The year 2023 in art involves various significant events.

Events

* February - The Joan Mitchell foundation issues a

cease and desist A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop alleged illegal activity. The phrase "cease and desist" is a legal doublet, made up of two near-synonyms. The letter may warn that, if the recipient does not dis ...

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. * 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 Balloon Dog is a series of sculptures by Jeff Koons. The Broad in Los Angeles has a copy of ''Balloon Dog (Blue)''. In 2013, ''Balloon Dog (Orange)'' sold at Christie's for $58.4 million. References Collection of The Broad Sculptures by ...

sculpture displayed at the Bel-Air Fine Art booth, knocking it to the floor and shattering it into many many pieces and shards. There was no "Break it You Buy It" policy at the temporary gallery outpost and it was covered by insurance. * March - The Vatican Museums returns three historic 2,500 year old sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens to Greece. * March 29 - The German born Belgian art collector and patron

Myriam Ullens Baroness Myriam Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (born 23 September 1952) is a German-born Belgian entrepreneur engaged in art, fashion and philanthropy. Early life and education Myriam Ullens ''née'' Lechien was born in Cologne, Germany, and spe ...

is shot dead allegedly by her stepson, Nicolas Ullens de Schooten Whettnall. * May - American visual artist and academic Shellyne Rodriguez has online and in-person confrontations in New York City with

anti-abortion Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respons ...

activists and when a '' New York Post'' reporter tries to interview her at her home she threatens him with a machete. She is then dismissed from her position as a professor at

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admi ...

, arrested and charged with menacing and harassment. * June 27 -

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...

's last painting, '' Lady with a Fan'' (''Dame mit Fächer'', 1918), is sold by Sotheby's in London for UK£85.3M (US$108.4) to a Hong Kong collector, the highest-priced artwork ever sold at auction in Europe. * September - Edouard Manet's ''

Olympia The name Olympia may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games * ''Olympia'' (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlet ...

'' comes to the U.S. for the very first time as part of the exhibition ''Manet/Degas'', a show which originated at the famed work's home, the

Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) ( en, Orsay Museum) is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art ...

in Paris. * October 6 - An American tourist visiting Israel throws two second century Roman statues to the floor in the

Israel Museum The Israel Museum ( he, מוזיאון ישראל, ''Muze'on Yisrael'') is an art and archaeological museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and one of the world’s leading encyclopa ...

damaging them and is subsequently arrested. Upon questioning by

Israeli police The Israel Police ( he, משטרת ישראל, ''Mišteret Yisra'el''; ar, شرطة إسرائيل, ''Shurtat Isrāʼīl'') is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fightin ...

the vandal said that he considered them “to be idolatrous and contrary to the Torah.” * November 8 - The collection of

Emily Fisher Landau The Fisher Landau Center for Art is a private foundation located in Long Island City, in Queens, New York City, United States. It offered regular exhibitions of contemporary art, open to the public from 12 to 5pm, Thursdays through Mondays, until ...

(1920-2023) sets a record for the highest total proceeds ever obtained at auction from the sale of a collection of a female collector, 406 million $US at Sotheby's in New York City. The sale includes Pablo Picasso's '' Femme à la montre'' (1932), which changed hands for 121 million $US, the second highest price ever achieved at auction for a work by Picasso after ''

Les Femmes d'Alger ''Les Femmes d'Alger'' (English: ''Women of Algiers'') is a series of 15 paintings and numerous drawings by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The series, created in 1954–1955, was inspired by Eugène Delacroix's 1834 painting ''Women of Algiers ...

'' (1955), which sold for 179.4 million $US in 2015, then a record for a painting sold at auction. *November - The missing painting by Sandro Botticelli, ''

Madonna delle Grazie Our Lady of Graces (Italian: ''Madonna delle Grazie'' or ''Nostra Signora delle Grazie'') or Saint Mary of Graces (Italian: ''Santa Maria delle Grazie'') is a devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. Several churches with this d ...

