2006 in art

Events

*31 August - Edvard Munch paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" are recovered in a police raid in Oslo, Norway.
*Rembrandt 400: Series of activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt.

Awards

*Archibald Prize - Marcus Wills, "The Paul Juraszek Monolith"
*Beck's Futures - Matt Stokes, "Long After Tonight"
*Caldecott Medal - Chris Raschka, "The Hello, Goodbye Window"
*Turner Prize - Tomma Abts
*Wynne prize - John Beard, "The Gap"

Exhibitions

*"The Masterpieces" Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Jan 2-Dec 31, 2006
*"All the Rembrandts", Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jan 26-Dec 31, 2006
*"Rembrandt - Caravaggio" Van Gogh Museum in cooperation with the Rijksmuseum, Feb 24-Jun 18, 2006
*"A summer with Rembrandt" Mauritshuis, The Hague, Jun 26-Sep 18, 2006
*"Rembrandt, the Etcher" The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, Jul 8-Sep 3, 2006
*"Rodin" (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23 Sep 2006—1 Jan 2007)
*"Everyone Sang: a view of Siegfried Sassoon and his world by 25 contemporary painters" (Francis Kyle Gallery, London, November-December)
*Peter Prendergast retrospective, Oriel Ynys Môn, 14 Jan – 26 Feb 2006 (toured throughout UK)

Deaths

January to March

*1 January - John Latham, Zambian conceptual artist (b.1921).
*8 January - Mimmo Rotella, Italian artist and poet (b.1918).
*14 January - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b.1939).
*29 January - Nam June Paik, South Korean-born American video artist (b.1932).
*15 February - Joash Woodrow, English artist (b.1927).
*23 February - Mauri Favén, Finnish painter (b.1920).
*4 March - David Rose, American animator (b.1910).
*4 March - Edgar Valter, Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books (b.1929).
*9 March - Jean Leymarie, French art historian (b.1919).
*25 March - Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b.1950).
*27 March - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b.1925).
*28 March - Pro Hart, Australian painter (b.1928).

April to June

*5 April - Allan Kaprow, American painter, assemblagist and art theorist (b.1927).
*23 April - Isaac Witkin, South African sculptor (b.1936).
*3 May - Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor and poet (b.1921).
*8 May - Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer (b.1938).
*9 May - Edouard Jaguer, French poet and art critic (b.1924).
*27 May - Alex Toth, American comic book artist and cartoonist (b.1928).

July to December

*8 July - Catherine Leroy, French photographer (b.1945).
*28 July - Richard Mock, American painter, sculptor and cartoonist (b.1944).
*1 August - Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (b.1965).
*4 August - Julio Galán, Mexican artist (b.1958).
*20 August - Joe Rosenthal, American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer (b.1911).
*26 August - Vladimir Tretchikoff, Russian artist (b.1913).
*1 September - Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b.1918).
*26 November - Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b.1943).
*16 December - Larry Zox, American painter and printmaker (b.1937).
*18 December - Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (b.1905).

External links

* [http://www.rembrandt400.com Rembrandt 400 Foundation, program of events]