1996 in art

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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 Manchester
  • Sol 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[]

July to December[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hoving, Thomas (1996). False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-83148-1.
  2. ^ "Maurizio Cattelan: All". New York: Guggenheim Museum. 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  3. ^ "Stephen Antonakos: "The Room Chapel" at Allentown Art Museum - News - Bookstein Projects".
  4. ^ ""An Avenue for All People": How Arthur Ashe Came to Monument Avenue".
  5. ^ "David LaChapelle | Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow (1996) | Artsy".
  6. ^ "The Making of Liza Lou's Kitchen".
  7. ^ Hurlston, David; et al. (2010). Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog). Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria.
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