2001 in art
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The year 2001 in art involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- 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.
- 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.cghdh
[edit] Other Artworks
- Jeremy Deller - Battle of Orgreave
- Tracy Harris - Funnel
[edit] Deaths
- January 30 - O. Winston Link, photographer (b. 1914)
- February 18 - Balthus, painter (b. 1908)
- June 19 - David Sylvester, Art Critic and curator (b. 1924)
- November 19 - Marcelle Ferron, painter and stained-glass artist (b. 1924)
