1997 in art

none August 2012 1997 art Events from the year 1997 in art. Events January 27 – It is revealed that French museums have nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis. February 22 – Gustav Klimt's Portrait of a Lady (overpainted 1917 on Portrait of a Young Lady) is stolen from the Galleria d'arte moderna Ricci Oddi in Piacenza, Italy. It is recovered from a hiding place in the exterior of the building in December 2019.Portrait of a Lady: Painting found in wall confirmed as stolen Klimt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51156682 BBC News 2020-01-17 2020-01-28 March 6 – Pablo Picasso's Tête de Femme is stolen from the Lefevre Gallery in London's Mayfair by an armed robber. 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.http://www.artcrimes.net/myra Art crimes: Myra 2015-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302170505/http://www.artcrimes.net/myra 2015-03-02 dead October 18 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, is opened. December 2 – Is Painting Dead?, a discussion on ITV in the UK following this year's Turner Prize award, becomes notorious for artist Tracey Emin appearing drunk and storming off.Is Painting Dead? 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. Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum is established by conceptual artist Genco Gulan in Turkey as an art project.Gibbons Fiachra 2006-06-13 https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/arts/13iht-rcarturk.1962923.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all Istanbul set to stamp its culture credentials International Herald Tribune 2012-06-01Lubelski Abraham 2006-12-22 http://www.artfairsinternational.com/?p=63 Contemporary Istanbul https://web.archive.org/web/20070211020415/http://www.artfairsinternational.com/?p=63 2007-02-11 Art Fairs International 2012-06-01 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.http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=104057&sectioncode=26 The art of science Times Higher Education London 1997-10-10 2012-07-25https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/382102401.html?dids=382102401:382102401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07%2C+2003&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=Find+your+Primitive+Streak&pqatl=google https://archive.today/20130201082241/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/382102401.html?dids=382102401:382102401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07,+2003&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=Find+your+Primitive+Streak&pqatl=google dead February 1, 2013 Find Your Primitive Streak Evening Times Glasgow 2003-08-07 2012-07-25Marek Kohn Helen and Kate Storey: science and art engaging the public London Wellcome Trust 2011 Documenta X opens in Kassel. October 29 until February 28, 1998 - Jackie Winsor: Sculpture at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York.https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4610 Jackie Winsor: Sculpture 4 September 2024 Awards Archibald Prize – Nigel Thomson, Barbara Blackman John Moores Painting Prize - Dan Hays for "Harmony in Green"http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/history/prizewinners-exhibition/paintings/dan_hays.aspx Harmony in Green by Dan Hays (born 1966) - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 28 November 2018 Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Torsten Andersson Turner Prize – Gillian Wearing -The Venice Biennial- 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 Category:1997 paintings Category:1997 sculptures Matthew Barney - The Erich Weiss Suitehttps://www.observer.com/2010/06/at-the-jewish-museum-houdini-makes-pigeons-appear/amp/ At the Jewish Museum, 'Houdini' Makes Pigeons Appear The New York Observer 16 June 2010 Norman Bluhm - Ode to Apollohttps://hyperallergic.com/norman-bluhm-metamorphosis-newark-museum-of-art/ Louise Bourgeois – Eye Benches I, II and III (Seattle) Maurizio Cattelan – Turisti (installation, first version) Thornton Dial - The Bridge dedicated to Congressman John Lewis at John Lewis Plaza in Freedom Park in Atlanta, Georgiahttps://www.ocaatlanta.com/ocas-public-art-program-restores-sculpture-dedicated-to-congressman-john-lewis/ City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs | OCA's Public Art Program Restores Sculpture Dedicated to Congressman John Lewis Lucian Freud – Eight Months Gone Zenos Frudakis – Statue of Ellis Arnall (Atlanta) Antony Gormley – Another Place (sculpture) Rodney Graham – Vexation Island (film loop) Philip Jackson Gurkha Memorial, London Raoul Wallenberg Monument, London Larry Kirkland – Garden Wreath (installation, Portland, Oregon) Gabriel Koren - El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X placed at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York Cityhttps://www1.nyc.gov/site/dclapercentforart/projects/projects-detail.page?recordID=147 Projects Detail Viewer - Percent for Art 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)Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog) Hurlston David 2010 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne etal 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.) Richard Serra - Snake (completed)Richard Serra Snake https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/3 2024-08-20 The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation en-US Gillian Wearing – 10–16 (video) Films The Dog of Flanders: The Movie Deaths 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). March 31 – Nandor Glid, Yugoslav and Serbian sculptor (b.1924). 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; murdered)https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/march/serial-killers-part-6-andrew-cunanan-murders-a-fashion-icon FBI – Serial Killers, Part 6: Andrew Cunanan murders a fashion icon FBI dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160702022814/https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/march/serial-killers-part-6-andrew-cunanan-murders-a-fashion-icon 2 July 2016 July 16 – Dora Maar, French photographer, poet and painter, lover of Pablo Picasso (b. 1907)http://www.lemondedesarts.com/ArticleDoraMaar.htm Dora Maar ( 1907 - 1997 ) www.lemondedesarts.com 2024-09-06 2019-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20191031013058/http://www.lemondedesarts.com/ArticleDoraMaar.htm dead August 4 – Tom Eckersley, English poster artist (b. 1914) September 6 – Jean-Pierre Sudre, French photographer (b. 1921)Jean-Pierre Sudre Jean-Pierre Sudre Actes Sud 2003 9782742743940 202 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)https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-25-mn-46691-story.html Claire Falkenstein; Prolific and Innovative Sculptor Oliver Myrna October 25, 1997 Los Angeles Times February 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105172237/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/25/news/mn-46691 November 5, 2012 live November 26 - Philip Berman, art collector, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania (b. 1915Pace Eric 1997-12-02 Philip I. Berman, Art Collector And Museum Benefactor, 82 (Published 1997) en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/02/arts/philip-i-berman-art-collector-and-museum-benefactor-82.html 2021-01-13 0362-4331 December 16 – Lillian Disney, American artist and wife of Walt Disney (b. 1899)https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/18/arts/walt-disney-s-widow-lillian-dies-at-98.html Walt Disney's Widow, Lillian, Dies at 98 Weinraub Bernard December 18, 1997 The New York Times 0362-4331 September 6, 2016 Full date unknown Jean Pierre Capron, French painter (b.1921). References Category:Years of the 20th century in art Category:1990s in art