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2010 in art

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The year 2010 in art involved various significant events.

Events

  • February 3 – The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million, at this time a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/03/giacometti-sculpture-lhom_n_448243.html|title=Giacometti Sculpture 'L'Homme qui marche I' Fetches $104.3 Million|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=February 3, 2010|first=Lila|last=Shapiro|date=February 3, 2010}}
  • February–March – Artist Michael Landy hosts the Art Bin.{{Cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article7057249.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615072321/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article7057249.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2011|title=Michael Landy: make it, break it? Love it|date=March 11, 2010|work=The Times|location=London|publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd|access-date=March 30, 2010|first=Ben|last=Hoyle}}
  • March – Lawrence Salander, the former proprietor of the now closed Salander/O'Reilly Galleries pleads guilty to 29 felony counts of grand larceny and in August is sentenced to six to eighteen years in prison.[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-03/art-dealer-salander-gets-up-to-18-years-for-defrauding-investors-clients.html Bloomberg] Retrieved August 4, 2010
  • March 3 – The New Museum in New York sparks controversy with Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection by deciding to exhibit works from the private collection of one of its trustees.
  • May – MAXXI the new and first Italian national museum of contemporary art designed by architect Zaha Hadid opens in Rome.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/06/maxxi-rome-zaha-hadid|title = MAXXI: Zaha Hadid's Rome museum joins pantheon of the greats|website = TheGuardian.com|date = June 5, 2010}}
  • May 4 – Nude, Green Leaves and Bust a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso is sold at Christie's for $106.5 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/arts/design/10auction.html|title=Christie's Wins Bid to Auction $150 Million Brody Collection|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 9, 2010 |last1=Vogel |first1=Carol }} There are more than half a dozen bidders, while the winning bid is taken via telephone.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36950780 |title = Picasso painting sells for record $106.5 million - THE ARTS |website = NBC News |date = May 5, 2010 |access-date=May 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507012157/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36950780/ns/today-entertainment/ |archive-date=May 7, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}
  • May 20 – Five paintings including works by Picasso and Matisse worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.{{cite news|last=Hewage |first=Tim |title=Thief Steals Paintings In Paris Art Heist |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum |access-date=May 20, 2010 |newspaper=Sky News |date=May 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826021142/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum |archive-date=August 26, 2010 }}{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Sam|title=Picasso and Matisse masterpieces stolen from Paris museum|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/20/picasso-matisse-stolen-paris-museum|access-date=May 20, 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 20, 2010|location=London}}
  • June 9 – American Cable television Bravo premieres a new series Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, judges included Jerry Saltz, China Chow Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Bill Powers, and Simon de Pury.
  • June 16 – The Royal Cornwall Museum in England sells two Victorian paintings (Herbert James Draper's The Sea Maiden and Ernest Normand's Bondage) at Christie's to help secure its finances.{{cite news|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|date=26 July 2010|last=Jenkins|first=Tiffany|title=Don't put a price on our national treasures|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/donrsquot-put-a-price-on-our-national-treasures-2035297.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/donrsquot-put-a-price-on-our-national-treasures-2035297.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2012-05-11}}{{cbignore}}
  • August – Launch of John Moores Painting Prize China.[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/ Walker Art Gallery]. Accessed 26 March 2015
  • October – Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds (painted porcelain) installed in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
  • December 6 – Museo del Novecento (Museum of Twentieth Century), dedicated to Italian Art of the Twentieth Century, with a small collection of other related European art opens in Milan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/tur/en/arteecultura/musei/pitturaescultura/museo_novecento|title = Yesmilano.it the official website for the promotion of the city of Milan | Homepage}}

Exhibitions

  • January 20 until April 18 – The Drawings of Bronzino at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.{{Cite web|title=The Drawings of Bronzino|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2010/bronzino-drawings|url-status=live|access-date=|website=metmuseum.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203221148/http://www.metmuseum.org:80/exhibitions/listings/2010/bronzino-drawings |archive-date=February 3, 2012 }}
  • March 14 until May 31 – Marina Abramović, "The Artist is Present" at MoMA in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/marina-abramovic-marina-abramovic-the-artist-is-present-2010|title = MoMA | Marina Abramović. The Artist is Present. 2010}}
  • "Matisse: Radical Invention 1913–1917" at The Art Institute of Chicago (March 20 – June 20) and MoMA, New York (July 18 – October 11), curated by Stephanie D'Alessandro and John Elderfield.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/968|title=Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917 | MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art}}
  • June 13 until September 12 - Picasso Looks at Degas at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.{{cite web | url=https://www.clarkart.edu/microsites/picasso-looks-at-degas/paris-picasso-discovers-degas | title=Paris: Picasso Discovers Degas }}
  • September 24 until January 11, 2011 – Bronzino Artist and Poet at the Court of The Medici in Florence, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.palazzostrozzi.org/en/archivio/exhibitions/bronzino/|title = Bronzino}}
  • October 20 until January 30, 2011 – "David Hockney: Fleurs Fraiches (Fresh Flowers)" at the Foundation Pierre Bergé—Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, curated by Charlie Scheips.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/david-hockneys-fresh-flowers|title = David Hockney's Fresh Flowers|date = October 18, 2010}}
  • December 19 until March 21, 2011 – "Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures" at MoMA in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1086?locale=en|title = Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures | MoMA}}

Works

{{see also|Category:2010 sculptures}}

Awards

  • Archibald Prize – Sam Leach for "Tim Minchin"{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/tim-minchin-portrait-wins-archibald-prize-20100326-r1e9.html|title = Tim Minchin portrait wins Archibald prize|date = March 26, 2010}}
  • Artes Mundi Prize – Yael Bartana
  • Bucksbaum Award – Michael Asher,[http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?pagina=news_det&id=742&det=ok&title=Michael-Asher-wins-Bucksbaum-Award Bucksbaum Award] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229142006/http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?pagina=news_det&id=742&det=ok&title=Michael-Asher-wins-Bucksbaum-Award |date=February 29, 2012 }} Retrieved August 15, 2010
  • Henry Hope Reed Award for classical art and design – Vincent Scully{{cite web|title=Recipients of the classical art Reed Award|url=http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/|publisher=University of Notre Dame School of Architecture|access-date=5 April 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409233708/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/|archive-date=April 9, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
  • John Moores Painting Prize – Keith Coventry for "Spectrum Jesus"{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/recent-exhibitions/jm2010/prizewinners/coventry.aspx|title='Spectrum Jesus', Keith Coventry – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums|website=Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|access-date=28 November 2018}}

Deaths

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