Editing 1994 in art

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Events from the year '''1994 in art'''.

==Events==
*[[February 12]] – [[Edvard Munch]]'s painting ''[[The Scream]]'' is stolen, in [[Oslo]] (recovered on May 7).
*[[April 8]] – [[Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes]]: [[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgment]]'' in the [[Sistine Chapel]] ([[Vatican City]]) is reopened to the public after 10 years of restoration.
*[[November 26]] – The [[Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland)|Ministry of Culture and Art]] in Poland orders exhumation of the presumed grave of [[Absurdism|absurdist]] painter, playwright and novelist [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]] (suicide [[1939 in art|1939]]) in [[Zakopane]]. Genetic tests on the remaining bones prove that the body belongs to an unknown woman.<ref>"''...Przeprowadzone badania wykazują, że szczątki kostne, przywiezione w 1988 roku ze wsi Jeziory na Ukrainie należą do kobiety w wieku 25–30 lat, o wzroście około 164 cm. ...''" ("the tests conducted indicate that the bone remains, brought in 1988 from the village Jeziory in the Ukraine, belong to a woman 25–30 years old and about 164&nbsp;cm tall...") from the protocol of the commission called by the Ministry of Culture and Art after the exhumation on 26 November 1994 of the presumed grave of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz at Pęksowy Brzyzek cemetery in [[Zakopane]]. From:{{cite web|url=http://marczewski.pl/produ_witkacy_2.php |title=Maciej Pinkwart, "Wygraliśmy"|accessdate=2015-01-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120020913/http://marczewski.pl/produ_witkacy_2.php|archivedate=2010-01-20}} in: ''Moje Zakopane'' dn. 21 February 2005. (Source: ''Komunikat Komisji powołanej przez Ministra Kultury i Sztuki do spraw pochówku Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza.'' Prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Polak). Retrieved 11 November 2012.</ref>

==Awards==
*[[Archibald Prize]]: [[Francis Giacco]] – ''Homage to John Reichard''
*[[Turner Prize]]: [[Antony Gormley]]

==Works==
{{see also|Category:1994 sculptures}}

*[[Jake and Dinos Chapman]] – ''[[Great Deeds Against the Dead]]'' (sculpture)
*[[Martin Creed]] – ''Work No 88: A sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball''
*[[Neil Estern]] – [[Statue of Fiorello H. La Guardia]] (sculpture, New York City)
*[[Helen Frankenthaler]] – ''All About Blue''
*[[Frederick Hart (sculptor)|Frederick Hart]] – [[Statue of Jimmy Carter]] (sculpture, Atlanta)
*[[Damien Hirst]] – ''Away from the Flock''
*[[Mary Ellen Howe]] - ''[[Pocahontas]]''
*[[K Foundation]] – ''[[K Foundation Burn a Million Quid]]'' (performance art, [[Jura, Scotland]])
*[[Lee Kelly]] – ''[[Angkor I]]'' (sculpture, Lake Oswego, Oregon)
*[[Sarah Lucas]] – ''Au Naturel'' (assemblage)
*Don Merkt – ''[[Driver's Seat (sculpture)|Driver's Seat]]'' (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
*[[Odd Nerdrum]] – ''[[Woman Kills Injured Man]]''
*[[Luis Royo]] – ''The Seeds of Nothing''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/luis-royo-spanish-b.-1954-las-semilllas-de-la-87264-c-31fe33731b|title=Lot 87264|publisher=Invaluable.com|accessdate=2015-12-16}}</ref>
*Rob Turner – [[Sutton Heritage Mosaic]]
*[[Bill Woodrow]] – ''In Awe of the Pawnbroker''

==Births==
*[[July 9]] – [[Akiane Kramarik]], American art and poetry prodigy.

==Deaths==

===January to June===
*[[February 5]] – [[Ben Enwonwu]], Nigerian painter and sculptor (b. [[1917 in art|1917]]).
*[[February 6]] – [[Jack Kirby]], American [[comic book]] [[artist]], writer and [[editing|editor]] (b. 1917).
*[[February 11]] – [[Max Leognany]], French [[artist]] (b. [[1913 in art|1913]]).
*[[February 12]] – [[Donald Judd]], American sculptor (b. [[1928 in art|1928]]).
*[[March 22]] – [[Walter Lantz]], American [[cartoonist]] and [[animator]] (b. [[1899 in art|1899]]).
*[[April 1]] – [[Robert Doisneau]], [[French people|French]] [[photographer]] (b. [[1912 in art|1912]]).
*[[April 14]] – [[Jean Joyet]], French [[artist]] (b. [[1919 in art|1919]]).
*[[April 27]] – [[Basil Goulandris]], Greek shipowner and art collector (b. [[1913 in art|1913]]).
*[[May 7]] – [[Clement Greenberg]], American [[art critic]] (b. [[1909 in art|1909]]).
*[[May 9]] – [[Anni Albers]], German American textile artist and printmaker (b. [[1899 in art|1899]])
*[[May 12]] – [[Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet]], British [[politician]], art collector and [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]] and [[Irish nationality law#Honorary|honorary Irish citizen]] (b. [[1903 in art|1903]]).
*[[June 15]] – [[Janko Brašić]], Serbian painter (b. [[1906 in art|1906]]).

===July to September===
*[[July 3]] – [[Felix Kelly]], New Zealand-born British [[artist]] (b. [[1914 in art|1914]]).
*[[July 20]] – [[Paul Delvaux]], Belgian [[Painting|painter]] (b. [[1897 in art|1897]]).
*[[August 16]] – [[Henry Geldzahler]], American museum [[curator]], (b. [[1935 in art|1935]])
*September – [[Bruce Ariss]], American artist (b. [[1911 in art|1911]]).
*[[September 23]] – [[Rocco Borella]], Italian painter (b. [[1920 in art|1920]]).
*[[November 4]] – [[Sam Francis]], American painter and [[printmaker]] (b. [[1923 in art|1923]]).
*[[November 8]] – [[Marianne Straub]], British textile designer (b. [[1909 in art|1909]]).
*[[November 20]] – [[Umaña]], [[Colombia]]n artist (b. [[1908 in art|1908]]).
*[[December 31]] – [[Leigh Bowery]], Australian [[performance art]]ist, [[promoter (entertainment)|club promoter]], actor, model and [[fashion designer]] (b. [[1961 in art|1961]]).

===Undated===
* [[Li Yuan-chia]], Chinese-born artist, poet and curator (b. [[1929 in art|1929]])

==References==
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