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.{{cite book|title=False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes|first=Thomas|last=Hoving|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1996|isbn=0-684-83148-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/falseimpressions00thom}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/3961|title=Maurizio Cattelan: All|year=2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223350/http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/3961|archivedate=2014-06-06|publisher=Guggenheim Museum|location=New York|accessdate=2019-01-26}}

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

{{see also|Category:1996 paintings|Category:1996 sculptures}}

  • Stephen AntonakosThe Room Chapel (mixed media sculpture){{Cite web|url=https://www.booksteinprojects.com/news/stephen-antonakos-the-room-chapel-at-allentown-art-museum|title=Stephen Antonakos: "The Room Chapel" at Allentown Art Museum - News - Bookstein Projects}}
  • George Beasley – Five Points Monument (Atlanta)
  • Robert Calvo – Ascension (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
  • Maurizio CattelanBidibidobidiboo (sculpture)
  • Angela ConnerRising Universe (water sculpture)
  • Paul DiPasquale – The Arthur Ashe Monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia{{Cite web|url=https://onmonumentave.com/blog/2017/11/20/an-avenue-for-for-all-people-how-arthur-ashe-came-to-monument-avenue|title = "An Avenue for All People": How Arthur Ashe Came to Monument Avenue| date=22 November 2017 }}
  • Raymond KaskeyGateway of Dreams (Atlanta)
  • David LaChapelle – "Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow"{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/artwork/david-lachapelle-alexander-mcqueen-and-isabella-blow-1|title=David LaChapelle | Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow (1996) | Artsy}}
  • Roy LichtensteinBrushstrokes (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
  • Liza LouKitchen (completed){{Cite web|url=https://whitney.org/media/46661|title = The Making of Liza Lou's Kitchen}}
  • Ron Mueck{{cite book|title=Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog)|last=Hurlston|first=David|year=2010|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria|location=Melbourne|display-authors=etal}}Big Baby, Mongrel and Pinocchio (sculptures
  • Alexander StoddartOssian: in memoriam James Macpherson 1736–96 (bronze head)

Films

Deaths

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References