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Events from the year '''1997 in art'''.
==Events==
*[[January 27]] – It is revealed that French [[museum]]s have nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by [[Nazis]].
*[[February 22]] – [[Gustav Klimt]]'s ''[[Portrait of a Lady (Klimt)|Portrait of a Lady]]'' (overpainted 1917 on ''Portrait of a Young Lady'') is stolen from the [[Galleria d'arte moderna Ricci Oddi]] in [[Piacenza]], Italy. It is recovered from a hiding place in the exterior of the building in December [[2019 in art|2019]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Portrait of a Lady: Painting found in wall confirmed as stolen Klimt|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51156682|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2020-01-17|accessdate=2020-01-28}}</ref>
*[[March 6]] – [[Pablo Picasso]]'s ''Tête de Femme'' is stolen from the [[Lefevre Gallery]] in London's Mayfair by an armed robber. It is recovered a week later.
*[[April 27]] – [[Andrew Cunanan]] murders Jeffrey Trail, beginning a murder spree that will last until July and end with the murder of fashion designer [[Gianni Versace]].
*[[September 8]] – [[Marcus Harvey]]'s controversial painting of [[Myra Hindley]] goes on display at the [[Royal Academy of Art]] in London and is vandalised twice, by two different artists, on the opening day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artcrimes.net/myra|title=Art crimes: Myra|access-date=2015-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302170505/http://www.artcrimes.net/myra|archive-date=2015-03-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[October 18]] – [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]], designed by [[Frank Gehry]], is opened.
*[[December 2]] – ''Is Painting Dead?'', a discussion on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the UK following this year's [[Turner Prize]] award, becomes notorious for artist [[Tracey Emin]] appearing drunk and storming off.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHJoLG2cEk Is Painting Dead?]''</ref>
===Full date unknown===
*''Puppy'' by [[Jeff Koons]] is moved from [[Sydney Harbour]] to the [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]].
*[[Robert Colescott]] becomes the first African-American to represent the United States in a solo exhibition at the [[Venice Biennial]].
*[[Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum]] is established by conceptual artist [[Genco Gulan]] in Turkey as an art project.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gibbons|first=Fiachra|date=2006-06-13|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/arts/13iht-rcarturk.1962923.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all|title=Istanbul set to stamp its culture credentials|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|accessdate=2012-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lubelski|first=Abraham|date=2006-12-22|url=http://www.artfairsinternational.com/?p=63|title=Contemporary Istanbul|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211020415/http://www.artfairsinternational.com/?p=63|archivedate=2007-02-11|work=Art Fairs International|accessdate=2012-06-01}}</ref>
*[[Patricia Martín]] conceives La [[Colección Jumex]] in [[Mexico City]].
==Exhibitions==
*''[[Sensation exhibition|Sensation]]'' opens at the [[Royal Academy of Art]] in London.
*Kate and [[Helen Storey]]'s ''[http://www.primitive-streak.org/ Primitive Streak]'' opens at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in London.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=104057§ioncode=26|title=The art of science|newspaper=[[Times Higher Education]]|___location=London|date=1997-10-10|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/382102401.html?dids=382102401:382102401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07%2C+2003&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=Find+your+Primitive+Streak&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201082241/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/382102401.html?dids=382102401:382102401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07,+2003&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=Find+your+Primitive+Streak&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=Find Your Primitive Streak|newspaper=[[Evening Times]]|___location=Glasgow|date=2003-08-07|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Marek|last=Kohn|title=Helen and Kate Storey: science and art engaging the public|___location=London|publisher=[[Wellcome Trust]]|year=2011}}</ref>
*''Documenta X'' opens in [[Kassel]].
