2001 in art

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See also: 2000 in art, other events of 2001, 2002 in art, list of years in art.

Contents 1 Events 2 Exhibitions 3 Awards 4 Other Artworks 4.1 Paintings 4.2 Sculptures 4.3 Other 5 Deaths

Events

• An estimated $100 million worth of art was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. Public artwork accounted for around $10 million of this figure, which included works by Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, and Roy Lichtenstein.
• A new wing in the Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery of the University of Tel Aviv, Israel, is dedicated to the memory of Michel Kikoine.

Exhibitions

• Max Beckmann retrospective at the Pompidou Centre, Paris

Awards

• Archibald Prize - Nicholas Harding for John Bell as King Lear
• Beck's Futures - Tim Stoner
• Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Giuseppe Penone
• Turner Prize - Martin Creed for The lights going on and off.

Other Artworks

Paintings

• Jeremy Deller - Battle of Orgreave
• Tracy Harris - Funnel

Sculptures

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Other

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Deaths

• November 19 - Marcelle Ferron, painter and stained-glass artist