2011 in art

none December 2011 2011 art January 2025 January 2025 The year 2011 in art involved various significant events and new works. Events February 28 – Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, designed by Fernando Romero, is officially opened.https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/26/museo-soumaya Museo Soumaya in Mexico City gets asymmetrical new building 26 November 2010 Wired August 23, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005755/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/26/museo-soumaya March 5, 2016 dead mdy-allCarlos Slim: At home with the world's richest man The Daily Telegraph London 21 February 2011 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/8335604/Carlos-Slim-At-home-with-the-worlds-richest-man.htmlCasey Nicholas Emperor's New Museum https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703300904576178381398949942 29 March 2011 The Wall Street Journal New York 3 March 2011Mexico's Carlos Slim Builds a Dazzling Art Palace Business Week New York 26 January 2010 http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2010/id20100120_875263.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100129042610/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2010/id20100120_875263.htm dead January 29, 2010Tuckman Jo Mexican billionaire's new museum gives The Thinker much to ponder https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/02/carlos-slim-mexico-art-museum 29 March 2011 The Guardian 2 March 2011 Londonhttp://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37450/carlos-slims-museo-soumaya-money-cant-buy-taste/?page=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019230145/http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37450/carlos-slims-museo-soumaya-money-cant-buy-taste/?page=1 usurped October 19, 2012 Carlos Slim's Museo Soumaya: Money Can't Buy Taste April 12, 2011 ArtInfo April 3 – The Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is arrested and detained and his studio sealed off, by the government of the People's Republic of China, during an apparent crackdown by the regime on activists and dissidents. The government later states that Weiwei is being held while investigated for economic crimes. April 16 – Turner Contemporary art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens in Margate, Kent, England.Charlotte Higgins Amid tough times, gallery building boom brings hope for the future The Guardian April 10, 2011 11 May 1 – UK publication of @earth. May 21 – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens to the public in West Yorkshire, England. June – Mougins Museum of Classical Art opens in France. June 22 – The Chinese legal authorities release Ai Weiwei on bail after three months' detention, after being charged with alleged tax evasion. His incarceration is widely viewed as an attempt to silence a prominent critic while authorities had time to decide on legal grounds for prosecuting him, and his detention prompts worldwide condemnation of the Chinese government.June 22, 2011 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/06/chinese-media-reports-artist-ai-weiwei-released-from-prison.html Chinese state media say artist Ai Weiwei released from detainment LA Times June 22, 2011 According to China's Foreign Ministry, he is prohibited from leaving Beijing without permission for one year.Ai Weiwei 'cannot leave Beijing without permission' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13887899 BBC June 23, 2011Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Free in body, not voice https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWVbgz7PJf1ARXw9H5lh8FvnZuPg?docId=e1eaf3a8b9234433b53bbc891c3a8458 https://web.archive.org/web/20110626054516/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWVbgz7PJf1ARXw9H5lh8FvnZuPg?docId=e1eaf3a8b9234433b53bbc891c3a8458 dead June 26, 2011 The Associated Press After his release Weiwei declines to give interviews saying that he is not allowed to talk. September – firstsite's new art gallery, designed by Rafael Viñoly, opens in Colchester, England. September 8 – Gerhard Richter Painting, a documentary about the German artist Gerhard Richter, written and directed by Corinna Belz, is released.Simon Alissa 19 September 2011 https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/gerhard-richter-painting-1117946160/ Gerhard Richter Painting Variety 3 May 2023 September & October – 2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts thefts. In two separate incidents, antique stone pieces are taken from the museum. One was recovered two years later in Edmonton. In 2017, Simon Metke pleaded guilty to possession of stolen goods.Stolen artifact from Montreal museum recovered in Edmonton http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/stolen-artifact-from-montreal-museum-recovered-in-edmonton-1.2535754 CBC News February 14, 2014 August 17, 2017 The second stolen item has not yet