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Overview of the events of 2022 in art
Overview of the events of 2022 in art
The year 2022 in art involves various significant events.
Events
February - Twenty five works by the Ukrainian painter Maria Prymachenko are believed to have been destroyed by a fire which consumed the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum (where they were housed) in Ivankiv , Kyiv Oblast , Ukraine during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine .[ 1] [ 2]
April 9 - The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego opens to the public after a five-year, $105 million overhaul.[ 3]
May - French authorities charge former President of the Louvre , Jean-Luc Martinez with money laundering in conjunction with an art trafficking case.[ 4]
May 8 - The Andy Warhol silk-screen painting Sage Blue Shot Marilyn (1964) sells at Christie's in New York City for $195.04 million (with fees) shattering the record for a price paid at auction for a work by an American artist, besting the previous mark set by Jean-Michel Basquiat 's 1982 painting Untitled [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Larry Gagosian .[ 8] May 14 - An original print of Man Ray 's Le Violon d'Ingres Christie's in New York City making it the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction.[ 9] [ 10] May 31 - At the Louvre in Paris a male provocateur initially disguised as an elderly female art-goer in a wheelchair smears the bulletproof glass on top of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci with cake . He later reveals that he believes that he was engaged in some sort of makeshift climate protest. The still unidentified 36 year old man was subsequently placed in psychiatric care.[ 11] [ 12] June 23 - The Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida is raided by the FBI who seize 25 suspect paintings potentially fraudulently attributed to Jean Michel Basquiat . The museum's director, Aaron De Groft who staged the exhibition of the works at the art institution is fired five days later.[ 13] July 4 - The Hay Wain landscape painter John Constable (1776-1837), and regarded as his most famous image, is subjected to two Just Stop Oil protestors attaching their own modified "apocalyptic vision of the future" version of the painting to the original and gluing themselves to the frame.[ 14] varnish of the painting and its frame suffered minor damage.[ 15] October 9 - Two Extinction Rebellion activists glued themselves to Pablo Picasso ’s Massacre in Korea National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne .[ 16] October 14 - Activists from Just Stop Oil have thrown tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London then glue themselves to the wall beneath the painting.[ 17]
Exhibitions
January 31 until June 5 - Charles Ray : Figure GroundMetropolitan Museum of Art in New York City .[ 18] February 3 until April 16 - Ed Kerns : InterconnectedLafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania .[ 19] February 11 until April 17 - Tomás Saraceno : Particular Matter(s)The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City.[ 20] February 11 until May 15 - Holbein : Capturing CharacterMorgan Library and Museum in New York City.[ 21] February 17 until May 15 - Jacques Louis David : Radical Draftsman[ 22] March 3 until April 14 - Dorothea Tanning : Doesn't the Paint Say it AllKasmin Gallery in New York City.[ 23] March 3 until July 24 - Bridget Riley : Perceptual AbstractionYale Center for British Art at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut .[ 24] April 11 until July 31 - Sean Scully : The Shape of IdeasPhiladelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (originated at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas ).[ 25] May 5 until July 22 - Nicole Eisenman : Untitled (Show)Hauser & Wirth in New York City.[ 26] May 5 into February 27, 2023 - Monet - Mitchell Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France .[ 27]
