2023 in art
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The year 2023 in art will involve various significant events.
Events
- February - The Joan Mitchell foundation issues a cease and desist letter to Louis Vuitton to stop using Joan Mitchell's paintings as the backdrop in one of the advertising campaigns for their signature handbags, saying that it is unauthorized and improper usage.[1]
- February 16 - A woman attending the Art Wynwood art fair in the Wynwood section of Miami, Florida taps a limited edition porcelain Jeff Koons Balloon Dog sculpture displayed at the Bel-Air Fine Art booth at the event knocking it to floor and shattering it into many many pieces and shards. Luckily for the interactive viewer there was no "Break it You Buy It" policy at the temporary gallery outpost and it was covered by insurance[2]
Exhibitions
- January 26 until April 16 - Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[3]
Works
- Banksy - Valentine's day mascara in Margate, Kent, England
- Lucinda "La Morena" Hinojos - Super Bowl LVII Mural in Phoenix, Arizona[4]
- Shazia Sikander
- Now
- Witness[5]
- Hank Willis Thomas - The Embrace installed on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts[6]
Awards
Deaths
- January 2 - Marilyn Stafford, 97, American photographer
- January 3
- Karim Bennani, 87, Moroccan painter
- Zhou Lingzhao, 103, Chinese painter
- Lyuben Zidarov, 97, Bulgarian illustrator and painter
- January 5 - Michael Snow, 94, Canadian artist
- January 9 - George S. Zimbel, 93, American-Canadian photographer
- January 10 - Hans Belting, 87, German art historian
- January 17 - Nicola Zamboni, 79, Italian sculptor
- January 27 - Alfred Leslie, 95, American painter and filmmaker
- February 13 - Jesse Treviño, 76, Mexican-American painter
- February 14 - Anthony Green, 83, British painter
- February 17 - Ángela Gurría, 93, Mexican sculptor
- February 26 - Ans Westra, 86, Dutch-born New Zealand photographer (Washday at the Pa)
- March 2 - Mary Bauermeister, 87, German visual artist and musician
References
- ^ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/joan-mitchell-foundation-copyright-claims-louis-vuitton-handbag-ads-1234658446/
- ^ https://amp.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article272539097.html
- ^ https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2023/beyond-the-light
- ^ https://www.azcentral.com/mosaic-story/news/local/arizona-people/2023/02/05/la-morena-inspired-by-chicana-indigenous-roots-for-super-bowl-2023-art/69844260007/
- ^ https://brooklynrail.org/2023/02/artseen/Shahzia-Sikander-Havahto-breathe-air-life
- ^ https://hyperallergic.com/792677/hank-willis-thomas-memorializes-mlk-and-coretta-scott-kings-love/