1999 in art

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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.{{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}}

Exhibitions

Works

{{see also|Category:1999 sculptures}}

Awards

-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

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References