{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2011}} {{Year nav topic5|2011|art}} {{refimprove|January 2025|date=January 2025}} The year '''2011 in art''' involved various significant events and new works.
==Events== *February 28 – Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, designed by Fernando Romero, is officially opened.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/26/museo-soumaya|title=Museo Soumaya in Mexico City gets asymmetrical new building|date=26 November 2010|magazine=Wired|access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005755/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/26/museo-soumaya|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Carlos Slim: At home with the world's richest man|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=21 February 2011|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/8335604/Carlos-Slim-At-home-with-the-worlds-richest-man.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Casey|first=Nicholas|title=Emperor's New Museum|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703300904576178381398949942|accessdate=29 March 2011|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|location=New York|date=3 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Mexico's Carlos Slim Builds a Dazzling Art Palace|journal=Business Week|location=New York|date=26 January 2010|url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2010/id20100120_875263.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129042610/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2010/id20100120_875263.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tuckman|first=Jo|title=Mexican billionaire's new museum gives The Thinker much to ponder|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/02/carlos-slim-mexico-art-museum|accessdate=29 March 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 March 2011|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37450/carlos-slims-museo-soumaya-money-cant-buy-taste/?page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019230145/http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37450/carlos-slims-museo-soumaya-money-cant-buy-taste/?page=1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 19, 2012|title=Carlos Slim's Museo Soumaya: Money Can't Buy Taste|date=April 12, 2011|work=ArtInfo}}</ref> *April 3 – The Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is arrested and detained and his studio sealed off, by the government of the People's Republic of China, during an apparent crackdown by the regime on activists and dissidents. The government later states that Weiwei is being held while investigated for economic crimes. *April 16 – Turner Contemporary art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens in Margate, Kent, England.<ref name=Gallery>{{cite news|first=Charlotte|last=Higgins|title=Amid tough times, gallery building boom brings hope for the future|work=The Guardian|date=April 10, 2011|page=11}}</ref> *May 1 – UK publication of ''@earth''. *May 21 – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens to the public in West Yorkshire, England.<ref name=Gallery/> *June – Mougins Museum of Classical Art opens in France. *June 22 – The Chinese legal authorities release Ai Weiwei on bail after three months' detention, after being charged with alleged tax evasion. His incarceration is widely viewed as an attempt to silence a prominent critic while authorities had time to decide on legal grounds for prosecuting him, and his detention prompts worldwide condemnation of the Chinese government.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 22, 2011 |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/06/chinese-media-reports-artist-ai-weiwei-released-from-prison.html|title=Chinese state media say artist Ai Weiwei released from detainment | newspaper = LA Times |accessdate=June 22, 2011}}</ref> According to China's Foreign Ministry, he is prohibited from leaving Beijing without permission for one year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ai Weiwei 'cannot leave Beijing without permission'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13887899|publisher=BBC|date=June 23, 2011}}</ref><ref name=AP_June_2011>{{cite news|title=Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Free in body, not voice|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWVbgz7PJf1ARXw9H5lh8FvnZuPg?docId=e1eaf3a8b9234433b53bbc891c3a8458|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626054516/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWVbgz7PJf1ARXw9H5lh8FvnZuPg?docId=e1eaf3a8b9234433b53bbc891c3a8458|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2011|publisher=The Associated Press}}</ref> After his release Weiwei declines to give interviews saying that he is not allowed to talk.<ref name=AP_June_2011/> * September – firstsite's new art gallery, designed by Rafael Viñoly, opens in Colchester, England.<ref name=Gallery/> *September 8 – ''Gerhard Richter Painting'', a documentary about the German artist Gerhard Richter, written and directed by Corinna Belz, is released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Simon |first=Alissa |date=19 September 2011 |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/gerhard-richter-painting-1117946160/ |title=Gerhard Richter Painting |website=Variety |access-date=3 May 2023 }}</ref> *September & October – 2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts thefts. In two separate incidents, antique stone pieces are taken from the museum. One was recovered two years later in Edmonton. In 2017, Simon Metke pleaded guilty to possession of stolen goods.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stolen artifact from Montreal museum recovered in Edmonton|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/stolen-artifact-from-montreal-museum-recovered-in-edmonton-1.2535754|newspaper=CBC News|date=February 14, 2014|accessdate=August 17, 2017}}</ref> The second stolen item has not yet been found. *October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor, is erected at Olympic Park, London.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tim Adams|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/may/06/olympics-orbit-anish-kapoor|title=Anish Kapoor's Orbit tower: the mother of all helter-skelters|website=The Guardian|date=5 May 2012|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref> *November 8 – ''Rhein II'' by the German photographer Andreas Gursky sells for US$4.3m (£2.7m) at Christie's, New York becoming the most expensive photograph ever sold. *November 15 – Ai Weiwei pays 8.45 million yuan in taxes after receiving a large number of donations from supporters who believe the debt was politically motivated because of his criticism of the Chinese government.<ref>{{cite web|title=China's Ai Weiwei pays $1.3 million tax bond|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/world/asia/china-weiwei-tax/index.html?hpt=ias_c2|publisher=CNN|date=2011-11-16|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref> *November 28 – The Knoedler art dealership in New York City announces its permanent closure amid revelations that it had been dealing in forged paintings.
