Editing 1893 in art (section)

==Events==
[[File:Looking West From Peristyle, Court of Honor and Grand Basin, 1893.jpg|thumb|340px|right| May 1: [[World's Columbian Exposition]] ([[Chicago]]) with Romanesque [[Statue of the Republic|statue]] of [[Historical Columbia|Columbia]] overlooking man-made lake.]]
* February – [[Grafton Galleries]] open in London.
* April – ''[[The Studio (magazine)|The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art]]'' is first published in London by [[Charles Holme]] with [[Joseph Gleeson White]] as editor and a cover design by [[Aubrey Beardsley]].
* [[May 1]] – The [[World's Columbian Exposition|1893 World's Fair]], also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in [[Chicago]], [[United States|USA]], with a Romanesque statue of [[Historical Columbia|Columbia]] overlooking the man-made lake. The first United States commemorative [[postage stamp]]s are issued for the Exposition. Among other art exhibits are two bronze calves by [[Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen]].
* [[June 14]] – Opening of [[Shelley Memorial]] at [[University College, Oxford]], designed by [[Basil Champneys]] with a reclining nude marble statue of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] by [[Edward Onslow Ford]].
* [[June 29]] – Unveiling of the [[Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain]] at [[Piccadilly Circus]] in London, with a gilded [[aluminium]] statue of [[Anteros]], designed by [[Alfred Gilbert]]<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=30 June 1893|page=11|issue=33991|title=The Shaftesbury Memorial, Piccadilly-Circus}}</ref> and cast by [[Morris Singer]].
* [[Ford Madox Brown]] completes painting ''[[The Manchester Murals]]'' in [[Manchester Town Hall]] ([[England]]).
* The [[National Sculpture Society]] is founded in the United States.
* [[Alois Riegl]]'s ''[[Stilfragen]]: Grundlegungen zu einer Geschichte der Ornamentik'' is published in Berlin.
* [[Henri Rousseau]] gives up his job as a [[Paris]] toll collector and moves to a studio in [[Montparnasse]] where he lives and paints full-time.
* A 16th century [[Ardabil Carpet]] from Persia enters the collection of the [[South Kensington Museum]] in London.