2010 in art

none March 2012 2010 art The year 2010 in art involved various significant events. Events February 3 – The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million, at this time a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/03/giacometti-sculpture-lhom_n_448243.html Giacometti Sculpture 'L'Homme qui marche I' Fetches $104.3 Million The Huffington Post February 3, 2010 Lila Shapiro February 3, 2010 February–March – Artist Michael Landy hosts the Art Bin.http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article7057249.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20110615072321/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article7057249.ece dead June 15, 2011 Michael Landy: make it, break it? Love it March 11, 2010 The Times London Times Newspapers Ltd March 30, 2010 Ben Hoyle March – Lawrence Salander, the former proprietor of the now closed Salander/O'Reilly Galleries pleads guilty to 29 felony counts of grand larceny and in August is sentenced to six to eighteen years in prison.Bloomberg Retrieved August 4, 2010 March 3 – The New Museum in New York sparks controversy with Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection by deciding to exhibit works from the private collection of one of its trustees. May – MAXXI the new and first Italian national museum of contemporary art designed by architect Zaha Hadid opens in Rome.https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/06/maxxi-rome-zaha-hadid MAXXI: Zaha Hadid's Rome museum joins pantheon of the greats TheGuardian.com June 5, 2010 May 4 – Nude, Green Leaves and Bust a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso is sold at Christie's for $106.5 million.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/arts/design/10auction.html Christie's Wins Bid to Auction $150 Million Brody Collection The New York Times March 9, 2010 Vogel Carol There are more than half a dozen bidders, while the winning bid is taken via telephone.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36950780 Picasso painting sells for record $106.5 million - THE ARTS NBC News May 5, 2010 May 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100507012157/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36950780/ns/today-entertainment/ May 7, 2010 live mdy-all May 20 – Five paintings including works by Picasso and Matisse worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.Hewage Tim Thief Steals Paintings In Paris Art Heist http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum May 20, 2010 Sky News May 20, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100826021142/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum August 26, 2010 Jones Sam Picasso and Matisse masterpieces stolen from Paris museum https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/20/picasso-matisse-stolen-paris-museum May 20, 2010 The Guardian May 20, 2010 London June 9 – American Cable television Bravo premieres a new series Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, judges included Jerry Saltz, China Chow Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Bill Powers, and Simon de Pury. June 16 – The Royal Cornwall Museum in England sells two Victorian paintings (Herbert James Draper's The Sea Maiden and Ernest Normand's Bondage) at Christie's to help secure its finances.The Independent London 26 July 2010 Jenkins Tiffany Don't put a price on our national treasures https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/donrsquot-put-a-price-on-our-national-treasures-2035297.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/donrsquot-put-a-price-on-our-national-treasures-2035297.html May 1, 2022 subscription 2012-05-11 August – Launch of John Moores Painting Prize China.Walker Art Gallery. Accessed 26 March 2015 October – Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds (painted porcelain) installed in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. December 6 – Museo del Novecento (Museum of Twentieth Century), dedicated to Italian Art of the Twentieth Century, with a small collection of other related European art opens in Milan.http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/tur/en/arteecultura/musei/pitturaescultura/museo_novecento Yesmilano.it the official website for the promotion of the city of Milan | Homepage Exhibitions January 20 until April 18 – The Drawings of Bronzino at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.The Drawings of Bronzino https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2010/bronzino-drawings live metmuseum.org https://web.archive.org/web/20120203221148/http://www.metmuseum.org:80/exhibitions/listings/2010/bronzino-drawings February 3, 2012 March 14 until May 31 – Marina Abramović, "The Artist is Present" at MoMA in New York City.https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/marina-abramovic-marina-abramovic-the-artist-is-present-2010 MoMA | Marina Abramović. The Artist is Present. 