been found. October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor, is erected at Olympic Park, London.Tim Adams https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/may/06/olympics-orbit-anish-kapoor Anish Kapoor's Orbit tower: the mother of all helter-skelters The Guardian 5 May 2012 26 January 2025 November 8 – Rhein II by the German photographer Andreas Gursky sells for US$4.3m (£2.7m) at Christie's, New York becoming the most expensive photograph ever sold. November 15 – Ai Weiwei pays 8.45 million yuan in taxes after receiving a large number of donations from supporters who believe the debt was politically motivated because of his criticism of the Chinese government.China's Ai Weiwei pays $1.3 million tax bond http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/world/asia/china-weiwei-tax/index.html?hpt=ias_c2 CNN 2011-11-16 2012-03-02 November 28 – The Knoedler art dealership in New York City announces its permanent closure amid revelations that it had been dealing in forged paintings. Exhibitions February 13 until June 6 - Picasso's Guitars 1912-1924 (curated by Anne Umland) at MoMA in New York Cityhttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/arts/design/11picasso.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3zQtgFvIk6t5c7CPQR9Iy0waw5_fdM3Mlzlar3LLS9VZPQ6yj22vVpVdo_aem_eR1gBz-XEOHR1JB8WodM0w When Picasso Changed His Tune The New York Times February 10, 2011 Cotter Holland “Picasso: Guitars 1912–1914” https://www.artforum.com/events/picasso-guitars-1912-1914-189575/ February 24 – June 5 – Thomas Lawrence: "Regency Power and Brilliance", Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut April 12 – September 11 – "The Luminous Interval: The Dimitris Daskalopoulos Collection at the Guggenheim Bilbaohttp://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4049 The Luminous Interval June 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150603130855/http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4049 June 3, 2015 dead mdy-all April 14 – July 15 – "Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’amour Fou", curated by John Richardson and Diana Widmaier Picasso, at the Gagosian Gallery, 522 West 21st Street in New York CityIn the art world May 4 – August 7 – Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City June 4 – November 27 – Julian Schnabel: "Permanently Becoming and the Architecture of Seeing" curated by Norman Rosenthal, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy June 29 – September 25 – "Twombly – Poussin, Arcadian Painters"at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London September 18 (to January 9, 2012) – "de Kooning: A Retrospective", Museum of Modern Art, New Yorkde Kooning: A Retrospective MoMA https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1135 November 9 (to February 5, 2012) – "Leonardo da Vinci, Painter at the Court of Milan", National Gallery, London Works Category:2011 sculptures Douwe Blumberg - "America's Response Monument (De Oppresso Liber)" installed at Liberty Park, World Trade Center in New York City (conceived and executed small scale 2003 - cast and dedicated as a monumental sculpture 2011)https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/horse-soldier-statue-dedicated-liberty-park 'Horse Soldier' Statue Dedicated in Liberty Park | National September 11 Memorial & Museum www.911memorial.org Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor - the Steilneset Memorial in Vardo, Norway Maurizio Cattelan L.O.V.E. (sculpture) Turisti (installation, second version) Isaac Cordal - Politicians Discussing Global Warming (sculpture - Berlin)https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/what-politicians-debating-global-warming-will-look-soon This is what politicians debating global warming will look like soon July 30, 2016 Martin Creed – Work No 1059: Scotsman Steps (Edinburgh) Tracey Emin – Love Is What You WantExchange: Love is What You Want https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/41624 2020-12-18 exchange.umma.umich.edu Floc'h – Déjeuner sur l'herbe revisited Lee Kelly – Moontrap, Oregon City, Oregon Lei Yixin – Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. Mark Patterson – Surfing Madonna (Encinitas, California)Surfing Madonna mosaic draws mass following https://web.archive.org/web/20131203044246/http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/123380773.html?ref=guiltypleasures December 3, 2013 . Associated Press. BakersfieldNow.com. 07-06-2011. Ed Ruscha - Psycho Spaghetti Western #7 (completed)https://www.apollo-magazine.com/ed-ruscha-los-angeles-california-road-trip/ On the road with Ed Ruscha July 1, 2024 Apollo Magazine John Howard Sanden – President George W. Bush Lorna Simpson – Momentum (video) Valentina Stefanovska – Warrior on a Horse (Skopje) Henry Taylor - Warning Shots not Requiredhttps://www.frieze.com/article/henry-taylor-paints-his-people Henry Taylor Paints His People Frieze January 5, 