2006 in art.html



Events

• 31 August - Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are recovered in a police raid in Oslo, Norway.
• Rembrandt 400: Series of activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt.

Awards

• Archibald Prize - Marcus Wills, The Paul Juraszek Monolith
• Beck's Futures - Matt Stokes, Long After Tonight
• Caldecott Medal - Chris Raschka, The Hello, Goodbye Window
• Turner Prize - Tomma Abts
• Wynne prize - John Beard, The Gap

Exhibitions

• The Masterpieces Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Jan 2-Dec 31, 2006
• All the Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jan 26-Dec 31, 2006
• Rembrandt - Caravaggio Van Gogh Museum in cooperation with the Rijksmuseum, Feb 24-Jun 18, 2006
• A summer with Rembrandt Mauritshuis, The Hague, Jun 26-Sep 18, 2006
• Rembrandt, the Etcher The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, Jul 8-Sep 3, 2006
• Rodin (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23 Sep 2006—1 Jan 2007)
• Everyone Sang: a view of Siegfried Sassoon and his world by 25 contemporary painters (Francis Kyle Gallery, London, November-December)
• Peter Prendergast retrospective, Oriel Ynys Môn, 14 Jan – 26 Feb 2006 (toured throughout UK)

Deaths

January to March

• 1 January - John Latham, Zambian conceptual artist (b.1921).
• 8 January - Mimmo Rotella, Italian artist and poet (b.1918).
• 14 January - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b.1939).
• 29 January - Nam June Paik, South Korean-born American video artist (b.1932).
• 15 February - Joash Woodrow, English artist (b.1927).
• 23 February - Mauri Favén, Finnish painter (b.1920).
• 4 March - David Rose, American animator (b.1910).
• 4 March - Edgar Valter, Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books (b.1929).
• 9 March - Jean Leymarie, French art historian (b.1919).
• 25 March - Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b.1950).
• 27 March - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b.1925).
• 28 March - Pro Hart, Australian painter (b.1928).

April to June

• 5 April - Allan Kaprow, American painter, assemblagist and art theorist (b.1927).
• 23 April - Isaac Witkin, South African sculptor (b.1936).
• 3 May - Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor and poet (b.1921).
• 8 May - Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer (b.1938).
• 9 May - Edouard Jaguer, French poet and art critic (b.1924).
• 27 May - Alex Toth, American comic book artist and cartoonist (b.1928).

July to December

• 8 July - Catherine Leroy, French photographer (b.1945).
• 28 July - Richard Mock, American painter, sculptor and cartoonist (b.1944).
• 1 August - Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (b.1965).
• 4 August - Julio Galán, Mexican artist (b.1958).
• 20 August - Joe Rosenthal, American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer (b.1911).
• 26 August - Vladimir Tretchikoff, Russian artist (b.1913).
• 1 September - Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b.1918).
• 26 November - Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b.1943).
• 16 December - Larry Zox, American painter and printmaker (b.1937).
• 18 December - Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (b.1905).

External links

• Rembrandt 400 Foundation, program of events