1999 in art

Events from the year 1999 in art.

Events

• 28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
• July – After 158 years of an empty plinth, Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo becomes the first work displayed on the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London.
• 11 December – After 19 years of work, restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes is completed in the Vatican City.
• The Stuckism movement is founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson.
• Discovery of Venus of Tan-Tan (300,000–500,000 BP) in Morocco, the earliest known artefact to show evidence of human artistic input.

Exhibitions

• 11 March – Jackson Pollock retrospective opens at the Tate London.

Works

• Louise Bourgeois – Maman
• Maurizio Cattelan – La Nona Ora (sculpture)
• Mike Chapman – Christ Child (sculpture, London)
• Fern Cunningham - "Harriet Tubman Memorial - Step on Board" (sculptural tableaux, Boston)
• Tracey Emin – My Bed (exhibited at Tate Gallery, London)
• Antony Gormley – Quantum Cloud (sculpture, London)
• Andreas Gursky – color photographs
• 99 Cent II Diptychon (diptych)
• Rhein II
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser - The Hundertwasser Toilets (architectural sculpture in Kawakawa, New Zealand)
• Anish Kapoor – Taratantara (Baltic Flour Mill, Gateshead)
• Cornelia Parker – Hanging Fire (Suspected Arson) (installation)
• Beverly Pepper – Persephone Unbound (bronze, Seattle)
• Neo Rauch – Tal

Awards

• Archibald Prize – Euan MacLeod, Self portrait/head like a hole
• John Moores Painting Prize - Michael Raedecker for "Mirage"
• Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
• Turner Prize – Steve McQueen

-The Venice Biennial-

• The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for Lifetime Achievement: Louise Bourgeois (USA), Bruce Nauman (USA)
• The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: Monica Bonvicini, Bruna Esposito, Luisa Lambri, Paola Pivi, Grazia Toderi (Italy)

Deaths

January to June

• 28 January – Markey Robinson, Irish painter (born 1918)
• 5 February – Nicholas Krushenick, American pop art painter (born 1929)
• 9 February – Richard Allen, American Minimalist, Abstract, Systems, Fundamental and Geometric painter (born 1933)
• 18 February – Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (born 1906)
• 10 March – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919)
• 15 March – Harry Callahan, American photographer (born 1912)
• 20 March – Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (born 1920)
• 24 March – Ladjane Bandeira, Brazilian artist and journalist (born 1927)
• 29 March – Lucien Aigner, Hungarian photographer (born 1901)
• 24 April – Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1920)
• 2 May – Tibor Kalman, Hungarian-American graphic designer (born 1949)
• 12 May – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator (born 1914)
• 15 June – John Glashan, Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright (born 1927)
• 19 June – Oton Gliha, Croatian painter (born 1914)
• 30 June – Edouard Boubat, French photographer (born 1923)

July to December

• 5 July – Thea Tewi, German-born American sculptor and lingerie designer (born 1902)
• 14 July – Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor, painter and set designer (born 1928)
• 15 August – Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster (born 1910)
• 21 August – Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer and gallerist (born 1907)
• 22 August – Yann Goulet, French sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (born 1914)
• 30 August – Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist (born 1910)
• 13 September – Miriam Davenport, American painter and sculptor (born 1915)
• 4 October – Bernard Buffet, French painter (born 1928)
• 23 October - Albert Tucker, Australian Expressionist painter (born 1914)
• 27 October – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)
• 4 November – Richard Clements, Australian painter (born 1951)
• 18 November
• Stephen Greene American painter (born 1917)
• Horst P. Horst, German American photographer (born 1906)
• 12 December – Paul Cadmus, American painter (born 1904)
• 28 December – Louis Féraud, French fashion designer and artist (born 1921)

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