'', is recovered in the Italian town of Gragnano. * December **Australian artist

Mike Parr Mike Parr is an Australian performance artist and printmaker. Parr's works have been exhibited in Australia and internationally, including in Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the United States. In the 1970s, he ...

is dropped by his longtime representative the Anna Schwartz Gallery in Melbourne after staging a performance and instillation where he placed the words Israel and

Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...

side by side. **Departing the booth he curated at Art Miami during

Art Basel Miami Beach Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international art fair staged annually in Basel, Switzerland; Miami Beach; Hong Kong and from 2022, Paris. Art Basel works in collaboration with the host city's local institutions to help ...

week art dealer Rodrigo Salomon leaves a small painting by

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( , ; late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporar ...

(1618-1682), "Madonna and Child" valued at between 500,000 and 1 million $US in a Lyft vehicle before it can be retrieved from the trunk and the driver speeds away with the painting in the hold. The painting is subsequently returned.

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. *

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

until April 30 - ''The Art of Banksy Without Limits'' in São Paulo, Brazil then travels to Queens Plaza in Brisbane, Australia from May 3 until

July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...

* February 18 until June 4 - ''Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection, New York'' at the

Home of the Arts Home of the Arts (HOTA), opened as the Keith Hunt Community Entertainment and Arts Centre in 1986 and subsequently renamed The Arts Centre Gold Coast (TAC) and Gold Coast Arts Centre, is a cultural precinct situated in Surfers Paradise, City of ...

at the

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...

* March 2 until June 4 - '' Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined'' at the New Museum in New York City. * March 3 until August 15 - '' The Sassoons'' at the Jewish Museum in New York City. *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...

until August 27 - ''

Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

Celebration: The Collection in a New Light'' at the

Musée Picasso :''This article refers to the museum in Paris. There are a number of other Picasso museums.'' The Musée Picasso ( en, Picasso Museum) is an art gallery located in the Hôtel Salé ( en, Salé Hall) in rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district ...

in Paris, France. * March 8 until March 23 - ''Never Above'' 14th Street (

Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al ...

, Martin Wong, Keith Haring, Futura, Crash, Lady Pink, Linus Corragio, David Wojnarowicz, Dondi White, and

Mike Bidlo Michael Bidlo (born 20 October 1953) is an American conceptual artist who employs painting, sculpture, drawing, performance, and other forms of "social sculpture." Early life and education Bidlo was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied at the U ...

: curated by Scott Nussbaum) at

Phillips Phillips may refer to: Businesses Energy * Chevron Phillips Chemical, American petrochemical firm jointly owned by Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66. * ConocoPhillips, American energy company * Phillips 66, American energy company * Phil ...

in New York City. * March 18 until

October 15 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 1211 ...

- ''

Kehinde Wiley Kehinde Wiley (born February 28, 1977)"Kehinde Wiley"
''Artnet''. Retrieved October 13, 2010. i ...

: An Archeology of Silence'' at the De Young Museum in San Francisco, California. * March 28 until July 23 - '' Manet / Degas'' at the

in Paris, France. then traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from September 26 until January 7, 2024. *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

until September 10 - '' Gego: Measuring Infinity'' at the

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously exp ...

in New York City. *March 31 until September 10 - '' Sarah Sze: Timelapse'' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. * April 3 until

July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. * 105 ...

- '' Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter'' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

until December 3 - ''

Cecily Brown Cecily Brown (born 1969) is a British painter. Her style displays the influence of a variety of contemporary painters, from Willem de Kooning, Francis BaconScott, Sue (2013). "Cecily Brown" in ''The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium ...

: Death and the Maid'' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. * April 12 until

May 26 Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire take ...

- '' Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing'' at

Acquavella Galleries Acquavella Galleries is an art gallery located at 18 East 79th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. History Acquavella Galleries was founded at 598 Madison Avenue in 1921 b ...

in New York City. *

April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...

until July 28 - '' Mark Bradford: You Don't Have to Tell Me Twice'' at Hauser & Wirth in New York City. * April 18 until June 1 - ''Rear View'' at LGDR in New York City. * May 5 until October 8 - ''The Encounter: Barbara Chase-Riboud/

Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti (, , ; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and ...