2010 "Matisse: Radical Invention 1913–1917" at The Art Institute of Chicago (March 20 – June 20) and MoMA, New York (July 18 – October 11), curated by Stephanie D'Alessandro and John Elderfield.https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/968 Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917 | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art June 13 until September 12 - Picasso Looks at Degas at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.https://www.clarkart.edu/microsites/picasso-looks-at-degas/paris-picasso-discovers-degas Paris: Picasso Discovers Degas September 24 until January 11, 2011 – Bronzino Artist and Poet at the Court of The Medici in Florence, Italy.https://www.palazzostrozzi.org/en/archivio/exhibitions/bronzino/ Bronzino October 20 until January 30, 2011 – "David Hockney: Fleurs Fraiches (Fresh Flowers)" at the Foundation Pierre Bergé—Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, curated by Charlie Scheips.https://www.vogue.com/article/david-hockneys-fresh-flowers David Hockney's Fresh Flowers October 18, 2010 December 19 until March 21, 2011 – "Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures" at MoMA in New York City.https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1086?locale=en Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures | MoMA Works Category:2010 sculptures Maurizio Cattelan – "L.O.V.E" (sculpture)https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Maurizio_Cattelan/2/l-o-v-e/19335 L.O.V.E | Maurizio CATTELAN (2010) | PERROTIN www.perrotin.com Olafur Eliasson – Colour Activity House (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan)https://www.kanazawa21.jp/data_list.php?g=30&d=10&lng=e Colour activity house 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa 2017-02-27 Loren Madsen - Nobori (sculpture)https://www.karlstirnerartstrail.org/nobori/ Nobori – KARL STIRNER ARTS TRAIL Teresa Margolles – Muro Ciudad Juárez (installation/sculpture)https://universes.art/en/venice-biennale/2019/fast-tour-2/teresa-margolles Teresa Margolles. Venice Biennale 2019 Jonathan Meese – Die Humpty-Dumpty-Maschine der totalen Zukunft (sculpture) Julie Mehretu – Mural at Goldman Sachs Headquarters in New York Cityhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/03/29/big-art-big-money Big Art, Big Money The New Yorker March 22, 2010 Cy Twombly - Ceiling Mural in the Salle des Bronzes of the Louvre in Paris, Francehttps://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/02/18/cy-twombly-foundation-absolutely-prepared-to-take-legal-action-after-louvre-destroys-artists-ceiling-painting-in-renovation-works Cy Twombly foundation 'absolutely prepared to take legal action' after Louvre 'destroys' artist's ceiling painting in renovation works February 18, 2021 Awards Archibald Prize – Sam Leach for "Tim Minchin"https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/tim-minchin-portrait-wins-archibald-prize-20100326-r1e9.html Tim Minchin portrait wins Archibald prize March 26, 2010 Artes Mundi Prize – Yael Bartana Bucksbaum Award – Michael Asher,Bucksbaum Award https://web.archive.org/web/20120229142006/http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?pagina=news_det&id=742&det=ok&title=Michael-Asher-wins-Bucksbaum-Award February 29, 2012 Retrieved August 15, 2010 Henry Hope Reed Award for classical art and design – Vincent ScullyRecipients of the classical art Reed Award http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/ University of Notre Dame School of Architecture 5 April 2014 https://archive.today/20130409233708/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/ April 9, 2013 dead mdy-all John Moores Painting Prize – Keith Coventry for "Spectrum Jesus"http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/recent-exhibitions/jm2010/prizewinners/coventry.aspx 'Spectrum Jesus', Keith Coventry – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 28 November 2018 Deaths January 5 – Kenneth Noland, 85, American Color Field painterhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/08/kenneth-noland-obituary Kenneth Noland obituary 8 January 2010 Michael McNay The Guardian 4 August 2025 January 27 – Eduardo Michaelsen, 89, Cuban exile Naive painterhttp://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america_latina/cuba/story/640211.html Muere reconocido artista cubano - Cuba - ElNuevoHerald.com 2010-02-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100131160407/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america_latina/cuba/story/640211.html January 31, 2010 (Spanish) January 30 Lucienne Day, 93, British