Editing 2001 in art (section)

==Events==
*1 January – A black [[Monolith (Space Odyssey)|monolith]] measuring approximately 9 feet tall appears in [[Seattle]], Washington's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.
*4 June – Unveiling of [[Rachel Whiteread]]'s ''Untitled Monument'' on the [[Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square]], [[London]].
*17 July – Inauguration of the [[Altamira (cave)|Altamira cave]] replica created by [[Manuel Franquelo]] and Sven Nebel.
*11 September
**An estimated $100 million worth of art is destroyed in the [[11 September attacks]] on [[New York City]]. Public artwork accounts for around $10 million of this figure, which includes works by [[Alexander Calder]], [[Joan Miró]] and [[Roy Lichtenstein]].
**[[Fritz Koenig]]'s ''Great Spherical Caryatid'' ("[[The Sphere]]") is the only surviving artwork following the September 11 attacks. It is repurposed as a memorial.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blackemore |first=Erin |title=The World Trade Center's Only Surviving Art Heads Home |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-trade-centers-only-surviving-art-headed-back-home-180959910/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
**Several works of photojournalism become iconic for their portrayal of the events surrounding the September 11 attacks, including ''[[The Falling Man]]'' and ''[[Raising the Flag at Ground Zero]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Almond |first=Kyle |date=2021-09-10 |title=The 9/11 photos we will never forget |url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/09/us/9-11-photos-cnnphotos/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=CNN}}</ref>
*27 September – [[Resale Rights Directive]] in the [[European Union]] provides a ''[[Droit de suite]]'' for artists.
*1 October – The [[Ghibli Museum]] opens in [[Mitaka, Tokyo]].
*16 November – The [[Neue Galerie New York]] opens in [[Manhattan]].

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*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]].
*The [[Leopold Museum]] opens in [[Vienna]].
*''[[The Pupils]]'' is created by [[Michaël Borremans]] in Belgium.
*''[[They Could Still Serve]]'' is created by [[Ellen Gallagher]] in the United States.
*''[[Traditional Chinese Studies Institute]]'' is created by [[Chen Danqing]] in China.