'' at

MoMA Moma may refer to: People * Moma Clarke (1869–1958), British journalist * Moma Marković (1912–1992), Serbian politician * Momčilo Rajin (born 1954), Serbian art and music critic, theorist and historian, artist and publisher Places ; Ang ...

in New York City. * May 12 until

August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. * 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...

- ''Young

in Paris'' at the

in New York City. *

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. * 11 ...

until August 27 - '' Van Gogh's

Cypresses Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word ''cypress'' is derived from Old French ''cipres'', which was imported from Latin ''cypressus'', the la ...

'' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. * June 1 until March 3, 2024 - '' Nicolas Party and

Rosalba Carriera Rosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was a Venetian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighte ...

'' at the

Frick Madison 945 Madison Avenue, also known as the Breuer Building, is a museum building in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The Marcel Breuer-designed structure was built from 1964 to 1966 as the third home for the Whitney Museum of America ...

in New York City. * June 9 until October 8 - ''

Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard (; 3 October 186723 January 1947) was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist ...

: Designed by

India Mahdavi India Mahdavi (born April 4, 1962) is an Iranian-French architect and designer. Over 20 years since launching her own studio, Mahdavi has built a name for herself—working on large hospitality projects, luxury collaborations, and even launching ...

'' at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. * June 11 until October 9 - '' Canova: Sketching in Clay'' at the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...

in Washington DC. * July 15 until

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

2024 - ''Gladiators: A Day At The Roman Games'' at

Colchester Castle Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to its being built ...

. * September 10 until January 13, 2024 - '' Ed Ruscha / Now Then'' at MoMA in New York City. * September 12 until October 21 - '' Tetsuya Ishida: My Anxious Self'' (curated by

Cecilia Alemani Cecilia Alemani is an Italian curator based in New York City. She is the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art and the Artistic Director of the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. She previously curated the 2017 Biennale's ...

) at

Gagosian Gagosian is a contemporary art gallery owned and directed by Larry Gagosian. The gallery exhibits some of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. There are 16 gallery spaces: five in New York City; three in London; two in Par ...

in New York City. *

September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...

Until February 3, 2024 - '' Moki Cherry: Journey Eternal'' at the

Moderna Museet Moderna Museet ("the Museum of Modern Art"), Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum opened a new branch in Malmö in t ...

in Malmö, Sweden. * October 8 until February 17, 2024 - ''

in Fontainbleu'' at MoMA in New York City. * October 12 until March 3, 2024 - '' Judy Chicago: Herstory'' at the New Museum in New York City. * October 13 until January 21, 2024 - ''Vertigo of Color:

Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known prima ...

, Derain, and the Origins of

Fauvism Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French language, French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the Representation (arts), repr ...

'' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. * October 18 until February 4, 2024 - '' Mark Rothko'' at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. * October 20 until March 3 2024 - '' Mattia Preti. Discovering the baroque secrets of Malta'' at Podchorążówka Museum,

Łazienki Park Łazienki Park or Royal Baths Park ( pl, Park Łazienkowski, Łazienki Królewskie) is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. The park-and-palace complex lies in Warsaw's central district ('' Śródmieście ...

in Warsaw. * October 22 until January 21, 2024 - '' Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Parts'' at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. * November 4 until January 13, 2024 - ''

Tracy Emin Tracey Karima Emin, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Associate of the Royal Academy, RA (; born 3 July 1963) is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawi ...

: Lover's Grave'' at

White Cube White Cube is a contemporary art gallery founded by Jay Jopling in London in 1993. The gallery has two branches in London: White Cube Mason's Yard in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London; White Cube Hong Kong, in Centra ...

in New York City. *

November 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Br ...

until

2024 - '' Bonnard’s Worlds'' at Kimbell Art Museum in

Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

, Texas * November 18 until

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

2024 - ''

Botticelli Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (, ), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered ...

