2000 in art explained

Events from the year 2000 in art.

Events

• February – Opening of the New Art Gallery Walsall in the West Midlands of England.
• 13 February – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles Schulz.^[1]
• 9 March – The FBI arrests art forgery suspect Ely Sakhai in New York City.^[2]
• May – Christie's withdraws a forgery of Paul Gauguin's Vase de Fleurs (Lilas) from auction.
• 11 May – Official opening of the Tate Modern in London.
• 7 August – DeviantART is launched in the United States.
• 12 October – Official opening of The Lowry theatre and gallery centre in Salford, England (designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold).
• 22 December – Nationalmuseum robbery: a self-portrait by Rembrandt and two Renoir paintings are stolen from the museum in Stockholm in Sweden.
• Full date unknown
  • First publication of the Hockney–Falco thesis in art history.^[3]
  • Constantine Andreou receives the Légion d'honneur.

Exhibitions

• Felix Gonzalez-Torres retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery, London
• Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
• Excessivism exhibition at the LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Works

• Lee Bae - issu du Feu (part of an ongoing series)^[4]
• Jake and Dinos Chapman – Hell^[5]
• Eduardo Chillida – Berlin (sculpture)
• Martin Creed – (installation)
• Lucian Freud - After Cézanne^[6]
• Diana Lee Jackson – Statue of Bill Bowerman (sculpture, Eugene, Oregon)
• Leo Lankinen (died 1996) – Cross of Sorrow (memorial in Russian Karelia)
• Lorenzo Pace – Triumph of the Human Spirit (public monument, Foley Square, New York City)
• Tad Savinar – Constellation (sculpture series, Portland, Oregon)
• Ian Sinclair, Jackie Staude, David Davies and Alistair Knox – Fairfield Industrial Dog Object
• Betty Spindler – Hot Dog (ceramic sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum)
• Paul Tzanetopoulos with Ted Tonio Tanaka architects – "Untitled" (kinetic light instillation, LAX, Los Angeles)^[7]
• Rachel Whiteread – Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial, Vienna
• Bill Woodrow – Regardless of History, for the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London
• Makoto Yukimura – Planetes

Awards

• Archibald Prize – Adam Cullen, Portrait of David Wenham
• Beck's Futures – Roderick Buchanan
• Hugo Boss Prize – Marjetica Potrč
• Turner Prize – Wolfgang Tillmans

Films

• Pollock

Deaths

• 17 January – Norman Blamey, British painter (b. 1914)^[8]
• 19 February – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian painter, architect and sculptor (b. 1928)^[9]
• 26 February – Louisa Matthíasdóttir, Icelandic-American painter (b. 1917)^[10]
• 31 March – Gisèle Freund, German-born French photographer (b. 1908)^[11]
• 15 April
  • Edward Gorey, American illustrator (b. 1925)^[12]
  • Todd Webb, American photographer (b. 1905)^[13]
• 16 April – Henry Bird, British muralist (b. 1909)^[14]
• 26 April – Gregory Gillespie, American magic realist painter (b. 1936)
• 8 May – Stanley Boxer, American painter (b. 1926)
• 3 June – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker and graphic artist (b. 1922)^[15]
• 9 June – Jacob Lawrence, African American painter (b. 1917)
• 2 July - Constance Howard, English textile artist (b. 1910)
• 10 July – Gertrud Arndt, German photographer (b. 1903)
• 17 July – Aligi Sassu, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)^[16]
• 5 August – Tullio Crali, Italian Futurist painter (b. 1910)
• 25 August – Carl Barks, American illustrator and comic book creator (b. 1901)
• 19 September – Anthony Robert Klitz, English artist (b. 1917)
• 19 October – Hans Moller, German born American painter
• 3 December – Frank Roper, English metal sculptor and stained glass artist (b. 1914)
• 4 December – Ansgar Elde, Swedish ceramic artist (b. 1933)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Peanuts' still remembered, loved today – Marquette Wire . 19 August 2018 . 19 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182215/https://marquettewire.org/3987108/ae/peanuts-still-remembered-loved-today/ . live .
2. Web site: Two charged in $7 million fake-art scheme - US news - Crime & courts . . 19 August 2018 . 19 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150048/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5219352/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/two-charged-fake-art-scheme/#.W3lbeegzaUk . live .
3. Charles M. Falco. Charles M.. Falco. David Hockney. David. Hockney. Optical Insights into Renaissance Art. Optics & Photonics News. 11.
4. Web site: Issu du feu, Lee Bae. Florence. Monnier. 15 December 2020. Fondation Maeght.
5. News: Jake and Dinos Chapman: how we made Hell Art and design . The Guardian . 16 June 2015 . 19 August 2018 . 19 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150114/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/16/jake-and-dinos-chapman-how-we-made-hell . live . Abbott . Kate .
6. Web site: Lucian Freud After Cezanne . 19 April 2021 . 19 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419090449/https://nga.gov.au/freud/#:~:text=Lucian%20Freud's%20After%20C%C3%A9zanne%20is,Paul%20C%C3%A9zanne's%20Afternoon%20in%20Naples.&text=After%20C%C3%A9zanne%20was%20Freud's%20principal,charcoal%20and%20then%20in%20paint . live .
7. Web site: Paul Tzanetopoulos, LAX Gateway Pylon Project Kinetic Light Installation (Untitled) . 27 March 2020 . 27 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200327100849/http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/lax_gateway.html . live .
8. Web site: Norman Blamey. 25 January 2000. The Guardian. Andrew Wilton. 17 August 2024.
9. Web site: Martin Pawley. Friedensreich Hundertwasse – Maverick architect building against the grain. The Guardian. 14 April 2000. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826134803/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/apr/14/guardianobituaries2. live.
10. Web site: Louisa Matthiasdottir, 83, Whose Paintings Merged Styles. March 2, 2000. Roberta Smith. 17 August 2024.
11. Web site: Gisele Freund Obituary. The Guardian. April 2000. 22 January 2018.
12. News: Kelley. Tina. Edward Gorey, Eerie Illustrator And Writer, 75. The New York Times. April 16, 2000. 26 August 2021. 24 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024125947/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/edward-gorey-eerie-illustrator-and-writer-75.html. live.
13. News: Todd Webb, 94, Peripatetic Photographer . The New York Times . April 22, 2000. August 17, 2024.
14. Web site: Henry Bird Obituary. Ian Mayes. 11 May 2000. The Guardian. 17 August 2024.
15. News: Barnes. Bart. June 6, 2000. Sculptor, Graphic Artist Leonard Baskin, 77, Dies. The Washington Post. May 28, 2020. 28 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828195803/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/06/06/sculptor-graphic-artist-leonard-baskin-77-dies/9f9cfc53-68d0-45d1-8080-52f66d24c51d/. live.
16. Web site: Artist Aligi Sassu dies aged 88. Majorca Daily Bulletin. 19 July 2000. 17 August 2024.