2003 in art

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) … 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 – 2003 – 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 … Related time period or subjects … 2000 • 2001 • 2002 – 2003 – 2004 • 2005 • 2006 … … 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 Exhibitions 3 Awards 4 Works 5 Deaths 5.1 January to March 5.2 April to June 5.3 July to September 5.4 October to December // Events January 21 - The Spire of Dublin is completed. May 11 – Benvenuto Cellini's Saliera is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. November - Gustav Klimt's Landhaus am Attersee sells for $29,128,000. Full date unknown Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design takes over the Byam Shaw School of Art. Exhibitions Jim Sanborn, Critical Assembly, Corcoran School of Art Patti Smith, Strange Messenger, The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh Awards Archibald Prize - Geoffrey Dyer, a portrait of Richard Flanagan Beck's Futures - Rosalind Nashashibi Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Susan Rothenberg Turner Prize - Grayson Perry Wynne Prize - Tim Kyle, Seated Figure Works Tony Cragg - Stainless Steel Pillar Deaths January to March 20 January - Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b.1903). 21 January - Tony O'Malley, Irish painter (b.1913). 27 January - Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (b.1915). 2 February - Emerson Woelffer, American painter (b.1914). 10 February - Edgar de Evia, Mexican-born American photographer (b.1910). 14 March - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born American performance and conceptual artist turned painter (b.1945). April to June 9 April - Jorge Oteiza, Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer (b.1908). 16 April - Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticultural artist, author and garden designer (b.1909). 23 April - Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b.1910). 13 May - Jef Friboulet, French painter and sculptor (b.1919). 29 May - Pierre Restany, French art critic and cultural philosopher (b.1930). 7 June - Georges Pichard, French comics artist (b.1920). July to September 15 August - Kirk Varnedoe, American art historian, writer and curator (b.1946). 21 August - Wesley Willis, American artist and musician (b.1963). 29 August - Vladimír Vašíček, Czech painter (b.1919). 1 September - Terry Frost, English artist noted for his abstracts (b.1915). October to December 3 October - William Steig, American cartoonist, sculptor and author (b.1907). 16 October - Avni Arbaş, Turkish artist (b.1919). 9 November - Mario Merz, Italian artist (b.1925). 15 December - George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b.1923). 17 December - Wally Hedrick, American artist (b.1928).

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