Drawings'' (curated by Furio Rinaldi) at De Young Museum/

Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

in San Francisco. * November 17 until January 31, 2024 - ''

Marta Minujin Marta may refer to: People * Marta (given name), a feminine given name * Märta, a feminine given name * Marta (surname) :István Márta composer * Marta (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer Places * Marta (river), an ...

: Ariel! Ariel! Ariel!'' at the Jewish Museum in New York City. * November 18 until May 19 2024 - ''

Ramses Ramesses may refer to: Ancient Egypt Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty * Ramesses I, founder of the 19th Dynasty * Ramesses II, also called "Ramesses the Great" ** Prince Ramesses (prince), second son of Ramesses II ** Prince Ramesses-Merya ...

& the Gold of the Pharaohs'' at the Australian Museum in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

Works

Refik Anadol Refik Anadol (born 1985) is a Turkish-American new media artist and designer. His projects consist of data-driven machine learning algorithms that create abstract, dream-like environments. He lives and works in Los Angeles. Early life and educati ...

- ''Unsupervised'' created for and installed at

in New York City * Banksy - '' Valentine's day mascara'' in Margate, Kent, England *

Janet Echelman Janet Echelman (born March 19, 1966) is an American sculptor and fiber artist. Her sculptures have been displayed as public art, often as site-specific installations. Works include: ''1.26'', which has been exhibited on five continents; ''Her ...

- '' Current'' in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

* Urs Fischer - ''Divine Interventions'' * Lucinda "La Morena" Hinojos - '' Super Bowl LVII Mural'' in Phoenix, Arizona *

Alexander Klingspor Alexander Klingspor (born 1977 in Stockholm) is a contemporary Swedish painter and sculptor who has worked in Sweden and the United States. Overview Klingspor left Sweden for the United States and was apprenticed to the American illustrator ...

- ''N.Y.C. Legend'' *

- ''Sculpture of Dreams'' commissioned for and installed in Times Square in Manhattan, New York City *

Shazia Sikander Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-American visual artist. Sikander works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, animation, installation, performance and video. Sikander currently lives ...

**''Now'' **''Witness'' * Hiroshi Sugimoto - '' Point of Infinity'', San Francisco *

Hank Willis Thomas Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976 in Plainfield, New Jersey; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) is an American conceptual artist working primarily with themes related to identity, history, and popular culture. Early life and education Hank Willis Th ...

- '' The Embrace'' installed on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts *

Jordan Wolfson Jordan Wolfson is an American artist who lives in Los Angeles. He has worked in video and film, in sculptural installation, and in virtual reality. Biography Wolfson was born in 1980 in New York. He took a BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Isl ...

- ''Body Sculpture'' (completed) *

Jonathan Yeo Jonathan Yeo (born 18 December 1970, in London, England) is a British artist who rose to international prominence in his early 20s as a contemporary portraitist, having painted Kevin Spacey, Dennis Hopper, Cara Delevingne, Damien Hirst, Prince P ...

- ''

His Majesty King Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...

'' (completed)

Awards

Films

* Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe *

Problemista ''Problemista'' is a 2023 American surrealist comedy film written, directed, and co-produced by Julio Torres. It stars Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Isabella Rosselini and Greta Lee. It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2 ...

* Taking Venice

Deaths

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...

Marilyn Stafford Marilyn Jean Stafford (née Gerson; 5 November 1925 – 2 January 2023) was a British photographer. Born and raised in the United States, she moved to Paris as a young woman, where she began working as a photojournalist. She settled in London, bu ...

, 97, American photographer *

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

Karim Bennani Karim Bennani ( ar, كريم بناني; 2 January 1936 – 3 January 2023) was a Moroccan painter. Biography Bennani was born in Fez on 2 January 1936. He initially pursued commercial studies before leaving in 1951 to attend the Académie des a ...

, 87, Moroccan painter ** Zhou Lingzhao, 103, Chinese painter ** Lyuben Zidarov, 97, Bulgarian illustrator and painter * January 5 - Michael Snow, 94, Canadian artist *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...

George S. Zimbel George S. Zimbel (July 15, 1929 – January 9, 2023) was an American-Canadian documentary photographer. He worked professionally from the late 1940s, mainly as a freelancer. He was part of the Photo League and was one of its last surviving member ...

