2007 in art

The year 2007 in art involved some significant events.

[edit] Events

• 52nd Venice Biennale June 10 - November 21
• 100th Birthday of Frida Kahlo July 6
• The Salander/O'Reilly Gallery closes on the evening of the opening of a major Caravaggio exhibition; amidst scandal and controversary in November.

[edit] Exhibitions

• Garden in Transit, a public art exhibit was displayed on New York City taxis between September 2007 and December 2007

[edit] Awards

[edit] Deaths

• January 20 - Dan Christensen, abstract painter
• February 4 - Jules Olitski, abstract painter
• April 8 - Sol LeWitt, Conceptual artist, Minimal artist
• April 10 - Salvatore Scarpitta, sculptor
• May 28 - Jörg Immendorff, painter
• June 2 - Jerry Wilkerson, painter
• August 12 - Elizabeth Murray, painter
• August 17 - Edward Avedisian, painter
• September 24 - Lenore Tawney, Fiber artist
• September 25 - Andre Emmerich, art dealer, gallerist
• October 21 - R. B. Kitaj, artist
• October 21 - Ileana Sonnabend, art dealer, gallerist
• October 30 - Norbert Lynton, art critic, historian
• November 16 - Paul Brach, painter, educator
• December 14 - Ismail Gulgee, painter, Robert Kulicke, artist, framemaker
• December 30 - Michael Goldberg, painter