Overview of the events of 1996 in art
Overview of the events of 1996 in art
Events from the year 1996 in art .
Events 8 January – Shortly after publication of the Italian edition of his book The Art Forger's Handbook , English-born art forger Eric Hebborn is found lying in a street in Rome, his skull crushed with a blunt instrument; he dies in hospital on 11 January.[1]
15 March – Arken Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen , designed by Søren Robert Lund , opens.
November – Museum für Gegenwart (contemporary art museum) in former Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin , converted by Josef Paul Kleihues, opens.
Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow opens.Museum Tinguely in Basel , designed by Mario Botta , opens.For an exhibition at the de Appel Arts Center in Amsterdam, Maurizio Cattelan steals the entire contents of another artist's show from a nearby gallery with the idea of passing it off as his own work, Another Fucking Readymade , until the police insist he return the items on threat of arrest.[2] Awards Exhibitions British Art Show 5 – various venues in ManchesterSol LeWitt Prints: 1970–1995 – travelling exhibition by the Museum of Modern Art , New York.Vermeer – nearly complete exhibition of 25 works, The Hague and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Works Films Deaths January to June 3 January – Terence Cuneo , English railway and military painter (b. 1907 ).
6 January – Duane Hanson , American sculptor (b. 1925 ).
9 January – Félix González-Torres , Cuban artist (b. 1957 ).
11 January – Eric Hebborn , English-born art forger (b. 1934 ).
11 February – Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger , French photographer and ethnographer (b. 1902 ).
18 January – Leonor Fini , Argentine -born surrealist painter (b. 1908 ).
28 January – Jerry Siegel , American comic book artist (b. 1914 ).
20 February – Audrey Munson , American actress and artist's model (b. 1891 ).
5 March – Joshua Compston , British gallerist (b. 1970 ).
15 March – Helen Chadwick , British artist (b. 1953 ).
14 April – Mervyn Levy , Welsh-born art critic and artist (b. 1914 ).
25 April – Saul Bass , American graphic designer and Academy Award -winning filmmaker (b. 1920 ).
7 May – William Copley , American artist (b. 1919 ).
10 June – Marie-Louise von Motesiczky , Austrian painter (b. 1906 ). July to December 17 July - Rico Puhlmann , German photographer (b. 1934 ).
28 July – Roger Tory Peterson , American naturalist , ornithologist , artist and educator (b. 1908 ).
27 August – Abram Games , English poster artist (b. 1914 ).
24 October – Lin Onus , Scottish-Aboriginal Koori artist (b. 1948 ).
22 November – Edmund Teske , American photographer (b. 1911 ).
26 November – Paul Rand , American graphic designer (b. 1914).
29 November – Dan Flavin , American minimalist artist (b. 1933 ).
3 December – Jean Tabaud , French artist (b. 1914).
11 December – Willie Rushton , English cartoonist , satirist , comedian, actor and performer (b. 1937 ).
16 December – Quentin Bell , English art historian and author (b. 1910 ).
25 December – Gabriel Loire , French stained glass artist (b. 1904 ). References
^ Hoving, Thomas (1996). False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-83148-1 ^ "Maurizio Cattelan: All". New York: Guggenheim Museum. 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2019-01-26 . ^ "Stephen Antonakos: "The Room Chapel" at Allentown Art Museum - News - Bookstein Projects". ^ ""An Avenue for All People": How Arthur Ashe Came to Monument Avenue". ^ "David LaChapelle | Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow (1996) | Artsy". ^ "The Making of Liza Lou's Kitchen". ^ Hurlston, David; et al. (2010). Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog) . Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria.