==Exhibitions== *February 13 until June 6 - ''Picasso's Guitars 1912-1924'' (curated by Anne Umland) at MoMA in New York City<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/arts/design/11picasso.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3zQtgFvIk6t5c7CPQR9Iy0waw5_fdM3Mlzlar3LLS9VZPQ6yj22vVpVdo_aem_eR1gBz-XEOHR1JB8WodM0w | title=When Picasso Changed His Tune | work=The New York Times | date=February 10, 2011 | last1=Cotter | first1=Holland }}</ref><ref>“Picasso: Guitars 1912–1914” https://www.artforum.com/events/picasso-guitars-1912-1914-189575/</ref> *February 24 – June 5 – Thomas Lawrence: "Regency Power and Brilliance", Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut *April 12 – September 11 – "The Luminous Interval: The Dimitris Daskalopoulos Collection at the Guggenheim Bilbao<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4049 |title = The Luminous Interval |access-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603130855/http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4049 |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> *April 14 – July 15 – "Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’amour Fou", curated by John Richardson and Diana Widmaier Picasso, at the Gagosian Gallery, 522 West 21st Street in New York City<ref>[http://themmag.com/img/M_May2011_web52.pdf In the art world]</ref> *May 4 – August 7 – Alexander McQueen: ''Savage Beauty'' Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City *June 4 – November 27 – Julian Schnabel: "Permanently Becoming and the Architecture of Seeing" curated by Norman Rosenthal, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy *June 29 – September 25 – "Twombly – Poussin, Arcadian Painters"at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London *September 18 (to January 9, 2012) – "de Kooning: A Retrospective", Museum of Modern Art, New York<ref>{{cite web|title=de Kooning: A Retrospective |website= MoMA |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1135}}</ref> *November 9 (to February 5, 2012) – "Leonardo da Vinci, Painter at the Court of Milan", National Gallery, London
==Works== {{see also|Category:2011 sculptures}} *Douwe Blumberg - "America's Response Monument (De Oppresso Liber)" installed at Liberty Park, World Trade Center in New York City (conceived and executed small scale 2003 - cast and dedicated as a monumental sculpture 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/horse-soldier-statue-dedicated-liberty-park|title='Horse Soldier' Statue Dedicated in Liberty Park | National September 11 Memorial & Museum|website=www.911memorial.org}}</ref> *Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor - the ''Steilneset Memorial'' in Vardo, Norway *Maurizio Cattelan **''L.O.V.E.'' (sculpture) **''Turisti'' (installation, second version) *Isaac Cordal - ''Politicians Discussing Global Warming '' (sculpture - Berlin)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/what-politicians-debating-global-warming-will-look-soon|title = This is what politicians debating global warming will look like soon| date=July 30, 2016 }}</ref> *Martin Creed – ''Work No 1059: Scotsman Steps'' (Edinburgh) *Tracey Emin – ''Love Is What You Want''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Love is What You Want|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/41624|access-date=2020-12-18|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}</ref> *Floc'h – ''Déjeuner sur l'herbe revisited'' *Lee Kelly – ''Moontrap'', Oregon City, Oregon *Lei Yixin – Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. *Mark Patterson – ''Surfing Madonna'' (Encinitas, California)<ref>[http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/123380773.html?ref=guiltypleasures Surfing Madonna mosaic draws mass following] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203044246/http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/123380773.html?ref=guiltypleasures |date=December 3, 2013 }}. Associated Press. BakersfieldNow.com. 07-06-2011.</ref> *Ed Ruscha - ''Psycho Spaghetti Western #7'' (completed)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/ed-ruscha-los-angeles-california-road-trip/|title=On the road with Ed Ruscha|date=July 1, 2024|website=Apollo Magazine}}</ref> *John Howard Sanden – ''President George W. Bush'' *Lorna Simpson – ''Momentum'' (video) *Valentina Stefanovska – ''Warrior on a Horse'' (Skopje) *Henry Taylor - ''Warning Shots not Required''<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.frieze.com/article/henry-taylor-paints-his-people | title=Henry Taylor Paints His People | journal=Frieze | date=January 5, 2023 | issue=232 | last1=Trouillot | first1=Terence }}</ref> *''The Red Popsicle'', Seattle