May 14 until October 2 - Nick Cave : ForothemoreMuseum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in Chicago, Illinois .[ 28] May 20 until October 16 - Marc Quinn : History Paintings +[ 29] May 22 until October 23 - Salman Toor : No Ordinary LoveBaltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore , Maryland .[ 30] May 25 until September 11 - Sam Gilliam : Full CircleHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC .[ 31] July 22 until January 8, 2023 - New York: 1962-1964 at The Jewish Museum in New York City.[ 32] September 23 until January 8, 2023 - Bernardo Bellotto . On the 300th Anniversary of the Painter’s BirthdayRoyal Castle in Warsaw .[ 33] Ongoing - Ricky Brown: Really Bad Portraits in Washington Square Park in New York City.[ 34]
Works
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Deaths
January 1
January 4 - Craig Ruddy , 53, Australian artist and Archibald Prize winner (COVID-19)[ 43] January 14 - Ricardo Bofill , 82, Spanish-Catalonian architectJanuary 15 - Hossein Valamanesh , 72, Iranian-Australian artistJanuary 16
January 31 - James Bidgood , 88, American filmmaker, photographer, and visual and performance artistFebruary 7 - Dan Lacey , 61, American painterFebruary 10 - John Wesley , 93, American painterFebruary 12 - Carmen Herrera , 106, Cuban-born American artist[ 45] February 17 - John Scott , 71, Canadian artistFebruary 19
February 22 - DeWain Valentine , 86, American sculptorFebruary 26
February 27 - Nick Zedd , 63, American filmmaker and painterMarch 1 - Conrad Janis , 94, American actor, art dealer, and son of Sidney Janis March 13 - Albert Kresch , 99, American painterMarch 18 - Budi Tek , 65, Indonesian art collectorMarch 28 - Mira Calix , 52, South African-born British visual artist and musicianMarch 29 - Ted Mooney , 70, American novelist and Art journalist (Art in America )March 31 - Patrick Demarchelier , 78, French photographerApril 1 - Eleanor Munro , 94, American art critic, art historian, and writerApril 4 -
April 6 - David McKee , 87, British illustratorApril 18 - Hermann Nitsch , 83, Austrian artist (Viennese Actionism )April 21 - Cynthia Plaster Caster , 74, American artistApril 22 - Marcus Leatherdale , 69, Canadian photographerApril 23 - Enoch Kelly Haney , 81, American sculptor and painterApril 30 - Ron Galella 91, American photographerMay 7 - Suzi Gablik 87, American artist, and art criticMay 10 - Enrique Metinides , 88, Mexican crime photographerMay 15 - Knox Martin , 99, American painterMay 18 - Bob Neuwirth , 82, American Musician, singer-performer, and painterMay 22 - Miss.Tic , 66, French street artistMay 24 - David Datuna , 48, Georgian born American artistMay 27 - Claude Rutault , 80, French painterJune 5 - Christopher Pratt , 86, Canadian painter and printmakerJune 6 - Jacques Villeglé , 96, French mixed-media artistJune 8 - Paula Rego , 87, Portuguese-British visual artistJune 11 - Duncan Hannah , 69, American painterJune 12
June 15
June 21 - Harvey Dinnerstein , 94, American artistJune 25 - Sam Gilliam , 88, American painterJune 26 - Margaret Keane , 94, American painterJuly 2 - David Blackwood , 80, Canadian visual artistJuly 9
July 18
July 22 - Emilie Benes Brzezinski , 90, American sculptorJuly 25 - Jennifer Bartlett , 81, American painterJuly 29 - Mary Obering , 85, American painterAugust 2 - Velichko Minekov , 93, Bulgarian sculptorAugust 5 - Issey Miyake , 84, Japanese fashion designerAugust 9 - Raymond Briggs , 88, British author and illustratorAugust 12 - Natalia LL , 85, Polish artistAugust 13 - Marta Palau Bosch , 88, Spanish-born Mexican artistAugust 14 - Dmitri Vrubel , 62, Russian painterAugust 21 - Oliver Frey , 74, Swiss visual artistAugust 24 - Lily Renée , 101, Austrian-born American comic book artistAugust 25 - Charlie Finch , 68, American art critic (death announced on this date)September 5 - Virginia Dwan , 90, American art dealerSeptember 8
September 13
October 8
October 11
References
