2002 in art

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See also: 2001 in art, other events of 2002, 2003 in art, list of years in art.

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Exhibitions 5 Deaths

Events

• Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opens to the public.
• A sculpture by Henri Matisse, Reclining Nude I (Dawn), is sold for US$ 9.2 million, a record for a Matisse sculpture.

Awards

• Archibald Prize - Cherry Hood
• Beck's Futures - Toby Paterson
• Turner Prize - Keith Tyson
• Wynne Prize - Angus Nivision, Remembering Rain

Works

• Anish Kapoor - Marsyas (Tate Modern)
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec - Le Passeur du Gange

Exhibitions

Deaths

• January 30 - Inge Morath, photographer
• March 12 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, sculptor
• May 21 - Niki de Saint Phalle, artist
• June 12 - Bill Blass, fashion designer
• July 8 - Ward Kimball, animator
• July 13 - Yousuf Karsh, photographer
• July 17 - George Rickey, kinetic sculptor
• August 22 - Richard Lippold, sculptor
• December 9 - Stan Rice, painter and poet
• December 26 - Herb Ritts, photographer