2000 in art

Events

February – Opening of the New Art Gallery Walsall in the West Midlands of England.
13 February – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles Schulz.^[1]
9 March – The FBI arrests art forgery suspect Ely Sakhai in New York City.^[2]
May – Christie's withdraws a forgery of Paul Gauguin's Vase de Fleurs (Lilas) from auction.
11 May – Official opening of the Tate Modern in London.
7 August – DeviantART is launched in the United States.
12 October – Official opening of The Lowry theatre and gallery centre in Salford, England (designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold).
22 December – Nationalmuseum robbery: a self-portrait by Rembrandt and two Renoir paintings are stolen from the museum in Stockholm in Sweden.
Full date unknown
- First publication of the Hockney–Falco thesis in art history.^[3]
- Constantine Andreou receives the Légion d'honneur.

Works

Deaths

17 January – Norman Blamey, British painter (b. 1914)^[8]
19 February – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian painter, architect and sculptor (b. 1928)^[9]
26 February – Louisa Matthíasdóttir, Icelandic-American painter (b. 1917)^[10]
31 March – Gisèle Freund, German-born French photographer (b. 1908)^[11]
15 April
- Edward Gorey, American illustrator (b. 1925)^[12]
- Todd Webb, American photographer (b. 1905)^[13]
16 April – Henry Bird, British muralist (b. 1909)^[14]
26 April – Gregory Gillespie, American magic realist painter (b. 1936)
8 May – Stanley Boxer, American painter (b. 1926)
3 June – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker and graphic artist (b. 1922)^[15]
9 June – Jacob Lawrence, African American painter (b. 1917)
2 July - Constance Howard, English textile artist (b. 1910)
10 July – Gertrud Arndt, German photographer (b. 1903)
17 July – Aligi Sassu, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)^[16]
5 August – Tullio Crali, Italian Futurist painter (b. 1910)^{[citation needed]}
25 August – Carl Barks, American illustrator and comic book creator (b. 1901)
19 September – Anthony Robert Klitz, English artist (b. 1917)
19 October – Hans Moller, German born American painter
3 December – Frank Roper, English metal sculptor and stained glass artist (b. 1914)
4 December – Ansgar Elde, Swedish ceramic artist (b. 1933)

Events