Editing 1991 in art

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Events from the year '''1991 in art'''.

==Events==
*[[14 April]] – In the Netherlands, thieves steal 20 paintings worth $500 million from the [[Van Gogh Museum]] in [[Amsterdam]]. Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car near the museum.<ref>Paul L. Montgomery, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/arts/lost-and-found-huge-van-gogh-theft-fails.html Lost and Found: Huge van Gogh Theft Fails]", ''[[The New York Times]]'', 1991. Retrieved on 2012-01-31.</ref>
*[[25 May]] – Opening of the [[Irish Museum of Modern Art]] in [[Dublin]].
*[[9 July]] – The Sainsbury Wing of the [[National Gallery]] in London, designed by [[Robert Venturi]] and Denise Scott, is opened.<ref>[http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ National Gallery official website]</ref>
*September – Opening of the [[Weserburg]] modern art museum in [[Bremen]] (Germany) as the ''Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen''.

==Publications==
*The Prince of Wales (now [[Charles III]]) - ''Watercolours''.
*[[Eric Hebborn]], ''Drawn to Trouble''<ref>''False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes'', Thomas Hoving, Simon & Schuster, 1996 {{ISBN|0-684-83148-1}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
*[[February 6]] until [[May 6]] - ''[[Albert Bierstadt]], Art & Enterprise'' at the [[Brooklyn Museum]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooklyn Museum |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/1163 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.brooklynmuseum.org}}</ref>
*[[December 13]] until February 2, 1992 - [[Damien Hirst]] solo exhibition at [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Damien Hirst {{!}} 'DAMIEN HIRST' (ICA Exhibition Catalogue) (1991) {{!}} Available for Sale {{!}} Artsy |url=https://www.artsy.net/artwork/damien-hirst-damien-hirst-ica-exhibition-catalogue |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.artsy.net |language=en}}</ref>

==Dance==
*May – First performance of ''[[Candoco Dance Company]]''

==Awards==
*[[John Moores Painting Prize]] -  Andrzej Jackowski for "The Beekeeper's son"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/history/previous-winners-list/andrzej_jackowski.aspx|title=Andrzej Jackowski - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums|website=Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[Turner Prize]] – [[Anish Kapoor]]

==Works==
{{see also|Category:1991 sculptures}}
*''Las niñas en la alborada'' – [[Félix Aráuz]]
*"[[The Umbrellas (Christo and Jeanne-Claude)|The Umbrellas]]" (simultaneous sculptural instillations in California, U.S.A. and Japan) - [[Christo and Jeanne Claude]]
*''[[Chain Reaction (sculpture)|Chain Reaction]]'' (sculpture, [[Santa Monica, California]]) – [[Paul Conrad]]
*''[[Field (sculpture)|Field]]'' (multiple figure sculptures in terracotta - first version) – [[Antony Gormley]]
*''Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purposes of Understanding'' – [[Damien Hirst]]
*''[[The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living]]'' – Damien Hirst
*''[[Capitalism (sculpture)|Capitalism]]'' (sculpture in Portland, Oregon) – Larry Kirkland
*''[[Guardians of the Gate]]'' (bronze, San Francisco) – Miles Metzger
*''PBS 1963-2000'' (electric image components and neon, sculpture, [[Trenton, new Jersey]]) - [[Nam Jun Paik]]<ref>https://publicartarchive.org/art/PBS-1963-2000/0a318051</ref>
*''Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View'' (installation) – [[Cornelia Parker]]
*''Tompkins Square Crawl'' (performance) - [[William Pope.L]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pemberton |first=Nathan Taylor |date=2019-11-22 |title=Crawling Through New York City with the Artist Pope.L |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/crawling-through-new-york-city-with-the-artist-pope-l |access-date=2024-08-20 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>
*''Self'' (sculpted self-portrait head in artist's blood - first version) – [[Marc Quinn]]
*''[[Host Analog]]'' (sculpture, Portland, Oregon) – [[Buster Simpson]]
*''[[Cascade Charley]]'' (fountain, Eugene, Oregon) – Alice Wingwall

==Births==
* [[Hannah Levy (artist)|Hannah Levy]], American sculptor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.artspace.com/artist/hannah-levy | title=Hannah Levy }}</ref>
*Probable date – [[Cartrain|Cartяain]], [[English people|English]] [[graffiti]] [[urban art]]ist.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cartrain|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBcGTtkPHag|title=Cartrain In The National Portrait Gallery|work=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-09-20}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===January to June===
*[[3 January]] – [[Doris Zinkeisen]], British theatrical designer and commercial artist (b. [[1898 in art|1898]]).
*[[11 January]] – [[Charles Mozley]], British artist and art teacher (b. [[1914 in art|1914]])<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Independent]]|title=Obituary - Charles Mozley|date=20 January 1991}}</ref>
*[[7 February]] – [[Jean-Paul Mousseau]], Canadian artist (b. [[1927 in art|1927]]).
*[[13 February]] – [[Arno Breker]], German sculptor (b. [[1900 in art|1900]]).
*[[15 March]] – [[Vladimir Seleznev]], Russian painter (b. [[1928 in fine arts of the Soviet Union|1928]]).
*[[29 March]] – [[Guy Bourdin]], French photographer (b. [[1928 in art|1928]]).
*[[10 June]] – [[Jean Bruller]], French writer and [[illustrator]] (b. [[1902 in art|1902]]).

===July to December===
*[[16 July]] – [[Robert Motherwell]], American [[abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[Painting|painter]] and [[printmaker]] (b. [[1915 in art|1915]]).
*[[3 August]] – [[Boris Ugarov]], Russian painter, a last President of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (b. [[1922 in fine arts of the Soviet Union|1922]]).
*[[30 August]] – [[Jean Tinguely]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]] painter and sculptor (b. [[1925 in art|1925]]).
*[[5 September]]
**[[Alexander Pushnin]], Russian painter and art educator (b. [[1921 in art|1921]]).
**[[Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid]], Turkish abstract artist (b. [[1901 in art|1901]]).
*[[14 September]] – [[Russell Lynes]], American [[art historian]], [[photographer]] and author (b. [[1910 in art|1910]]).
*[[18 September]] - [[Leland Bell]], American painter (b. [[1922 in art|1922]]).
*[[24 September]] – [[Dr. Seuss]], American illustrator (b. [[1904 in art|1904]]).
*[[October 8|8 October]] – [[David Budd]], American abstract painter (b. 1927)
*[[27 October]] – [[Pyke Koch]], Dutch painter (b. 1901).
*[[7 November]] – [[Tom of Finland]], Finnish [[fetish artist]] (b. [[1920 in art|1920]]).
*[[11 November]] – [[Nadezhda Shteinmiller]], Russian painter and theater artist (b. [[1915 in art|1915]]).
*[[18 November]] – [[Reg Parlett]], English comics artist (b. 1904).
*[[21 November]] – [[Joseph Delaney (artist)|Joseph Delaney]], American painter (b. 1904).
*[[8 December]] - [[Bernice Abbott]], American photographer (b. [[1898 in art|1898]]).
*[[9 December]] 
** [[Greta Kempton]], Austrian-American artist (b. [[1901 in art|1901]]).
** [[Gisèle Lestrange]], French [[graphic artist]] (b. [[1927 in art|1927]]). 
*[[12 December]] - [[Moshe Castel]], Israeli painter (b. 1909).

== See also ==
* [[1991 in Fine Arts of the Soviet Union]]

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