- 2003 in art
Events
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11 May –Benvenuto Cellini 's "Saliera " is stolen from theKunsthistorisches Museum inVienna .
*November -Gustav Klimt 's "Landhaus am Attersee" sells for $29,128,000.Full date unknown
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Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design takes over the Byam Shaw School of Art.Exhibitions
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James Sanborn , "Critical Assembly",Corcoran School of Art Awards
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Archibald Prize -Geoffrey Dwyer , "a portrait ofRichard Flanagan "
*Beck's Futures -Rosalind Nashashibi
*Schock Prize in Visual Arts -Susan Rothenberg
*Turner Prize -Grayson Perry
*Wynne Prize -Tim Kyle , "Seated Figure"Works
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Tony Cragg - "Stainless Steel Pillar"Deaths
January to March
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20 January -Al Hirschfeld , Americancaricaturist (b.1903).
*21 January -Tony O'Malley , Irish painter (b.1913).
*27 January -Louis Archambault , Canadian sculptor (b.1915).
*2 February -Emerson Woelffer , American painter (b.1914).
*10 February -Edgar de Evia , Mexican-born Americanphotographer (b.1910).
*14 March -Jack Goldstein , Canadian-born American performance and conceptual artist turned painter (b.1945).April to June
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9 April -Jorge Oteiza , Spanish sculptor, painter,design er and writer (b.1908).
*16 April -Graham Stuart Thomas , English horticultural artist, author and garden designer (b.1909).
*23 April -Fernand Fonssagrives , French photographer (b.1910).
*13 May -Jef Friboulet , French painter andsculptor (b.1919).
*29 May -Pierre Restany , Frenchart critic and culturalphilosopher (b.1930).
*7 June -Georges Pichard , Frenchcomics artist (b.1920).July to September
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15 August -Kirk Varnedoe , American art historian, writer and curator (b.1946).
*21 August -Wesley Willis , American artist and musician (b.1963).
*29 August -Vladimír Vašíček , Czech painter (b.1919).
*1 September -Terry Frost , English artist noted for his abstracts (b.1915).October to December
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3 October -William Steig , Americancartoonist , sculptor and author (b.1907).
*16 October -Avni Arbaş ,Turkish art ist (b.1919).
*9 November -Mario Merz , Italianartist (b.1925).
*15 December - George Fisher, American politicalcartoonist (b.1923).
*17 December -Wally Hedrick , American artist (b.1928).
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