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Events
- 28 May - After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci’s "The Last Supper" is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
- The Stuckism movement is founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson.
Exhibitions
- 11 March - Jackson Pollock retrospective opens at the Tate London.
Works
- Anish Kapoor - Taratantara (Baltic Flour Mill, Gateshead)
Awards
- Archibald Prize - Euan MacLeod, Self portrait/head like a hole
- Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
- Turner Prize - Steve McQueen
Deaths
January to March
- 28 January - Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b.1918).
- 5 February - Nicholas Krushenick, American pop art painter (b.1929).
- 18 February - Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (b.1906).
- 10 March - Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b.1919).
- 20 March - Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (b.1920).
- 29 March - Lucien Aigner, Hungarian photographer (b.1901).
April to June
- 24 April - Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor (b.1920).
- 2 May - Tibor Kalman, Hungarian-American graphic designer (b.1949).
- 12 May - Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator (b.1914).
- 15 June - John Glashan, Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright (b.1927).
- 19 June - Oton Gliha, Croatian painter (b.1914).
- 30 June - Edouard Boubat, French photographer (b.1923).
July to December
- 14 July - Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor, painter and set designer (b.1928).
- 15 August - Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster (b.1910).
- 21 August - Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer and gallerist (b.1907).
- 30 August - Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist (b.1910).
- 4 October - Bernard Buffet, French painter (b.1928).
- 27 October - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b.1903).
- 18 November - Horst P. Horst, German American photographer (b.1906).
- 12 December - Paul Cadmus, American painter (b.1904).
- 28 December - Louis Féraud, French fashion designer and artist (b.1921).
Full date unknown
- Richard Allen, American Minimalist, Abstract, Systems, Fundamental and Geometric painter (b.1933).
- Yann Goulet, French sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (b.1914).