==Films== *''The Mill and the Cross'' (inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1564 painting ''The Procession to Calvary''), starring Rutger Hauer as Bruegel<ref>{{cite web|author=Katarzyna Grynienko|url=https://filmneweurope.com/news/poland-news/item/1840-all-star-cast-of-the-mill-and-the-cross-working-in-poland|title=All Star Cast of 'The Mill And The Cross' Working in Poland"|access-date=January 26, 2025|archive-date=February 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203014707/http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/poland/all-star-cast-of-the-mill-and-the-cross-working-in-poland|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Awards==
*Archibald Prize – Ben Quilty for "Margaret Olley"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2011/28931/|title = Archibald Prize Archibald 2011 finalist: Margaret Olley by Ben Quilty}}</ref> *Venice Biennale (June 4 – November 27) **The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for best national pavilion-Germany exhibiting the work of Christoph Schlingensief **The Lion d'or for lifetime achievement – Franz West and Sturtevant **The Lion d'or for best artwork in the main exhibition – Christian Marclay **The Silver Lion for most promising new artist – Haroon Mirza
==Deaths== *January 4 – B. H. Friedman, 84, writer, author of the first biography on Jackson Pollock<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruce Weber|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/books/10friedman.html|title=B. H. Friedman, a Novelist, Art Critic and Pollock Biographer, Is Dead at 84|website=The New York Times|date=January 10, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref> *January 5 – Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican painter and poet *January 9 – Makinti Napanangka, 80s, indigenous Australian Papunya Tula artist *January 11 – Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator *January 13 – Ellen Stewart, 91, founder of La MaMa E.T.C., New York, designer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/theater/14stewart.html|title=Ellen Stewart, 91, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies|last1=Gussow|first1=Mel|date=January 13, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=April 19, 2016|last2=Weber|first2=Bruce|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *January 20 – Alan Uglow, 69, British born American painter *January 21 – Dennis Oppenheim, 72, American sculptor<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Roberta|title=Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/design/27oppenheim.html|access-date=January 27, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 26, 2011}}</ref> *February 4 - Françoise Cachin, 74, French art, historian, and museum director (Musée d'Orsay) *February 8 – Charles O. Perry, 81, American sculptor *February 11 – Roy Gussow, 92, American sculptor *February 25 – Suze Rotolo, 67, American book artist *March 10 – Gabriel Laderman, 81, American painter *March 13 – Leo Steinberg, 90, American art historian and critic *March 27 – George Tooker, 90, American painter *March 30 – Jorge Camacho, 77, Cuban painter *April 8 **John McCracken, 76, American sculptor and painter **Hedda Sterne, 100, Romanian born American painter *April 12 – Miroslav Tichý, 84, Czech photographer *May 13 – Stephen De Staebler, 79, American sculptor and printmaker *May 18 – Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, 60, Polish born American painter (body found on this date) *May 25 – Leonora Carrington, 94, British born surrealist painter, resident in Mexico *June 4 – Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean painter *June 9 – M. F. Husain, 95, Indian painter *June 11 – Jack Smith, 82, British painter *June 16 – Twins Seven Seven, 67, Nigerian painter and sculptor *June 20 – Thomas N. Armstrong III, 78, American curator and museum director (Whitney Museum of American Art and the Andy Warhol Museum) *June 22 – Robert Miller, 72, American gallerist *July 5 – Cy Twombly, 83, American painter *July 17 – Alex Steinweiss, 94, American graphic designer, inventor of the album cover *July 20 – Lucian Freud, 88, British painter *July 31 – John Hoyland, 76, British painter *August 4 – Éamonn O'Doherty, 72, Irish sculptor *August 6 – Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter *August 21 – Budd Hopkins, 80, American painter *August 23 – Jeanette Ingberman, 59, American curator, co-founder of Exit Art *September 5 – Vann Nath, 66, Cambodian painter *September 13 – Richard Hamilton, 89, British painter *September 16 – Stephen Mueller, 63, American painter *September 22 – Knut Steen, 86, Norwegian-born sculptor *October 22 - Adrian Berg, 82, English painter *October 24 – Bruno Weber, 80, Swiss artist and architect *November 13 – Pat Passlof, 83, American painter *November 23 – Gerald Laing, 75, British painter and sculptor *November 26 – Manon Cleary, 69, American painter *December 8 – Jerry Robinson, 89, American comic book artist and reputed creator of the Joker *December 21 – John Chamberlain, 84, American sculptor *December 26 – James Rizzi, 61, American pop artist *December 27 – Helen Frankenthaler, 83, American painter *December 30 **Ronald Searle, 91, English cartoonist **Eva Zeisel, 105, Hungarian-born American ceramic artist and designer
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