, 93, American-Canadian photographer *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...

Hans Belting Hans Belting (born 7 July 1935 in Andernach, Rhine Province) is a German art historian and theorist of medieval and Renaissance art, as well as contemporary art and image theory. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and studied at the universities ...

, 87, German art historian * January 17 -

Nicola Zamboni Nicola Zamboni (10 May 1943 – 17 January 2023) was an Italian sculptor. Life Zamboni was born in Bologna and he was student and assistant of Quinto Ghermandi. After retiring from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in his third year, he went ...

, 79, Italian sculptor *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

Alfred Leslie Alfred Leslie (born October 29, 1927) is an American artist and filmmaker. He first achieved success as an Abstract Expressionist painter, but changed course in the early 1960s and became a painter of realistic figurative paintings. Biography ...

, 95, American painter and filmmaker *

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

Jesse Treviño Jesus Treviño (December 24, 1946 – February 13, 2023), better known as Jesse Treviño, was a Mexican-born American visual artist. He essentially became a Chicano artist after he was wounded in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, which required h ...

, 76, Mexican-American painter *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

- Anthony Green, 83, British painter *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...

- Ángela Gurría, 93, Mexican sculptor *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...

- Ans Westra, 86, Dutch-born New Zealand photographer ( Washday at the Pa) * March 2 -

Mary Bauermeister Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister (born 7 September 1934) is a German artist who works in sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, and music. Influenced by Fluxus artists and Nouveau Réalisme, her work addresses esoteric issues of how informati ...

, 87, German visual artist and musician * March 3 **

Camille Souter Camille Souter (born Betty Pamela Holmes, 1929) is an Irish abstract and landscape artist. She lives and works on Achill Island and has been an elected member of Aosdána since 1981. Early life Souter was born Betty Pamela Holmes in Northampt ...

, 93, British-born Irish artist (death announced on this date) ** Lou Stovall, 86, American visual artist **

Rafael Viñoly Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (born 1944) is a Uruguayan architect. He is the principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects, which he founded in 1983. The firm has offices in New York City, Palo Alto, London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, and Buenos Aires. Viñ ...

, 78, Uruguayan architect (The Cleveland Museum of Art) *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

Piero Gilardi ''For the 19th-century painter and sculptor, see Pier Celestino Gilardi'' Piero Gilardi (born 1942, Turin) is a visual artist. Born in Italy from a Swiss family, he studied at the Liceo Artistico in Turin. In an interview with LeGrace G. Benson, G ...

, 80, Italian sculptor *

Ian Falconer Ian Woodward Falconer (born August 25, 1959) is an American author and illustrator of children's books, and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He has created 30 covers for ''The New Yorker'' as well as other publications. Falconer wro ...

, 63, American illustrator ('' The New Yorker'') * March 11 -

Bill Tidy William Edward "Bill" Tidy, Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 9 October 1933), is a British cartoonist, writer and television personality, known chiefly for his comic strips. Tidy was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the Brit ...

, 89, British cartoonist *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...

- Phyllida Barlow, 78, British visual artist * March 18 -

Francisco Rodón Francisco Rodón (June 6, 1934 – March 18, 2023) was a Puerto Rican portrait and landscape painter. Born in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, Rodón studied in Mexico, France, and Spain. He was named Puerto Rico's most im ...

, 88, Puerto Rican painter *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

Shamim Sikder Shamim Sikder (born 1953) is a Bangladeshi sculptor. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh. Education and career Sikder enrolled at the Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 15. In 1976, she moved to Sir John C ...

, 70, Bangladeshi sculptor (

Shoparjito Shadhinota Shoparjito Shadhinota (English: Self-earned Freedom) is a sculpture by Shamim Sikder commemorating the Bangladesh Liberation war. History The sculpture was built in 1990, and is located in Dhaka University. After the statue was inaugurated Islam ...

