2007 in art

The year 2007 in art involved some significant events and new works.

Events

10 June – 21 November – 52nd Venice Biennale.
18 October – In New York City, the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries is forced into closure on the evening of the opening of a major Caravaggio exhibition, amidst scandal and lawsuits.
22 October – In Amersfoort (Netherlands) a fire at the Armando museum destroys 63 paintings from the permanent and loan collections.^[1]
2 November – Nightwatching, Peter Greenaway's film about Rembrandt, is released. It is the first film in Greenaway's series "Dutch Masters".^[2]
14 November – Sotheby's sells La Fuensanta by Julio Romero de Torres to a private collector.^[3]
20 December – The Pablo Picasso painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, together with Candido Portinari's O Lavrador de Café, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.

14 June-16 September - National Portrait Gallery, "BP Portrait Award 2007"^[4]
September-December - Garden in Transit, a public art exhibit, is displayed on New York City taxis between September 2007 and December 2007

Archibald Prize – John Beard, Portrait of Janet Laurence
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester Artist of the Year – Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
Caldecott Medal – David Wiesner, Flotsam
Turner Prize – Mark Wallinger, State Britain
Venice Biennale – (June 10 - November 21)
- Lion d'Or Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:Malick Sidibé (Mali)
- Lion d'Or for Best Pavilion: Andreas Fogarasi (Hungary)
Wynne prize – Philip Wolfhagen, Winter Nocturne IV

8 January – Iwao Takamoto, Japanese American animator, television producer, and film director (b.1925).
20 January – Dan Christensen, American abstract painter (b.1942).
4 February – Jules Olitski, American abstract painter, printmaker, and sculptor (b.1922).
14 February – Emmett Williams, American poet and Fluxus artist (b.1925).
22 February
- Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b.1918).
- Miriam Mone, Northern Irish fashion designer (b.1965; ovarian cancer).^[8]
2 March – Madi Phala, South African artist (b.1955).
6 March – Jean Baudrillard, French cultural theorist, sociologist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer (b.1929).
16 March – Raymond Nasher, American art collector (b.1921).

7 April – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b.1931).
8 April – Sol LeWitt, American conceptual and minimalist artist (b.1928).
10 April – Salvatore Scarpitta, American sculptor (b.1919).
15 April – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b.1920).
17 April – Kitty Carlisle Hart, American singer, actress and New York State Council on the Arts member (b.1910).
3 May – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (b.1913).
26 May – James Beck, American art historian (b.1930).
28 May – Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, stage designer and art professor (b.1945; ALS).^[9]
2 June – Jerry Wilkerson, American painter (b.1943).
17 June – Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b.1944).
22 June – Bernd Becher, German photographer (b.1931).
26 June – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur (b.1929).

7 July – John Szarkowski, American photographer, curator, historian and critic (b.1925).
17 July – Jeremy Blake, American digital artist and painter (b.1971).
22 July – Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animator, artist and film director (b.1950).
9 August – Joe O'Donnell, American photographer (b.1922).
11 August – Maurice Boitel, French painter (b.1919).
12 August
- Elizabeth Murray, American painter, printmaker and draughtsman (b.1940).
- Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (b.1963).
17 August – Edward Avedisian, American abstract painter (b.1936).
24 September – Lenore Tawney, American fiber artist (b.1907).
25 September – André Emmerich, American gallerist.

5 October – Alexandra Boulat, French photographer (b.1962).
8 October – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b.1917).
21 October
- R. B. Kitaj, American-born English artist (b.1932).
- Ileana Sonnabend, art dealer and gallerist.
30 October – Norbert Lynton, British art historian and Professor of the History of Art (b.1927).
16 November – Paul Brach, American abstract painter, lecturer and educator (b.1924).
4 December
- Norval Morrisseau, Aboriginal Canadian artist (b.1932).
- Herman Rose 98, painter (b.1909).
14 December – Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter (b.1926).
31 December – Michael Goldberg, American abstract expressionist painter and teacher (b.1924).

↑ "Armando Museum in Ruins After Fire". Blouin Artinfo. 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
↑ Morgan, Nesta. "Nightwatching". film&festivals. United Kingdom: Wallflower Press, Film Culture Ltd. 2 (2): 5. ISSN 1755-5485.
↑ "Julio Romero de Torres". Sotheby's. Retrieved 16 Aug 2015.
↑ National Portrait Gallery website. Accessed 26 February 2014
↑ McIntyre, Stefanie (August 2007). "Bin Laden & Virgin Mary in Art Row". Reuters.
↑ "Furor over Burqa-clad Virgin Mary, Jesus morphing into Osama bin Laden". USA Today. September 2007.
↑ Fortescue, Elizabeth; Aston, Heath (August 2007). "Fury on Virgin Mary's Burqa". Herald Sun.
↑ Miriam Mone obituary in The Irish Times
↑ Obituary, The Guardian, 13 June 2007

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