The year 2009 in art involves some significant events. It is the Norwegian Year of Cultural Heritage 2009. Contents 1 Events 2 Exhibitions 3 Awards 4 Deaths 5 References Events Tim Burton's drawings are compiled and published under the name The Art of Tim Burton. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum hosts Rob Pruitt's First Annual Art Awards in New York.1 Exhibitions The Pictures Generation curated by Douglas Eklund at The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York CIty (April 29- August 2 2010) Awards (unknown) Deaths January 10 Coosje van Bruggen 66 wife and collaborator of sculptor Claes Oldenburg January 16 Andrew Wyeth 91 American painter February 2 Howard Kanovitz 79 American painter March 8 Ernest Trova 82 American sculptor May 31 Frederick Hammersley 90 American painter June 4 Robert Colescott 83 American painter June 16 Frank Mason 88 American painter and teacher July 13- Dash Snow 27 American artist July 26 Merce Cunningham 90 American dancer choreographer who worked closely with Robert Rauschenberg and other visual artists. July 28 Tony Rosenthal 94 American sculptor August 26 Hyman Bloom 96 American painter August 31 Barry Flanagan 68 English sculptor September 5 Richard Merkin 70 American painter illustrator October 1 Charles Seliger 83 American painter October 18 Nancy Spero 83 American artist October 27 Roy DeCarava 90 American artist photographer November 11 Irving Kriesberg 90 American painter November 18 Jeanne-Claude 74 French artist November 26 Peter Forakis 82 American sculptor December 10 Thomas Hoving 78 former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art References Rob Pruitt and the Guggenheim Launch an Awards Show