Editing 1956 in art (section)

==Events==
*[[March 1]] – Replica statue of the ''[[Discus Thrower (Washington, D.C.)|Discus Thrower]]'' dedicated in [[Washington, D.C.]], as a gift from the [[Italian government]] to commemorate the return of [[Nazi plunder|looted art objects]] after [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!324781~!0#focus|title=Discus Thrower (sculpture)|work=Art Inventories Catalog|publisher=[[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]|accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref>
*March &ndash; [[56 Group Wales|56 Group]] founded, to promote modernist art in [[Wales]]. Subsequently renamed ''56 Group Wales''.
*[[September 17]] – Release in the United States of the biographical film ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]'' with [[Kirk Douglas]] portraying [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Anthony Quinn]] as [[Paul Gauguin]].
*''[[The Mystery of Picasso|Le mystère Picasso]]'', a French documentary film, shows [[Pablo Picasso]] in the act of creating paintings for the camera (which he subsequently destroys so that they will exist only on film).
*[[William Klein (photographer)|William Klein]] publishes his [[photo essay]] ''New York, 1954&ndash;55''.
*[[Shanghai Art Museum]], the predecessor of the [[China Art Museum, Shanghai|China Art Museum]], opens.
*English curator [[Jim Ede]] settles at [[Kettle's Yard]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]].
*English painter [[Edward Seago]] joins a tour of the [[Antarctic]].
*Two attacks are made on [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' in the [[Louvre]], Paris.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2008-04-27|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5392000.stm|title=Faces of the week|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2006-09-29|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803042520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5392000.stm|archivedate=2014-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2010-01-07|url=http://www.monalisamania.com/faq.htm|title=Mona FAQ|publisher=Mona Lisa Mania|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601155641/http://www.monalisamania.com/faq.htm|archivedate=2009-06-01}}</ref>