textile designerhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/03/lucienne-day-obituary Lucienne Day obituary MacCarthy Fiona 3 February 2010 The Guardian Ursula Mommens, 101, British potterhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/03/ursula-mommens-obituary The Guardian London Ursula Mommens obituary February 3, 2010 April 23, 2010 David Whiting February 25 – Ernst Beyeler, 88, Swiss art dealer and collectorGrimes William Ernst Beyeler, Top Dealer of Modern Art, Dies at 88 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/arts/design/27beyeler.html 25 September 2015 nytimes 26 February 2010 March 1 – Ruth Kligman, 80, American painter, known as the muse of several important American artists of the mid 20th century notably Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning, and only survivor of Jackson Pollock's fatal car accidenthttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/arts/design/06kligman.html?ref=obituaries Ruth Kligman, Muse and Artist, Dies at 80 Randy Kennedy New York Times March 6, 2010 March 26 – Charles Ryskamp, 81, American art collector and former director of The Frick Collection and The Morgan Library & Museumhttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/arts/design/30ryskamp.html/ Charles Ryskamp, Director of Morgan and Frick, Dies at 81 Grimes William 30 March 2010 The New York Times 17 April 2010 March 15 – Elaine Hamilton, American painter August 2025 April 6 – Hans Schröder, 78, German sculptor and painter August 2025 April 20 Robert Natkin, 79, American Abstract painterhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/09/robert-natkin-obituary Robert Natkin obituary 9 May 2010 Michael McNay The Guardian 4 August 2025 Purvis Young, 67, American Abstract artisthttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/24young.html Purvis Young, folk artist New York Times 4 August 2025 April 21 – Deborah Remington, 79, American Abstract artistSmith Roberta Deborah Remington, Abstract Artist, Dies at 79 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/obituaries/18remington.html The New York Times May 18, 2010 March 9, 2014 April 24 – Giuseppe Panza, 87, Italian art collectorGrimes William 2010-05-02 Giuseppe Panza, Collector of Postwar American Art, Dies at 87 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/arts/design/02panza.html 2025-07-23 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 April 29 – Avigdor Arikha, 81, Israeli painter, printmaker, and art historianhttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/arts/01arikha.html Avigdor Arikha, Israeli Artist of the Everyday, Dies at 81 Margalit Fox The New York Times May 1, 2010 January 31, 2018 NYTimes.com live https://web.archive.org/web/20151104132400/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/arts/01arikha.html November 4, 2015 mdy-all May 9 – Craig Kauffman, 78, American Abstract artisthttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/arts/design/15kauffman.html Craig Kauffman, Sculptor in Plastic, Dies at 78 Douglas Martin May 15, 2010 New York Times 4 August 2025 May 18 – Shusaku Arakawa, 73, Japanese painter, conceptual artist and architect May 29 – Dennis Hopper, 74, American actor and visual artist May 30 – Lester Johnson, 91, American painter May 31 – Louise Bourgeois, 98, French-born American sculptor, artist June 3 – John Hedgecoe, 78, English photographer and authorHopkinson Amanda John Hedgecoe obituary Culture: Art & Design: Photography The Guardian 29 June 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/29/john-hedgecoe-obituary 2013-08-12 June 6 – Paul Wunderlich, 83, German painter, sculptor and graphic artist June 7 – Omar Rayo, 82, Colombian painter and sculptor June 10 – Sigmar Polke, 69, German painter and photographer June 19 – Paul Thiebaud, 49, American gallerist, art dealer June 29 – Doug Ohlson, 73, American painter July 1 – Arnold Friberg, 96, American painter July 15 – Nicolas Carone, 93, American painter September 4 – Paul Conrad, 86, American political cartoonist and sculptor September 14 – Ralph T. Coe, 81, American art museum director (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) September 23 – Stephen Pace, 91, American painter October 2 – Robert Goodnough, 92, American painter October 8 – Karl Prantl, 86, Austrian sculptor October 24 – Sylvia Sleigh, 94 American painter November 8 – Jack Levine, 95, American Social realist painter November 14 – Nathan Oliveira, 81, American painter November 23 – Nassos Daphnis, 96, American painter December 17 – Captain Beefheart, 69, American musician and visual artist December 24 – John Warhola, 85, American museum founder (The Andy Warhol Museum) and brother of Andy Warhol References 30em Category:2010s in art Category:Years of the 21st century in art