This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) List of years in art (Table) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998    1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005    2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Related time period or subjects 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 20th century 21st century 22nd century Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 1.1 Full date unknown 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Deaths 4.1 January to June 4.2 July to December Events 10 July - At a Sotheby's auction Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for 49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson of Fleet. 13 July - Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art opens in the converted Baltic Flour Mill at Gateshead in North East England. Full date unknown Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opens to the public in Amherst Massachusetts. A sculpture by Henri Matisse Reclining Nude I (Dawn) is sold for US$ 9.2 million a record for a Matisse sculpture. Awards Archibald Prize - Cherry Hood Simon Tedeschi Unplugged Beck's Futures - Toby Paterson Hugo Boss Prize- Pierre Huyghe Turner Prize - Keith Tyson Wynne Prize - Angus Nivision Remembering Rain Works Anish Kapoor - Marsyas (Tate Modern) Deaths January to June 30 January - Inge Morath Austrian photographer (b.1923). 12 March - Jean-Paul Riopelle Canadian painter and sculptor (b.1923). 22 May - Niki de Saint Phalle French sculptor painter and film maker (b.1930). 12 June - Bill Blass American fashion designer (b.1922). July to December 8 July - Ward Kimball American Academy Award-winning animator (b.1914). 13 July - Yousuf Karsh Armenian-Canadian photographer (b.1908). 17 July - George Rickey American kinetic sculptor (b.1907). 22 August - Richard Lippold American sculptor (b.1915). 23 November - Roberto Matta Chilean painter (b.1911). 9 December - Ian Hornak American painter and draughtsman (b.1944). 9 December - Stan Rice American poet and artist (b.1942). 26 December - Herb Ritts American photographer (b.1952).