) * March 23 -

James Harithas Menelaus James Harithas (December 1, 1932 – March 23, 2023) was an American museum curator, director, and founder. Early life and education Menelaus James "Jim" Harithas was born in Lewiston, Maine, the eldest of three children. His father ...

, 90, American museum curator * March 27 -

, 102, American art collector and philanthropist * March 29 **

Vivan Sundaram Vivan Sundaram (born 28 May 1943) is an Indian contemporary artist. His parents were Kalyan Sundaram, Chairman of Law Commission of India from 1968 to 1971, and Indira Sher-Gil, sister of noted Indian modern artist Amrita Sher-Gil. He is mar ...

, 79, Indian artist **

, 70, German born Belgian art patron * April 3 -

Neal Boenzi Neal Boenzi (November 15, 1925 – April 3, 2023) was an American photojournalist who worked for ''the New York Times''. Biography Boenzi was born in South Brooklyn, New York City, New York, on November 15, 1925. He was one of five children of a ...

, 97, American photographer *

- Ted Bonin, 65, American art gallerist (death announced on this date) *

April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...

Deborah Brown Deborah Brown (27 September 1927 – 8 April 2023) was a Northern Irish sculptor. She is well known in Ireland for her pioneering exploration of the medium of fibre glass in the 1960s and established herself as one of the country's leading scu ...

, 95, Northern Irish sculptor * April 10 -

Al Jaffee Allan Jaffee (born Abraham Jaffee; March 13, 1921) is an American cartoonist. He is notable for his work in the satirical magazine '' Mad'', including his trademark feature, the ''Mad'' Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine ...

, 102, American cartoonist ('' Mad'', '' Trump'', '' Humbug'') * April 11 ** John Olsen, 95, Australian artist **

Maya Wildevuur Martje Lammigje "Maya" Wildevuur (; 24 July 194411 April 2023) was a Dutch painter. She began making art professionally with flower arrangements and silk landscape collages. She founded art galleries in 1984 and 1992, the former becoming the su ...

, 78, Dutch painter *

Eberhard W. Kornfeld Eberhard W. Kornfeld (23 September 1923 – 13 April 2023) was a Swiss auctioneer, author, art dealer, and collector based in Bern. Early life Eberhard W. Kornfeld was born in Basel on 23 September 1923. After a commercial apprenticeship with ...

, 99, Swiss auctioneer, author, and art dealer * April 14 -

Ed Koren Edward Benjamin "Ed" Koren (born 1935) is a writer and illustrator of children's books and political cartoons, most notably in ''The New Yorker''. Personal Edward Benjamin Koren was born in New York City and attended Horace Mann School and Col ...

, 87, American cartoonist ('' The New Yorker'') * April 20 - Harold Riley, 88, English painter * April 22 - Ju Ming, 85, Taiwanese sculptor *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...

Yvonne Jacquette Yvonne Jacquette (born 1934) is an American painter and printmaker known in particular for her depictions of aerial landscapes, especially her low-altitude and oblique aerial views of cities or towns, often painted using a distinctive, pointill ...

, 88, American painter * May 6 - Frank Kozik, 61, Spanish-born American graphic artist *

May 11 Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...

- Kenneth Anger, 96, American Experimental Filmmaker * May 15 -

Roy Lerner Roy Lerner (1954-2023) Born in Chicago, Illinois) was an internationally exhibited American painter. Lerner attended Franconia College where he studied with the artist Peter Bradley. Early in his career Lerner was a gallery assistant to the Br ...

, 68, American painter *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. *1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1364 ...

Dorothy Knowles Dorothy Elsie Knowles, (born April 6, 1927) is a Canadian artist, most notable for her landscape paintings. She is the widow of William Perehudoff, a fellow artist who is closely associated with the Color Field movement. Career Knowles studie ...

, 96, Canadian painter * May 17 - Jorrit Tornquist, 85, Austrian-Italian visual artist, color consultant, and theorist *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

- Ilya Kabakov, 89, Russian–American conceptual artist *

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...

Hans-Peter Feldmann Hans-Peter Feldmann (born 1941 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German visual artist. Feldmann's approach to art-making is one of collecting, ordering and re-presenting. Early life and career In the 1960s, Feldmann studied painting at the University ...

, 82, German visual artist *

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...

Françoise Gilot Marie Françoise Gilot (born 26 November 1921) is a French painter, best known for her relationship with Pablo Picasso, with whom she had two children. Gilot was already launched as an accomplished artist, notably in watercolours and ceramics, b ...

, 101, French painter * June 18 -

Graziano Origa Graziano Origa is an Italian artist. In 1979, he founded the magazine '' Punk Artist''. In 1972, Graziano began to work in comics at StudiOriga in Milan. He draws black and white pen/ink portraits: Presley, Divine, Krisma, Eva Robin's, Arman ...

, 70, Italian comic book artist * June 22 -

Cora Cohen Cora Cohen (born October 19, 1943) is an American artist whose works include paintings, drawings, photographs, and altered radiography, x rays. Cohen is most known for her abstract paintings and is often identified as continuing the tradition of ...

, 79, American artist * July 2 -

Khosrow Hassanzadeh Khosrow Hassanzadeh (born 1963 in Tehran) is an Iranian painter. He is known for his "Terrorist" collection. Life and career Hassanzadeh was born in 1963 in Tehran, to a working class Azerbaijani family who were fruit-sellers. He was just 17 ...

, 60, Iranian painter * July 4 -

Jan Sierhuis Jan Sierhuis is a painter, born in 1928, in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with Th ...

, 94, Dutch painter * July 11 ** Fazil Najafov, 88, Azerbaijani sculptor **

Ales Pushkin Ales Pushkin ( Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pushkin; Belarusian ''Алесь Пушкін'') (b. August 6, 1965, village Bobr, Krupki District, Minsk Region, Belarus) is a Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and p ...

, 57, Belarusian painter, theatre director, and political prisoner * July 21 - Tony Bennett, 96, American singer and painter * July 24 **

Jesse Lott Jesse Lott (1943 – July 24, 2023) was an American visual artist known for his wire and wood sculptures, papier mâché figures, and collages made from found materials within a style he called "urban frontier art". Early life and education Jes ...

, 80, American visual artist (death announced on this date) **

Oswaldo Viteri Oswaldo Viteri (born Ambato, Ecuador, 1931) is an Ecuadorian neo-figurative artist. Viteri gained recognition for his assemblage work, but has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, and mosaics. He began ...

, 91, Ecuadorian painter *

July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...

Giorgio Di Genova Giorgio Di Genova (23 October 1933 – 25 July 2023) was an Italian art historian, critic, and curator, mostly known for being the author of '' History of Italian Art of the Twentieth Century''. Biography Giorgio Di Genova was born in Rome on 23 ...

, 89, Italian art historian (

History of Italian Art of the Twentieth Century ''History of Italian Art of the Twentieth Century'' (Storia dell'arte italiana del '900) is an art encyclopedia written between 1981 and 2010 by critic and art historian Giorgio Di Genova published by Edizioni Bora in Bologna. Description The enc ...

) * July 27 - Didier Lourenço, 55, Spanish painter *

July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. *1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...

- Konrad Klapheck, 88, German painter and graphic artist * August 1 -

David Le Batard David Adam Le Batard (also known by the nickname LEBO) (born 19 November 1972) is a Cuban-American graphic and fine artist based in Miami, Florida, best known for murals, live painting and sculpture. He has been described as one of southern Flori ...

, 50, American artist * August 9 -

Brice Marden Brice Marden (born October 15, 1938) is an American artist generally described as Minimalist, although his work may be hard to categorize. He lives and works in New York City; Tivoli, New York; Hydra, Greece; and Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. Life ...

, 84, American painter * August 24 -

Claude Picasso Claude Ruiz Picasso (born 15 May 1947) is a French photographer, cinematographer, movie director, visual artist, graphic designer, and businessman. He is a child of Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso and the older brother of Paloma Picasso. By a ...