*[[October 29]] until February 28, 1998 - ''[[Jackie Winsor]]: Sculpture'' at [[MoMA PS1]] in [[Long Island City]], Queens, New York City, New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4610 |title=Jackie Winsor: Sculpture |accessdate=4 September 2024}}</ref>
==Awards==
*[[
* [[John Moores Painting Prize]] - Dan Hays for "Harmony in Green"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/history/prizewinners-exhibition/paintings/dan_hays.aspx|title=Harmony in Green by Dan Hays (born 1966) - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums|website=Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[Schock prize|Schock Prize in Visual Arts]] – [[Torsten Andersson]]
*[[Turner Prize]] – [[Gillian Wearing]]
-The [[Venice Biennial]]-
*The Lion d'or ([[Golden Lion]]) for Lifetime Achievement: [[Emilio Vedova]] (Italy), [[Agnes Martin]] (USA)
*The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: [[France]] exhibiting the work of [[Fabrice Hyber]]
==
{{See also|Category:1997 paintings|Category:1997 sculptures}}
*[[Matthew Barney]] - ''The [[Erich Weiss]] Suite''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observer.com/2010/06/at-the-jewish-museum-houdini-makes-pigeons-appear/amp/|title=At the Jewish Museum, 'Houdini' Makes Pigeons Appear|website=[[The New York Observer]]|date=16 June 2010}}</ref>
*[[Louise Bourgeois]] – ''[[Eye Benches I, II and III]]'' (Seattle)
*[[Maurizio Cattelan]] – ''Turisti'' (installation, first version)
*[[Thornton Dial]] - ''[[The Bridge (sculpture)|The Bridge]]'' dedicated to Congressman [[John Lewis]] at John Lewis Plaza in [[Freedom Park (Atlanta)|
Freedom Park]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocaatlanta.com/ocas-public-art-program-restores-sculpture-dedicated-to-congressman-john-lewis/|title = City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs | OCA's Public Art Program Restores Sculpture Dedicated to Congressman John Lewis}}</ref>
*[[Lucian Freud]] – ''Eight Months Gone''
*[[Zenos Frudakis]] – [[Statue of Ellis Arnall]] (Atlanta)
*[[Antony Gormley]] – ''[[Another Place (sculpture)|Another Place]]'' (sculpture)
*[[Rodney Graham]] – ''Vexation Island'' (film loop)
*[[Philip Jackson (sculptor)|Philip Jackson]]
** [[Gurkha Memorial, London]]
** [[Raoul Wallenberg Monument, London]]
*Larry Kirkland – ''[[Garden Wreath]]'' (installation, Portland, Oregon)
* [[Gabriel Koren]] - ''[[Malcolm X|El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X]]'' placed at the [[Audubon Ballroom]] in Manhattan, New York City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dclapercentforart/projects/projects-detail.page?recordID=147|title = Projects Detail Viewer - Percent for Art}}</ref>
*[[Sarah Lucas]] – ''Bunny Gets Snookered'' (installation, including ''[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lucas-pauline-bunny-t07437/text-summary Pauline Bunny]'')
*[[Ron Mueck]] – ''Dead Dad'', ''Angel'', ''Big Baby II'' and ''III'', ''Man in a Sheet'' and ''Mask (Self Portrait)'' (sculptures)<ref>{{cite book |title=Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog)|last=Hurlston|first=David|year=2010|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria|___location=Melbourne|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
*[[Odd Nerdrum]]
**''[[The Savior of Painting]]''
**''Self-Portrait in Golden Cape''
*[[Cornelia Parker]]
**''Mass (Colder Darker Matter)'' (installation)
**''The Negative of Whispers'' (sculpture of found material)
**''Pornographic Drawings''
*[[Martin Puryear]] – ''[[Bearing Witness (sculpture)|Bearing Witness]]'' (sculpture, Washington, D.C.)
*[[Richard Serra]] - ''Snake'' (completed)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Serra {{!}} Snake |url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/3 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Gillian Wearing]] – ''10–16'' (video)
==Films==
*[[Dog of Flanders (TV series)#Film|The Dog of Flanders: The Movie ]]
==Deaths==
===January to June===
*[[January 23]] – [[Jeremy Maas]], English art dealer and historian of Victorian painting (b. [[1928 in art|1928]]).
