1991 in art
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[edit] Events
- 14 April - In the Netherlands, thieves steal 20 paintings worth $500 million from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car near the museum.
- Opening of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
- Michael De Caso invents Rectoversion.
[edit] Exhibitions
- Young British Artists exhibitions at Saatchi Gallery
- Damien Hirst solo exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Arts.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Works
- Las niñas en la alborada - Félix Arauz
- The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - Damien Hirst
- Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purposes of Understanding - Damien Hirst
- Self - Marc Quinn
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 7 February - Jean-Paul Mousseau, Canadian artist (b.1927).
- 13 February - Arno Breker, German sculptor (b.1900).
- 29 March - Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b.1928).
- 10 June - Jean Bruller, French writer and illustrator (b.1902).
[edit] July to December
- 16 July - Robert Motherwell, American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker (b.1915).
- 30 August - Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b.1925).
- 14 September - Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer and author (b.1910).
- 27 October - Pyke Koch, Dutch painter (b.1901).
- 7 November - Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (b.1920).
- 18 November - Reg Parlett, English comics artist (b.1904).
- 21 November - Joseph Delaney, American painter (b.1904).
- 9 December - Gisèle Lestrange, French graphic artist (b.1927).
- 10 December - Greta Kempton, Austrian-American artist (b.1901).
