1999 in art

• 28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.{{cite news|title=Have art restorers ruined Leonardo's masterpiece?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/have-art-restorers-ruined-leonardos-masterpiece-7565727.html|work=The Independent|location=London|date=2012-03-14|first=Dayla|last=Alberge|accessdate=2012-12-21|archive-date=25 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925035207/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/have-art-restorers-ruined-leonardos-masterpiece-7565727.html|url-status=live}}
• 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.{{citation|first=Maev|last=Kennedy|title=Modern art wins battle of Trafalgar Square: Vacant plinth will be showcase for contemporary sculpture|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/may/13/artsfeatures1|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=2000-05-13|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924152830/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/may/13/artsfeatures1|url-status=live}}
• 11 December – After 19 years of work, restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes is completed in the Vatican City.{{cite web|last=Arguimbau |first=Peter Layne |title=Michelangelo's Cleaned off Sistine Chapel |publisher=Arguimbau |date=2006-10-05 |url=http://www.arguimbau.net/article.php?sid=8 |accessdate=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928205053/http://www.arguimbau.net/article.php?sid=8 |archivedate=28 September 2007 }}
• 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.{{cite book|first=Desmond|last=Morris|authorlink=Desmond Morris|title=The Artistic Ape: three million years of art|location=London|publisher=Red Lemon Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1-78342-002-5|page=64}}

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

{{see also|Category:1999 sculptures}}

• 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){{Cite web |url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/08/21/sculptor-fern-cunningham-terry-dies-at-71 |title = Fern Cunningham-Terry, Renowned Boston Sculptor, Dies At 71 {{!}} The ARTery |date = 21 August 2020 |access-date=11 January 2021 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202222127/https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/08/21/sculptor-fern-cunningham-terry-dies-at-71 |url-status=live }}
• 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

• Archibald Prize – Euan MacLeod, Self portrait/head like a hole
• John Moores Painting Prize - Michael Raedecker for "Mirage"{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/history/previous-winners-list/michael_raedecker.aspx|title=Michael Raedecker - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums|website=Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|accessdate=28 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162257/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/history/previous-winners-list/michael_raedecker.aspx|url-status=live}}
• 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)

• 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){{cite book|last=Dornelles|first=Marlova Lenz| title=Interpretações Possíveis aa Obra de Ladjane Bandeira|location=Recife|year=2007|language=PT|page=9}}
• 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)

• 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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