1994 in art

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Events

• 12 February – Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen in Oslo (and is recovered on 7 May).
• 8 April – Michelangelo's Universal Judgement is reopened to public after 10 years of restorations.

Awards

• Archibald Prize: Francis Giacco – Homage to John Reichard
• Turner Prize: Antony Gormley

Works

• Helen Frankenthaler – All About Blue
• Damien Hirst – Away from the Flock
• Bill Woodrow – In Awe of the Pawnbroker

Births

• 9 July – Akiane Kramarik, American art and poetry prodigy.

Deaths

January to June

• 6 February – Jack Kirby, American comic book artist, writer and editor (b. 1917).
• 11 February – Max Leognany, French artist (b. 1913).
• 12 February – Donald Judd, American sculptor (b. 1928).
• 22 March – Walter Lantz, American cartoonist and animator (b. 1899).
• 1 April – Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912).
• 14 April – Jean Joyet, French artist (b. 1919).
• 7 May – Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909).
• 12 May – Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet, British politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen (b. 1903).

July to September

• 20 July – Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b. 1897).
• 16 August – Henry Geldzahler, American museum curator, (b. 1935)
• September – Bruce Ariss, American artist (b. 1911).
• 4 November – Sam Francis, American painter and printmaker (b. 1923).
• 20 November – Umaña, Colombian artist (b. 1908).
• 31 December – Leigh Bowery, Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, model and fashion designer (b. 1961).