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster (born 1910)
  • 21 August – Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer and gallerist (born 1907)
  • 22 August – Yann Goulet, French sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (born 1914)
  • 30 August – Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist (born 1910)
  • 13 September – Miriam Davenport, American painter and sculptor (born 1915)
  • 4 October – Bernard Buffet, French painter (born 1928)
  • 23 October - Albert Tucker, Australian Expressionist painter (born 1914)
  • 27 October – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)
  • 4 November – Richard Clements, Australian painter (born 1951)
  • 18 November
  • Horst P. Horst, German American photographer (born 1906)
  • Stephen Greene painter (born 1917)
  • 12 December – Paul Cadmus, American painter (born 1904)
  • 28 December – Louis Féraud, French fashion designer and artist (born 1921)

    • References

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