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The year 1993 in art involved some significant events. Contents 1 Events 1.1 Full date unknown 2 Exhibitions 3 Awards 4 Works 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 References Events 7 March - Beavis and Butt-head first appears on MTV. May - Jay Jopling opens the London gallery White Cube. Tracey Emin's first major exhibition "My Major Retrospective 1963-1993" (sic.) opens here on 19 November.1 27 May A car bomb at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence kills five; the Mafia is suspected. 21 June - Tate St Ives gallery opens in Cornwall England. Full date unknown The comic book collecting boom achieves its peak. A catalogue of Augustan portraits list 148 replicas of Augustus of Primaporta plus six done as cameos. The earliest known replica of Augustus is made before 25 BC. The Barbie Liberation Organization as a revolt against gender stereotypes switches the voice boxes on a reported 300 talking G.I. Joe and Barbie dolls before returning them to stores. Exhibitions Kustom Kulture Laguna Beach Art Museum Harold Parker retrospective Queensland Art Gallery Venice Biennale shows several works by Young British Artists including Damien Hirst's Mother and Child Divided. Awards Archibald Prize: Garry Shead - Tom Thompson Schock Prize in Visual Arts: Rafael Moneo Turner Prize: Rachel Whiteread Wolf Prize in Arts: Bruce Nauman Works Peter Doig - Blotter Anya Gallaccio - Stroke Births The template below (Empty section) is being considered for deletion. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. Deaths 26 January - Robert Jacobsen Danish sculptor and painter (b.1912). 28 January - Hannah Wilke American painter sculptor and photographer (b.1940). 30 January - Svetoslav Roerich Russian painter (b.1904). 19 February - Pietro Pezzati American painter (b.1902). 30 March - Richard Diebenkorn American painter (b.1922). 3 May - Robert De Niro Sr. American abstract expressionist painter (b.1922). 30 May - Henry Heerup Danish painter and sculptor (b.1907). 6 September - Leonard Bocour paint-maker painter (b. 1910). 7 December - Abidin Dino Turkish artist (b.1913). References "Tracey Emin: My Major Retrospective 1963-1993". White Cube. http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/majorretrospective/. Retrieved 2011-05-21.