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2007 in art

The year 2007 in art involved various significant events and new works.

Events
• April - The Museo Alameda opens in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. • 10 June21 November – 52nd Venice Biennale. • October - Execution by Yue Minjun sells at Sotheby's in London for £2.9 million pounds (US $5.9 million - euro 4.2 million) making it most expensive artwork ever sold by a Chinese contemporary artist. • 18 October – In New York City, the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries is forced into closure on the evening of the opening of a major Caravaggio exhibition, amidst scandal and lawsuits. • 22 October – In Amersfoort (Netherlands) a fire at the Armando museum destroys 63 paintings from the permanent and loan collections. • 2 NovemberNightwatching, Peter Greenaway's film about Rembrandt, is released. It is the first film in Greenaway's series "Dutch Masters". • 14 NovemberSotheby's sells La Fuensanta by Julio Romero de Torres to a private collector. • 20 December – The Pablo Picasso painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, together with Candido Portinari's O Lavrador de Café, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art. It is recovered about three weeks later. ==Exhibitions==
Exhibitions
23 January - 13 May - "Martin Ramirez at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City10 May28 July - “Universal Language & the Avant-Garde: Viking Eggeling, Hans Richter, and Jonas Mekas” at the Maya Stendhal gallery in New York City • 14 June-16 September - National Portrait Gallery, "BP Portrait Award 2007" • 15 June until 26 August - Ken Heyman: Pop Portraits at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, New York23 June until 16 September - Hans Schabus: Deserted Conquest at SITE Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico • September–December - Garden in Transit, a public art exhibit, is displayed on New York City taxis between September 2007 and December 2007 ==Awards==
Awards
Archibald PrizeJohn Beard, Portrait of Janet Laurence • Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester Artist of the Year – Manuel Rivera-OrtizCaldecott MedalDavid Wiesner, FlotsamTurner PrizeMark Wallinger, State BritainVenice Biennale – (June 10 - November 21) • Lion d'Or Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:Malick Sidibé (Mali) • Lion d'Or for Best Pavilion: Andreas Fogarasi (Hungary) • Wynne prizePhilip Wolfhagen, Winter Nocturne IV ==Works==
Works
Sanford Biggers - BlossomEd DwightStatue of Martin Luther King Jr. (sculpture, Houston, Texas) • Russ Faxon – Statue of John Stith Pemberton (sculpture, Atlanta) • Valerie Hegarty - Fallen Bierstadt (after A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie by Albert Bierstadt) • David HockneyBigger Trees Near WarterZhang Huan - Three Legged Buddha (sculpture) • Maya Lin - Above and Below (sculpture, Indianapolis Museum of Art) • John Ney Michel and Christopher Liberatos – Statue of William Moultrie (sculpture, Charleston, South Carolina) • Stephen KettleStatue of Alan Turing (sculpture in slate, Bletchley Park, England) • Jo RactliffeRoadside stall on the way to Viana (photograph) • Ian Rank-BroadleyThe Stretcher Bearers and The Gates (bronzes, Armed Forces Memorial, Staffordshire, England) • Neo Rauch • ''Hunter's Room'' • Waiting for the BarbariansAllison Saar – "Swing Low" – Harriet Tubman Memorial (Harriet Tubman Plaza, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City) • Tahir SalahovLand of FireDoris SalcedoShibboleth (installation at Tate Modern, London) • Luke SullivanThe Fourth Secret of Fatima (sculpture) • James TurrellDividing the Light (installation at Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States) ==Deaths==
Deaths
January to March8 JanuaryIwao Takamoto, Japanese American animator, television producer and film director (b.1925). • 11 JanuaryBryan Pearce, English naïve painter (b.1929). • 20 JanuaryDan Christensen, American abstract painter (b.1942). • 4 FebruaryJules Olitski, American abstract painter, printmaker, and sculptor (b.1922). • 6 FebruaryHeinz Berggruen, German art collector • 14 FebruaryEmmett Williams, American poet and Fluxus artist (b.1925). • 22 FebruaryLothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b.1918). • Miriam Mone, Northern Irish fashion designer (b.1965; ovarian cancer). • 2 MarchMadi Phala, South African artist (b.1955). • 6 MarchJean Baudrillard, French cultural theorist, sociologist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer (b.1929). • 16 MarchRaymond Nasher, American art collector (b.1921). April to June7 AprilJohnny Hart, American cartoonist (b.1931). • 8 AprilSol LeWitt, American conceptual and minimalist artist (b.1928). • 10 AprilSalvatore Scarpitta, American sculptor (b.1919). • 15 AprilBrant Parker, American cartoonist (b.1920). • 17 AprilKitty Carlisle Hart, American singer, actress, and New York State Council on the Arts member (b.1910). • 3 MayWarja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (b.1913). • 26 MayJames Beck, American art historian (b.1930). • 28 MayJörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, stage designer and art professor (b.1945; ALS). • 2 JuneJerry Wilkerson, American painter (b.1943). • 17 JuneGianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b.1944). • 22 JuneBernd Becher, German photographer (b.1931). • 26 JuneLiz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur (b.1929). July to September7 JulyJohn Szarkowski, American photographer, curator, historian, and critic (b.1925). • 17 JulyJeremy Blake, American digital artist and painter (b.1971). • 22 JulyAleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animator, artist, and film director (b.1950). • 9 AugustJoe O'Donnell, American photographer (b.1922). • 11 AugustMaurice Boitel, French painter (b.1919). • 12 AugustElizabeth Murray, American painter, printmaker, and draughtsman (b.1940). • Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (b.1963). • 17 AugustEdward Avedisian, American abstract painter (b.1936). • 24 SeptemberLenore Tawney, American fiber artist (b.1907). • 25 SeptemberAndré Emmerich, American gallerist. October to December5 OctoberAlexandra Boulat, French photographer (b.1962). • 8 OctoberConstantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b.1917). • 21 OctoberR. B. Kitaj, American-born English artist (b.1932). • Ileana Sonnabend, American art dealer and gallerist. • 30 OctoberNorbert Lynton, British art historian and Professor of the History of Art (b.1927). • 16 NovemberPaul Brach, American abstract painter, lecturer and educator (b.1924). • 4 DecemberNorval Morrisseau, Aboriginal Canadian artist (b.1932). • Herman Rose 98, American painter (b.1909). • 7 December - Noel Forster, British painter (b.1932) • 14 DecemberIsmail Gulgee, Pakistani painter (b.1926). • 31 DecemberMichael Goldberg, American abstract expressionist painter and teacher (b. 1924). • Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (b. 1917) UndatedSteven Campbell, Scottish figurative painter (b. 1953) ==References==
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