1991 in art
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[edit] Events
- 14 April – In the Netherlands, thieves steal 20 paintings worth $500 million from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car near the museum.
- Opening of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
- Michael De Caso invents Rectoversion.
[edit] Exhibitions
- Damien Hirst solo exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Arts.
[edit] Dance
- May – First performance of Candoco Dance Company
[edit] Awards
[edit] Works
- Las niñas en la alborada – Félix Arauz
- The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living – Damien Hirst
- Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purposes of Understanding – Damien Hirst
- Self – Marc Quinn
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 7 February – Jean-Paul Mousseau, Canadian artist (b. 1927).
- 13 February – Arno Breker, German sculptor (b. 1900).
- 29 March – Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928).
- 10 June – Jean Bruller, French writer and illustrator (b. 1902).
[edit] July to December
- 16 July – Robert Motherwell, American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker (b. 1915).
- 30 August – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925).
- 14 September – Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer and author (b. 1910).
- 27 October – Pyke Koch, Dutch painter (b. 1901).
- 7 November – Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (b. 1920).
- 18 November – Reg Parlett, English comics artist (b. 1904).
- 21 November – Joseph Delaney, American painter (b. 1904).
- 9 December – Gisèle Lestrange, French graphic artist (b. 1927).
- 10 December – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American artist (b. 1901).