^ Stevens, Matt; Bowley, Graham (28 February 2022). "Treasured Paintings Burned in Russian Invasion, Ukrainian Officials Say" . The New York Times . ^ "Ukrainian Culture and Art Comes Under Attack in the Wake of Russia's Invasion" .^ "Review: Women take center stage as the curtain rises on a San Diego art museum" . Los Angeles Times ^ "Former Louvre president Jean-Luc Martinez charged in Abu Dhabi art trafficking case" . The Washington Post . 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-06-08 .^ Pogrebin, Robin (10 May 2022). "Warhol's 'Marilyn,' at $195 Million, Shatters Auction Record for an American Artist" . The New York Times . ^ "Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait sells for record $195m" . TheGuardian.com ^ "At $195mn, Warhol's Marilyn becomes most expensive 20th-century painting - la Prensa Latina Media" .^ "Who's Gagosian, the Winning Bidder for Warhol's $195 Million 'Marilyn' . Bloomberg.com . 10 May 2022.^ "Man Ray's 'Le Violon d'Ingres' photograph sells for record $12.4 million" . CNN ^ "Man Ray's Famed Photograph of Kiki de Montparnasse Sells for Record $12.4 M" . 14 May 2022.^ "Mona Lisa smeared with cake in apparent climate protest" . CBS News ^ "Man arrested after Mona Lisa smeared with cake" . TheGuardian.com ^ "Orlando Museum of Art director fired after FBI seizes 'purported' Basquiat paintings" . USA Today ^ Williams, Helen (4 July 2022). "Anti-oil protesters attach 'apocalyptic vision' to Constable's Hay Wain" . The Independent . Retrieved 4 July 2022 . ^ Holland, Oscar (5 July 2022). "Climate protesters glue themselves to 200-year-old masterpiece" . CNN . Retrieved 5 July 2022 . ^ "Prized Picasso 'unharmed' after Extinction Rebellion activists glue hands to painting in Melbourne" . TheGuardian.com ^ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/14/just-stop-oil-activists-throw-soup-at-van-goghs-sunflowers
^ https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/charles-ray [bare URL ^ " .^ "In Pictures: See Crowds Lose Themselves in Artist Tomás Saraceno's Immersive Spiderweb Environment at the Shed" . 7 March 2022.^ "Holbein: Capturing Character" . 24 August 2021.^ "Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman" .^ "Dorothea Tanning's Enigmatic Art Journeys Beyond Surrealism in a New Show at Kasmin" . 9 March 2022.^ "Bridget Riley: Perceptual Abstraction | Yale Center for British Art" .^ "Major Exhibition of Work by Abstract Painter Sean Scully" .^ "Exhibition | Nicole Eisenman, 'Untitled (Show)' at Hauser & Wirth, 22nd Street, New York, USA" . 29 July 2022.^ "Fondation Louis Vuitton to Showcase Monumental Exhibition on Claude Monet and Joan Mitchell" . 19 July 2022.^ "MCA - Nick Cave: Forothermore" .^ "Marc Quinn: History Painting + | Yale Center for British Art" .^ "Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love | Baltimore Museum of Art" .^ "Sam Gilliam: Full Circle" .^ "The Jewish Museum" .^ https://zamek-krolewski.pl/en/aktualnosc/wystawy-czasowe/1396-bernardo-bellotto-300th-anniversary-painters-birthday/printable/print ^ "Funny Artist Draws "Really Bad Portraits" of Strangers on the Street of NYC for $3" . 19 April 2022.^ "Mets unveil overdue Tom Seaver statue outside Citi Field" . 15 April 2022.^ " . BBC News . Retrieved 27 June 2022 .^ "Alex da Corte: ROY G BIV" .^ " . 10 May 2022.^ "Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth: Winning design a 'litmus test' for society" . BBC News . 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2022-10-01 .^ https://www.un.org/en/delegate/brazilian-artist%E2%80%99s-mural-%E2%80%98-planet%E2%80%99-proves-big-draw-ga ^ Fullerton, Elizabeth (April 2022). "Bright Colors, Dark Subjects: Hew Locke's Unsettling Pageant" . The New York Times . ^ Bahr, Sarah (19 May 2022). "Lorraine Hansberry Statue to be Unveiled in Times Square" . The New York Times . ^ "Craig Ruddy, Archibald prize-winning painter, dies at 53" . The Guardian . Retrieved 5 January 2022 .^ Jessica Steinberg (17 January 2022). "Tova Berlinski, artist who painted the pain of Auschwitz, dies at 106" . Times of Israel . Retrieved 22 February 2022 . ^ Oliver Basciano (14 February 2022). "Carmen Herrera obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 22 February 2022 . ^ Dan Graham, Conceptual Artist Who Bent Time and Space, Dies at 79
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