2001 in art

Events

*1 January - A black monolith measuring approximately 9 feet tall appears in Seattle, Washington's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie "".
*11 September - An estimated $100 million worth of art was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. Public artwork accounted for around $10 million of this figure, which included works by Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, and Roy Lichtenstein.
*17 July - Inauguration of the Altamira caves's replica created by Manuel Franquelo and Sven Nebel.

Full date unknown

*A new wing in the Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery of the University of Tel Aviv, Israel, is dedicated to the memory of Michel Kikoine.

Exhibitions

*Max Beckmann retrospective at the Pompidou Centre, Paris

Awards

*Archibald Prize - Nicholas Harding for "John Bell as King Lear"
*Beck's Futures - Tim Stoner
*Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Giuseppe Penone
*Turner Prize - Martin Creed for "The lights going on and off."

Works

*Jeremy Deller - "Battle of Orgreave"
*Tracy Harris - "Funnel"

Deaths

January to June

*30 January - O. Winston Link, American photographer. (b.1914).
*12 February - Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German film actress, producer and photographer (b.1912).
*18 February - Balthus, French modern artist (b.1908).
*4 March - Jean René Bazaine, French painter, stained glass window designer and writer (b.1904).
*4 March - 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).

July to December

*4 July - Anne Yeats, Irish painter and stage designer (b.1919).
*11 July - Herman Brood, Dutch musician, painter and media personality (b.1946).
*July - Hélène de Beauvoir, French painter (b.1910).
*23 October - Josh Kirby, English commercial artist (b.1928).
*23 October - Daniel Wildenstein, French international art dealer and scholar (b.1917).
*19 November - Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b.1924).