*[[January 25]] – [[Dan Barry (cartoonist)|Dan Barry]], American cartoonist (b. [[1922 in art|1923]])
*[[February 2]] – [[Theodoros Stamos]], Greek American [[abstract expressionist]] painter (b.[[1922 in art|1922]]).
*[[March 7]] – [[Martin Kippenberger]], German artist (b.[[1953 in art|1953]]).
*[[March 11]] – [[Sam Golden]], paint maker (b.[[1915 in art|1915]]).
*[[March 15]] – [[Victor Vasarely]], Hungarian-French artist (b.[[1906 in art|1906]]).
*[[March 19]] – [[Willem de Kooning]], [[Netherlands|Dutch born]] American [[abstract expressionist]] painter (b.[[1904 in art|1904]]).
*[[March 31]] – [[Nandor Glid]], Yugoslav and Serbian sculptor (b.[[1924 in art|1924]]).
*[[April 16]] – [[Roland Topor]], French [[illustrator]], [[Painting|painter]], writer and [[filmmaker]] (b.[[1938 in art|1938]]).
*[[April 20]] – [[Jean Louis]], French costume designer (b.[[1907 in art|1907]]).
*[[April 22]] – [[Reg Gammon]], [[English people|English]] painter and illustrator (b.[[1894 in art|1894]])
*[[May 23]] – [[James Lee Byars]], American artist (b.[[1932 in art|1932]]).
===July to December===
*[[July 15]] – [[Gianni Versace]], Italian [[fashion design]]er, murdered (b. [[1946 in art|1946]]; murdered)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/march/serial-killers-part-6-andrew-cunanan-murders-a-fashion-icon |title=FBI – Serial Killers, Part 6: Andrew Cunanan murders a fashion icon |publisher=FBI |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702022814/https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/march/serial-killers-part-6-andrew-cunanan-murders-a-fashion-icon |archive-date=2 July 2016 }}</ref>
*[[July 16]] – [[Dora Maar]], French [[photographer]], poet and [[Painting|painter]], lover of [[Pablo Picasso]] (b. [[1907 in art|1907]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemondedesarts.com/ArticleDoraMaar.htm|title=Dora Maar ( 1907 - 1997 )|website=www.lemondedesarts.com}}</ref>
*[[August 4]] – [[Tom Eckersley]], English poster artist (b. [[1914 in art|1914]])
*[[September 6]] – [[Jean-Pierre Sudre]], French photographer (b. [[1921 in art|1921]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean-Pierre Sudre|title=Jean-Pierre Sudre|publisher=Actes Sud|year=2003|isbn=9782742743940|page=202}}</ref>
*[[September 29]] – [[Roy Lichtenstein]], American [[pop art]]ist (b. [[1923 in art|1923]])
*[[October 22]] – [[Leonid Amalrik]], Russian [[animator]] and [[animation director]] (b. [[1905 in art|1905]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Claire Falkenstein]], American sculptor and painter (b. [[1923 in art|1908]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-25-mn-46691-story.html|title=Claire Falkenstein; Prolific and Innovative Sculptor|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|date=October 25, 1997|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105172237/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/25/news/mn-46691|archive-date=November 5, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[November 26]] - [[Philip and Muriel Berman|Philip Berman]], art collector, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum at [[Ursinus College]] in [[Collegeville, Pennsylvania]] (b. [[1915 in art|1915]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pace|first=Eric|date=1997-12-02|title=Philip I. Berman, Art Collector And Museum Benefactor, 82 (Published 1997)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/02/arts/philip-i-berman-art-collector-and-museum-benefactor-82.html|access-date=2021-01-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[December 16]] – [[Lillian Disney]], American artist and wife of [[Walt Disney]] (b. [[1899 in art|1899]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/18/arts/walt-disney-s-widow-lillian-dies-at-98.html|title=Walt Disney's Widow, Lillian, Dies at 98|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|date=December 18, 1997|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>
===Full date unknown===
*[[Jean Pierre Capron]], French painter (b.[[1921 in art|1921]]).
==References==
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