Editing 2004 in art (section)

==Events==
*April – A Belgian activist group cuts off the left hand of a bronze Congolese figure in a [[:File:Beach of Oostende 08.jpg|monument]] to [[Leopold II of Belgium]] in [[Ostend]] as a protest against colonial atrocities.<ref>{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Boffey|title=Statue's stolen hand puts Belgium's colonial past in the spotlight|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date=2019-02-23|page=38|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/22/statue-missing-hand-colonial-belgium-leopold-congo|accessdate=2019-02-24}}</ref>
*[[24 May]] – A fire in the [[Momart]] storage warehouse destroys major works by [[Helen Chadwick]], [[Tracey Emin]], [[Patrick Heron]], [[Damien Hirst]] and other British artists.
*[[18 July]] – The subterranean [[Chichu Art Museum]] on the Japanese island of [[Naoshima, Kagawa|Naoshima]], designed by [[Tadao Ando]], opens.
*[[11 December]] – [[İstanbul Modern]] ([[art museum]]) is established in Turkey. The country's first modern art museum, the [[Doğançay Museum]], opened earlier in the year, also in Istanbul; it is dedicated to the artistic legacy of [[Burhan Doğançay]].