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2006 in art
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The year 2006 in art involved some significant events.
Events
- Rembrandt 400 Series of activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt.
Awards
- Archibald Prize: Marcus Wills - The Paul Juraszek Monolith
Exhibitions
- The Masterpieces Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Jan 2-Dec 31, 2006
- All the Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jan 26-Dec 31, 2006
- Rembrandt - Caravaggio Van Gogh Museum in cooperation with the Rijksmuseum, Feb 24-Jun 18, 2006
- A summer with Rembrandt Mauritshuis, The Hague, Jun 26-Sep 18, 2006
- Rembrandt, the Etcher The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, Jul 8-Sep 3, 2006
- Rodin (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23 Sep 2006—1 Jan 2007)
- Everyone Sang: a view of Siegfried Sassoon and his world by 25 contemporary painters (Francis Kyle Gallery, London, November-December)
- Peter Prendergast retrospective, Oriel Ynys Môn, 14 Jan – 26 Feb 2006 (toured throughout UK)
Deaths
- January 1 - John Latham, Zambian artist
- January 8 - Mimmo Rotella, Italian artist
- January 29 - Nam June Paik,Korean video artist
- February 15 - Joash Woodrow, painter
- March 27 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, sculptor, gardener and writer, 80
- March 28 - Pro Hart, painter, 77
- April 5 - Allan Kaprow, art theorist, 78
- April 23 - Isaac Witkin, sculptor, 70
- May 3 -
Karel Appel , painter - July 28 - Richard Mock, painter, graphic artist, 62
- August 1 - Jason Rhoades, American installation artist, 41
- August 4 - Julio Galán, Mexican painter, 47
- August 26 - Vladimir Tretchikoff, Russian pop-artist, 92
- September 1 - Sir Kyffin Williams, landscape painter, 88
- December 16 - Larry Zox, Color field, Lyrical Abstractionist painter, 70
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