Editing 2001 in art

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The year '''2001 in [[art]]''' involved various significant events.

==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.

==Exhibitions==
*[[September 11]] until [[November 11]] - ''[[Caspar David Freidrich]]: Moonwatchers'' at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www3.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2001/caspar-david-friedrich|title=Caspar David Friedrich|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=7 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[Max Beckmann]] retrospective at the [[Pompidou Centre]], Paris

==Awards==
*[[Archibald Prize]] – [[Nicholas Harding]] for ''John Bell as King Lear''
*[[Beck's Futures]] – [[Tim Stoner]]
*[[Schock prize|Schock Prize in Visual Arts]] – [[Giuseppe Penone]]
*[[Turner Prize]] – [[Martin Creed]] for ''Work No. 227: The lights going on and off'' ([[Tate]])
*[[Venice Biennial]]
** Lion d'Or [[Golden Lion]] for Lifetime Achievement: [[Richard Serra]] (USA), [[Cy Twombly]] (USA)
** Lion d'Or for Best Pavilion: [[Gregor Schneider]] (Germany)

==Works==
{{see also|Category:2001 sculptures}}

*[[Michaël Borremans]] – ''[[The Pupils]]''
*[[Ingvar Cronhammar]] - ''[[Elia (sculpture)|Elia]]'' in [[Herning]], Denmark
*[[Jeremy Deller]] – ''Battle of Orgreave''
*[[Lucian Freud]] – ''Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II''
*[[Tracy Harris]] – ''Funnel''
*[[Michael Landy]] - ''Breakdown''
*[[Daniel Richter (artist)|Daniel Richter]] – ''Tarifa''
*[[Rigga]] - sculptures in [[Portland, Oregon]] jointly with artists
*[[Grzegorz Łagowski]] - [[Miles Davis Monument]]
**Ean Eldred - ''[[Echo Gate]]''
**James Harrison - ''[[Ghost Ship (sculpture)|Ghost Ship]]''
**Peter Nylen - ''[[Alluvial Wall]]''
*Tamsie Ringler - ''[[Living Room (sculpture)|Living Room]]'' (sculpture, Gresham, Oregon)
*Michael Stutz - ''[[Facing the Crowd]]'' 
*[[Zeng Fanzhi]] – ''The Last Supper''

==Deaths==

===January to June===
*14 January - [[Frederick W. Hughes|Fred Hughes]], American art executive (Founder of the [[Warhol Foundation]]) (b. 1943)
*30 January – [[O. Winston Link]], American photographer. (b. 1914)
*12 February – [[Kristina Söderbaum]], Swedish-German film actress, producer and photographer (b. 1912)
*17 February – [[Barry Burman]], English painter and educator (b. 1943)
*18 February – [[Balthus]], French modern artist (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/reunionfrance/1323280/Controversial-Balthus-dies-aged-92.html|title=Controversial Balthus died aged 92|date=February 19, 2001|author=Richard Eden|website=The Telegraph|access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref>
*4 March
**[[Jean René Bazaine]], French painter, [[stained glass]] window designer and writer (b. 1904)
**[[Fred Lasswell]], American [[cartoonist]] (b. 1916)
*1 June – [[Hank Ketcham]], American [[cartoonist]] (b. 1920)
*19 June – [[David Sylvester]], English art critic and curator (b. 1924)
*27 June – [[Tove Jansson]], Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/15/tove-jansson-life-words-westin-review|title=Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words by Boel Westin – review|last1=Prideaux|first1=Sue|date=2014-01-15|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>

===July to December===
*1 July – [[Hélène de Beauvoir]], French painter (b. 1910)
*4 July – [[Anne Yeats]], Irish painter and stage designer (b. 1919)
*11 July – [[Herman Brood]], Dutch musician, painter and media personality (b. 1946)
*28 August – [[Juan Muñoz (sculptor)|Juan Muñoz]], Spanish sculptor (b. 1953)
*23 October
**[[Josh Kirby]], English commercial artist (b. 1928)
**[[Daniel Wildenstein]], French international art dealer and scholar (b. 1917)
*3 November – Sir [[Ernst Gombrich]], Austrian-born art historian (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1361589/Sir-Ernst-Gombrich-OM.html |title=Sir Ernst Gombrich OM |date=6 November 2001 |access-date=6 May 2012 |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> 
*19 November – [[Marcelle Ferron]], Canadian painter and [[stained glass]] artist (b. 1924)
*25 November – [[Harry Devlin]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1918) 
*December – [[Mercedes Matter]], American painter (b. 1913)
*29 December – [[György Kepes]], Hungarian-born painter, designer, educator and art theorist (b. 1906)

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