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Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths 5.1 January to June 5.2 July to September

[edit] Events

• 12 February – Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen in Oslo (and is recovered on 7 May).
• 8 April - Michelangelo's Universal Judgement is reopened to public after 10 years of restorations.

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: Francis Giacco - Homage to John Reichard
• Turner Prize: Antony Gormley

[edit] Works

• Helen Frankenthaler - All About Blue
• Damien Hirst - Away from the Flock

[edit] Births

• 9 July - Akiane Kramarik, American art and poetry prodigy.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

• 6 February - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist, writer and editor (b.1917).
• 11 February - Max Leognany, French artist (b.1913).
• 12 February - Donald Judd, American sculptor (b.1928).
• 22 March - Walter Lantz, American cartoonist and animator (b.1899).
• 1 April - Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b.1912).
• 14 April - Jean Joyet, French artist (b.1919).
• 7 May - Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b.1909).
• 12 May - Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet, British politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen (b.1903).

[edit] July to September

• 20 July - Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b.1897).
• September - Bruce Ariss, American artist (b.1911).
• 4 November - Sam Francis, American painter and printmaker (b.1923).
• 20 November - Umaña, Colombian artist (b.1908).
• 31 December - Leigh Bowery, Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, model and fashion designer (b.1961).