1999 in art



Events from the year 1999 in art.

Events

 * 28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
 * July – After 158 years of an empty plinth, Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo becomes the first work displayed on the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London.
 * 11 December – After 19 years of work, restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes is completed in the Vatican City.
 * The Stuckism movement is founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson.
 * Discovery of Venus of Tan-Tan (300,000–500,000 BP) in Morocco, the earliest known artefact to show evidence of human artistic input.

Exhibitions

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

Works

 * Louise Bourgeois – Maman
 * Maurizio Cattelan – La Nona Ora (sculpture)
 * Mike Chapman – Christ Child (sculpture, London)
 * Fern Cunningham - "Harriet Tubman Memorial - Step on Board" (sculptural tableaux, Boston)
 * Tracey Emin – My Bed (exhibited at Tate Gallery, London)
 * Antony Gormley – Quantum Cloud (sculpture, London)
 * Andreas Gursky – color photographs
 * 99 Cent II Diptychon (diptych)
 * Rhein II
 * Friedensreich Hundertwasser - The Hundertwasser Toilets (architectural sculpture in Kawakawa, New Zealand)
 * Anish Kapoor – Taratantara (Baltic Flour Mill, Gateshead)
 * Cornelia Parker – Hanging Fire (Suspected Arson) (installation)
 * Beverly Pepper – Persephone Unbound (bronze, Seattle)
 * Neo Rauch – Tal

Awards
-The Venice Biennial-
 * Archibald Prize – Euan MacLeod, Self portrait/head like a hole
 * John Moores Painting Prize - Michael Raedecker for "Mirage"
 * Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
 * Turner Prize – Steve McQueen
 * 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)

January to June

 * 28 January – Markey Robinson, Irish painter (born 1918)
 * 5 February – Nicholas Krushenick, American pop art painter (born 1929)
 * 9 February – Richard Allen, American Minimalist, Abstract, Systems, Fundamental and Geometric painter (born 1933)
 * 18 February – Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (born 1906)
 * 10 March – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919)
 * 15 March – Harry Callahan, American photographer (born 1912)
 * 20 March – Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (born 1920)
 * 24 March – Ladjane Bandeira, Brazilian artist and journalist (born 1927)
 * 29 March – Lucien Aigner, Hungarian photographer (born 1901)
 * 24 April – Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1920)
 * 2 May – Tibor Kalman, Hungarian-American graphic designer (born 1949)
 * 12 May – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator (born 1914)
 * 15 June – John Glashan, Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright (born 1927)
 * 19 June – Oton Gliha, Croatian painter (born 1914)
 * 30 June – Edouard Boubat, French photographer (born 1923)

July to December

 * 5 July – Thea Tewi, German-born American sculptor and lingerie designer (born 1902)
 * 14 July – Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor, painter and set designer (born 1928)
 * 15 August – Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster (born 1910)
 * 21 August – Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer and gallerist (born 1907)
 * 22 August – Yann Goulet, French sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (born 1914)
 * 30 August – Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist (born 1910)
 * 13 September – Miriam Davenport, American painter and sculptor (born 1915)
 * 4 October – Bernard Buffet, French painter (born 1928)
 * 23 October - Albert Tucker, Australian Expressionist painter (born 1914)
 * 27 October – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)
 * 4 November – Richard Clements, Australian painter (born 1951)
 * 18 November
 * Stephen Greene American painter (born 1917)
 * Horst P. Horst, German American photographer (born 1906)
 * 12 December – Paul Cadmus, American painter (born 1904)
 * 28 December – Louis Féraud, French fashion designer and artist (born 1921)