2001 in art

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The year 2001 in art involved various significant events.

Events

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Exhibitions

Awards

Works

{{see also|Category:2001 sculptures}}

Deaths

=January to June=

  • 14 January - Fred Hughes, American art executive (Founder of the Warhol Foundation) (b. 1943)
  • 30 January – O. Winston Link, American photographer. (b. 1914)
  • 12 February – Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German film actress, producer and photographer (b. 1912)
  • 17 February – Barry Burman, English painter and educator (b. 1943)
  • 18 February – Balthus, French modern artist (b. 1908){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/reunionfrance/1323280/Controversial-Balthus-dies-aged-92.html|title=Controversial Balthus died aged 92|date=February 19, 2001|author=Richard Eden|website=The Telegraph|access-date=April 5, 2021}}
  • 4 March
  • Jean René Bazaine, French painter, stained glass window designer and writer (b. 1904)
  • Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
  • 1 June – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
  • 19 June – David Sylvester, English art critic and curator (b. 1924)
  • 27 June – Tove Jansson, Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author (b. 1914){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/15/tove-jansson-life-words-westin-review|title=Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words by Boel Westin – review|last1=Prideaux|first1=Sue|date=2014-01-15|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=18 November 2014}}

=July to December=

  • 1 July – Hélène de Beauvoir, French painter (b. 1910)
  • 4 July – Anne Yeats, Irish painter and stage designer (b. 1919)
  • 11 July – Herman Brood, Dutch musician, painter and media personality (b. 1946)
  • 28 August – Juan Muñoz, Spanish sculptor (b. 1953)
  • 23 October
  • Josh Kirby, English commercial artist (b. 1928)
  • Daniel Wildenstein, French international art dealer and scholar (b. 1917)
  • 3 November – Sir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born art historian (b. 1909){{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1361589/Sir-Ernst-Gombrich-OM.html |title=Sir Ernst Gombrich OM |date=6 November 2001 |access-date=6 May 2012 |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • 19 November – Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
  • 25 November – Harry Devlin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1918)
  • December – Mercedes Matter, American painter (b. 1913)
  • 29 December – György Kepes, Hungarian-born painter, designer, educator and art theorist (b. 1906)

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