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2007 In Art
The year 2007 in art involved some significant events and new works. Events * April - The Museo Alameda opens in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A * 10 June – 21 November – 52nd Venice Biennale. * October - ''Execution'' by Yue Minjun sells at Sotheby's in London for £2.9 million pounds (US $5.9 million - euro 4.2 million) making it most expensive artwork ever sold by a Chinese contemporary artist. * 18 October – In New York City, the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries is forced into closure on the evening of the opening of a major Caravaggio exhibition, amidst scandal and lawsuits. * 22 October – In Amersfoort (Netherlands) a fire at the Armando museum destroys 63 paintings from the permanent and loan collections. * 2 November – '' Nightwatching'', Peter Greenaway's film about Rembrandt, is released. It is the first film in Greenaway's series "Dutch Masters". * 14 November – Sotheby's sells '' La Fuensanta'' by Julio Romero de Torres to a private collector. * 20 December – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Years In Art
This page indexes the individual year in art pages; see also art periods. This list is exclusively for the visual arts; for music, see Timeline of musical events. __NOTOC__ Prehistoric – 1000s – 1010s – 1020s – 1030s – 1040s – 1050s – 1060s – 1070s – 1080s – 1090s – 1100s – 1110s – 1120s – 1130s – 1140s – 1150s – 1160s – 1170s – 1180s – 1190s – 1220s – 1250s – 1260s – 1270s – 1290s – 1300s – 1310s – 1320s – 1330s – 1340s – 1350s – 1360s – 1370s – 1380s – 1460s – 1480s – 1530s – 1550s – 1630s – 1660s – 1670s – 1750s – 1760s – 1780s – 1790s – 1810s – 1820s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s – 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 2000s – 2010s – #2020s">2020s 2020s *2023 in art - Death of Marilyn Stafford, Zhou Lingzhao, Lyuben Zidarov, Karim Bennani, Michael Snow, George S. Zimbel, Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 November
Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. *1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War. 1601–1900 *1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War. *1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. *1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally. *1882 – The great fire destroys a large part of Oulu's city center in Oulu Province, Finland. *1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. *1899 – The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. 1901–present *1912 – Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 May
Events Pre-1600 *1373 – Julian of Norwich has Visions of Jesus and Mary, visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book ''Revelations of Divine Love''. *1501 – Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, set sail for western lands. *1568 – Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at the Battle of Langside, part of the Marian civil war, civil war between Queen Mary and the supporters of her son, James VI. 1601–1900 *1612 – Sword duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on the shores of Ganryū Island. Kojiro dies at the end. *1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason. *1654 – A Venetian fleet under Admiral Cort Adeler breaks through a line of galleys and defeats the Turkish navy. *1779 – War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |