1999 in art

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Events

• 28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
• Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo becomes the first work displayed on the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London.
• The Stuckism movement is founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson.

Exhibitions

• 11 March – Jackson Pollock retrospective opens at the Tate London.

Works

• Louise Bourgeois – Maman
• Tracey Emin – My Bed (exhibited at Tate Gallery)
• Anish Kapoor – Taratantara (Baltic Flour Mill, Gateshead)

Awards

• Archibald Prize – Euan MacLeod, Self portrait/head like a hole
• Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
• Turner Prize – Steve McQueen

-The Venice Biennial-

• The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for Lifetime Achievement: Louise Bourgeois (USA), Bruce Nauman (USA)
• The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: Monica Bonvicini, Bruna Esposito, Luisa Lambri, Paola Pivi, Grazia Toderi (Italy)

Deaths

January to June

• 28 January – Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918)
• 5 February – Nicholas Krushenick, American pop art painter (b. 1929)
• 9 February – Richard Allen, American Minimalist, Abstract, Systems, Fundamental and Geometric painter (b. 1933)
• 18 February – Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (b. 1906)
• 10 March – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
• 20 March – Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (b. 1920)
• 29 March – Lucien Aigner, Hungarian photographer (b. 1901)
• 24 April – Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2 May – Tibor Kalman, Hungarian-American graphic designer (b. 1949)
• 12 May – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator (b.1914)
• 15 June – John Glashan, Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright (b. 1927)
• 19 June – Oton Gliha, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
• 30 June – Edouard Boubat, French photographer (b. 1923)

July to December

• 14 July – Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor, painter and set designer (b. 1928)
• 15 August – Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster (b. 1910)
• 21 August – Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer and gallerist (b. 1907)
• 22 August – Yann Goulet, French sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (b. 1914)
• 30 August – Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist (b. 1910)
• 4 October – Bernard Buffet, French painter (b. 1928)
• 27 October – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)
• 4 November – Richard Clements, Australian painter (b. 1951)
• 18 November – Horst P. Horst, German American photographer (b. 1906)
• 18 November – Stephen Greene painter (b. 1917)
• 12 December – Paul Cadmus, American painter (b. 1904)
• 28 December – Louis Féraud, French fashion designer and artist (b. 1921)