, 76, French photographer, cinematographer, and graphic designer * August 26 - Mario Costa, 86, Italian philosopher, author (Arte Contemporanea ed Estetica del Flusso), and art theorist * September 8 - Lisa Lyon, 70, American bodybuilder and fine art photography model (

Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-p ...

) *

September 15 Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. *1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...

Fernando Botero Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political ...

, 91, Colombian painter and sculptor * September 20 - Erwin Olaf, 64, Dutch photographer *

October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...

Park Seo-bo Park Seo-bo ( ko, 박서보; b. 1931 in Yecheon, Korea) is a Korean painter, part of the first generation of modern artists in South Korea. He has been a prolific painter well known for his french: Ecriture paintings, and has been one of the mo ...

, 91, South Korean painter **

Gastón Ugalde Gastón Ugalde (1 July 1944 – 14 October 2023) is considered the father of contemporary bolivian art and was the recipient of the prestigious Konex Award in 2002 along with Oscar Niemeyer. Ugalde was named "the most important living Bolivian ...

, 79, Bolivian visual artist * October 18 - Juanita McNeely, 89, American artist * October 20 -

Eduardo Arranz-Bravo Eduard Arranz Bravo (8 October 1941 – 20 October 2023) was a Catalan Spanish painter. Life and career Born on 8 October 1941, stylized Eduard Arranz-Bravo, to a Basque father and an Argentinian mother, Arranz-Bravo studied at the San Jorge F ...

, 82, Catalan Spanish painter * October 22 - Ida Applebroog, 93, American multi-media artist *

October 25 Events Pre-1600 * 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. * 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...

- Robert Irwin, 95, American artist, Light and Space * November 4 - Gord Smith, 86, Canadian sculptor * November 13 - Joe Tilson, 96, British artist *

November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...

Radcliffe Bailey Radcliffe Bailey (born 1968) is a contemporary American artist noted for mixed-media, paint, and sculpture works that explore African-American history. He is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. Early life and education Radcliffe Bailey was born ...

, 54, American artist *

November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...

- Rob Krier, 85, Luxembourgish sculptor, architect, and urban designer * November 25 -

Larry Fink Laurence Douglas Fink (born November 2, 1952) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. BlackRock is the largest money-management firm in the wor ...

, 82, American photographer (death announced on this date) * December 5 -

Paul Dibble Paul Hugh Dibble (born 20 March 1943) is a New Zealand sculptor. Biography Born in Thames on 20 March 1943 and raised on a farm in Waitakaruru on the Hauraki Plains, Dibble was educated at Thames High School. He trained at the Elam School of F ...

, 80, New Zealand sculptor * December 7 - Vera Molnár, 99, Hungarian media artist * December 10 -

Graziella Magherini Graziella Magherini (; born 23 August 1927 in Florence) is an Italian psychiatrist at the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Florence, Italy. ''Stendhal syndrome'' Graziella Magherini is best known for her 1989 book ''La sindrome di Stendhal'' (''T ...

, 96, Italian psychiatrist dealing with art related psychosomatic disorders ( Stendhal syndrome) *

December 16 Events Pre-1600 * 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. * 755 ...

- Richard Hunt, 88, American sculptor * December 18 -

Giovanni Anselmo Giovanni Anselmo (born 1934 in Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Province of Turin, Italy) is an artist who emerged in Italy after World War II within the art movement called Arte Povera. His most famous artwork is ''Untitled (Sculpture That Eats)'' (1968), a ...

, 89, Italian artist ( Arte Povera) * December 22 - Imroz, 97, Indian painter and printmaker * December 23 -

William Pope.L Pope.L (also known as William Pope.L, born 1955 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American visual artist best known for his work in performance art, and interventionist public art. However, he has also produced art in painting, photography and theater ...

, 68, Amerucan performance and public intervention artist * December 24 - Sherif Sonbol, 67, Egyptian photographer * December 28 - Hardi, 72, Indonesian visual artist *

December 30 Events Pre-1600 *534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. *999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushi ...

- Martha Diamond, 79, American painter

References

{{reflist 2023 in the arts 2020s in art Years of the 21st century in art 2023-related lists Culture-related timelines by year