2000 in art

none July 2011March 2020 2000 art The year 2000 in art involved various significant events. Events February – Opening of the New Art Gallery Walsall in the West Midlands of England. 13 February – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles Schulz.https://marquettewire.org/3987108/ae/peanuts-still-remembered-loved-today/ 'Peanuts' still remembered, loved today – Marquette Wire 19 August 2018 19 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182215/https://marquettewire.org/3987108/ae/peanuts-still-remembered-loved-today/ live 9 March – The FBI arrests art forgery suspect Ely Sakhai in New York City.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5219352 Two charged in $7 million fake-art scheme - US news - Crime & courts NBC News 16 June 2004 19 August 2018 19 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150048/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5219352/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/two-charged-fake-art-scheme/#.W3lbeegzaUk live May – Christie's withdraws a forgery of Paul Gauguin's Vase de Fleurs (Lilas) from auction. 11 May – Official opening of the Tate Modern in London. 7 August – DeviantART is launched in the United States. 12 October – Official opening of The Lowry theatre and gallery centre in Salford, England (designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold). 22 December – Nationalmuseum robbery: a self-portrait by Rembrandt and two Renoir paintings are stolen from the museum in Stockholm in Sweden. Full date unknown First publication of the Hockney–Falco thesis in art history.Charles M. Falco Charles M. Falco David Hockney David Hockney Optical Insights into Renaissance Art Optics & Photonics News 2000 11 7 52 10.1364/OPN.11.7.000052 2000OptPN..11...52H Constantine Andreou receives the Légion d'honneur. Exhibitions Felix Gonzalez-Torres retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery, London Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Excessivism exhibition at the LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Works Category:2000 sculptures Lee Bae - issu du Feu (part of an ongoing series)https://www.fondation-maeght.com/issu-du-feu-lee-bae/ Issu du feu, Lee Bae Florence Monnier 15 December 2020 Fondation Maeght Jake and Dinos Chapman – Hellhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/16/jake-and-dinos-chapman-how-we-made-hell Jake and Dinos Chapman: how we made Hell Art and design The Guardian 16 June 2015 19 August 2018 19 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150114/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/16/jake-and-dinos-chapman-how-we-made-hell live Abbott Kate Eduardo Chillida – Berlin (sculpture) Martin Creed – Work No. 227: The lights going on and off (installation) Lucian Freud - After Cézannehttps://nga.gov.au/freud/#:~:text=Lucian%20Freud's%20After%20C%C3%A9zanne%20is,Paul%20C%C3%A9zanne's%20Afternoon%20in%20Naples.&text=After%20C%C3%A9zanne%20was%20Freud's%20principal,charcoal%20and%20then%20in%20paint Lucian Freud After Cezanne 19 April 2021 19 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210419090449/https://nga.gov.au/freud/#:~:text=Lucian%20Freud's%20After%20C%C3%A9zanne%20is,Paul%20C%C3%A9zanne's%20Afternoon%20in%20Naples.&text=After%20C%C3%A9zanne%20was%20Freud's%20principal,charcoal%20and%20then%20in%20paint live Diana Lee Jackson – Statue of Bill Bowerman (sculpture, Eugene, Oregon) Leo Lankinen (died 1996) – Cross of Sorrow (memorial in Russian Karelia) Lorenzo Pace – Triumph of the Human Spirit (public monument, Foley Square, New York City) Tad Savinar – Constellation (sculpture series, Portland, Oregon) Ian Sinclair, Jackie Staude, David Davies and Alistair Knox – Fairfield Industrial Dog Object Betty Spindler – Hot Dog (ceramic sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum) Paul Tzanetopoulos with Ted Tonio Tanaka architects – "Untitled" (kinetic light installation, LAX, Los Angeles)http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/lax_gateway.html Paul Tzanetopoulos, LAX Gateway Pylon Project Kinetic Light Installation (Untitled) 27 March 2020 27 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200327100849/http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/lax_gateway.html usurped Rachel Whiteread – Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial, Vienna Bill Woodrow – Regardless of History, for the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London Makoto Yukimura – Planetes Awards Archibald Prize – Adam Cullen, Portrait of David Wenham Beck's Futures – Roderick Buchanan Hugo Boss Prize – Marjetica Potrč Turner Prize – Wolfgang Tillmans Films Pollock Deaths 17 January – Norman Blamey, British painter (b. 1914)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/25/guardianobituaries1 Norman Blamey 25 January 2000 The Guardian Andrew Wilton 17 August 2024 19 February – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian painter, architect and sculptor (b. 1928)Martin Pawley https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/apr/14/guardianobituaries2 Friedensreich Hundertwasse – Maverick architect building against the grain The Guardian 14 April 2000 26 August 2021 26 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210826134803/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/apr/14/guardianobituaries2 live 26 February – Louisa Matthíasdóttir, Icelandic-American painter (b. 1917)https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/02/arts/louisa-matthiasdottir-83-whose-paintings-merged-styles.html Louisa Matthiasdottir, 83, Whose Paintings Merged Styles March 2, 2000 Roberta Smith The New York Times 17 August 2024 31 March – Gisèle Freund, German-born French photographer (b. 1908)Gisele Freund Obituary https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/apr/01/guardianobituaries1 The Guardian April 2000 22 January 2018 15 April Edward Gorey, American illustrator (b. 1925) Kelley Tina Edward Gorey, Eerie Illustrator And Writer, 75 The New York Times April 16, 2000 https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/edward-gorey-eerie-illustrator-and-writer-75.html 26 August 2021 24 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201024125947/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/edward-gorey-eerie-illustrator-and-writer-75.html live Todd Webb, American photographer (b. 1905) Todd Webb, 94, Peripatetic Photographer The New York Times April 22, 2000 https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/22/arts/todd-webb-94-peripatetic-photographer.html August 17, 2024 16 April – Henry Bird, British muralist (b. 1909)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/11/guardianobituaries.ianmayes Ian Mayes Henry Bird Obituary 11 May 2000 The Guardian 17 August 2024 26 April – Gregory Gillespie, American magic realist painter (b. 1936) 8 May – Stanley Boxer, American painter (b. 1926) 3 June – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker and graphic artist (b. 1922)Barnes Bart June 6, 2000 Sculptor, Graphic Artist Leonard Baskin, 77, Dies The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/06/06/sculptor-graphic-artist-leonard-baskin-77-dies/9f9cfc53-68d0-45d1-8080-52f66d24c51d/ May 28, 2020 28 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170828195803/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/06/06/sculptor-graphic-artist-leonard-baskin-77-dies/9f9cfc53-68d0-45d1-8080-52f66d24c51d/ live 9 June – Jacob Lawrence, African American painter (b. 1917) 2 July - Constance Howard, English textile artist (b. 1910) 10 July – Gertrud Arndt, German photographer (b. 1903) 17 July – Aligi Sassu, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2000/07/19/1070/artist-aligi-sassu-dies-aged-88.html Majorca Daily Bulletin 19 July 2000 Artist Aligi Sassu dies aged 88 17 August 2024 5 August – Tullio Crali, Italian Futurist painter (b. 1910)August 2024 25 August – Carl Barks, American illustrator and comic book creator (b. 1901) 19 September – Anthony Robert Klitz, English artist (b. 1917) 19 October – Hans Moller, German born American painter 3 December – Frank Roper, English metal sculptor and stained glass artist (b. 1914) 4 December – Ansgar Elde, Swedish ceramic artist (b. 1933) References Category:2000s in art Category:Years of the 20th century in art