2008 in art
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The year 2008 in art involves some significant events.
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[edit] Events
[edit] Exhibitions
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[edit] Awards
- Caldecott Medal - Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Doug Moran National Portrait Prize - Fiona Lowry
- Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Mona Hatoum
- Turner Prize nominees - Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes.
[edit] Deaths
- January 3 - Joan Gillchrest, 89, British painter
- March 3 - William Brice, 86, American painter and teacher
- March 11 - Dave Stevens, 52, American illustrator
- March 28 - Michael Podro, 77, British art historian
- March 29 - Angus Fairhurst, 41, Young British Artist
- March 29 - Josef Mikl, 78, Austrian painter
- April 3 - Vladimír Preclík, 78, Czech sculptor
- April 9 - Burt Glinn, 82, American photographer
- April 16 - Joseph Solman, 99, American painter
- April 25 - Enrico Donati, 99, Italian-American painter
- May 10 - Herbert Albert, 82, British painter and etcher
- May 12 - Robert Rauschenberg, 82, American artist, a father of pop-art
- May 15 - Will Elder, 86, American illustrator and comic book artist
- May 18 - Pietro Cascella, 87, Italian sculptor
- May 21 - Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, 76, Portuguese printmaker and teacher
- May 23 - Cornell Capa, 90, Hungarian-American photographer
- May 28 - Beryl Cook, 81, British painter
- June 1 - Alton Kelley, 67, American poster artist
- June 18 - Tasha Tudor, 92, American illustrator
- July 7 - Bruce Conner, 74, American artist, filmmaker