2023 232 Trouillot Terence The Red Popsicle, Seattle Films The Mill and the Cross (inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1564 painting The Procession to Calvary), starring Rutger Hauer as BruegelKatarzyna Grynienko https://filmneweurope.com/news/poland-news/item/1840-all-star-cast-of-the-mill-and-the-cross-working-in-poland All Star Cast of 'The Mill And The Cross' Working in Poland" January 26, 2025 February 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110203014707/http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/poland/all-star-cast-of-the-mill-and-the-cross-working-in-poland dead Awards Archibald Prize – Ben Quilty for "Margaret Olley"https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2011/28931/ Archibald Prize Archibald 2011 finalist: Margaret Olley by Ben Quilty Venice Biennale (June 4 – November 27) The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for best national pavilion-Germany exhibiting the work of Christoph Schlingensief The Lion d'or for lifetime achievement – Franz West and Sturtevant The Lion d'or for best artwork in the main exhibition – Christian Marclay The Silver Lion for most promising new artist – Haroon Mirza Deaths January 4 – B. H. Friedman, 84, writer, author of the first biography on Jackson PollockBruce Weber https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/books/10friedman.html B. H. Friedman, a Novelist, Art Critic and Pollock Biographer, Is Dead at 84 The New York Times January 10, 2011 January 26, 2025 January 5 – Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican painter and poet January 9 – Makinti Napanangka, 80s, indigenous Australian Papunya Tula artist January 11 – Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator January 13 – Ellen Stewart, 91, founder of La MaMa E.T.C., New York, designerhttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/theater/14stewart.html Ellen Stewart, 91, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies Gussow Mel January 13, 2011 The New York Times April 19, 2016 Weber Bruce 0362-4331 January 20 – Alan Uglow, 69, British born American painter January 21 – Dennis Oppenheim, 72, American sculptorSmith Roberta Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/design/27oppenheim.html January 27, 2011 The New York Times January 26, 2011 February 4 - Françoise Cachin, 74, French art, historian, and museum director (Musée d'Orsay) February 8 – Charles O. Perry, 81, American sculptor February 11 – Roy Gussow, 92, American sculptor February 25 – Suze Rotolo, 67, American book artist March 10 – Gabriel Laderman, 81, American painter March 13 – Leo Steinberg, 90, American art historian and critic March 27 – George Tooker, 90, American painter March 30 – Jorge Camacho, 77, Cuban painter April 8 John McCracken, 76, American sculptor and painter Hedda Sterne, 100, Romanian born American painter April 12 – Miroslav Tichý, 84, Czech photographer May 13 – Stephen De Staebler, 79, American sculptor and printmaker May 18 – Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, 60, Polish born American painter (body found on this date) May 25 – Leonora Carrington, 94, British born surrealist painter, resident in Mexico June 4 – Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean painter June 9 – M. F. Husain, 95, Indian painter June 11 – Jack Smith, 82, British painter June 16 – Twins Seven Seven, 67, Nigerian painter and sculptor June 20 – Thomas N. Armstrong III, 78, American curator and museum director (Whitney Museum of American Art and the Andy Warhol Museum) June 22 – Robert Miller, 72, American gallerist July 5 – Cy Twombly, 83, American painter July 17 – Alex Steinweiss, 94, American graphic designer, inventor of the album cover July 20 – Lucian Freud, 88, British painter July 31 – John Hoyland, 76, British painter August 4 – Éamonn O'Doherty, 72, Irish sculptor August 6 – Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter August 21 – Budd Hopkins, 80, American painter August 23 – Jeanette Ingberman, 59, American curator, co-founder of Exit Art September 5 – Vann Nath, 66, Cambodian painter September 13 – Richard Hamilton, 89, British painter September 16 – Stephen Mueller, 63, American painter September 22 – Knut Steen, 86, Norwegian-born sculptor October 22 - Adrian Berg, 82, English painter October 24 – Bruno Weber, 80, Swiss artist and architect November 13 – Pat Passlof, 83, American painter November 23 – Gerald Laing, 75, British painter and sculptor November 26 – Manon Cleary, 69, American painter December 8 – Jerry Robinson, 89, American comic book artist and reputed creator of the Joker December 21 – John Chamberlain, 84, American sculptor December 26 – James Rizzi, 61, American pop artist December 27 – Helen Frankenthaler, 83, American painter December 30 Ronald Searle, 91, English cartoonist Eva Zeisel, 105, Hungarian-born American ceramic artist and designer References 25em Category:2010s in art Category:Years of the 21st century in art