2006 in art

Summary

The year 2006 in art involves various significant events.

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Exhibitions edit

  • The Masterpieces Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2 Jan – 31 December 2006
  • All the Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 26 Jan – 31 December 2006
  • Rembrandt – Caravaggio Van Gogh Museum in cooperation with the Rijksmuseum, 24 Feb – 18 June 2006
  • A summer with Rembrandt Mauritshuis, The Hague, 26 Jun – 18 September 2006
  • Rembrandt, the Etcher The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, 8 Jul – 3 September 2006
  • Rodin (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23 September 2006 – 1 Jan 2007)
  • Everyone Sang: a view of Siegfried Sassoon and his world by 25 contemporary painters (Francis Kyle Gallery, London, November–December)
  • Peter Prendergast retrospective, Oriel Ynys Môn, 14 Jan – 26 February 2006 (toured throughout UK)
  • "Barely Legal" (Banksy)

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References edit

  1. ^ "Program of events". Rembrandt 400 Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2005.
  2. ^ Riding, Alan (8 July 2006). "Luxembourg Opens Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Munch paintings recovered". Aftenposten. 31 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
  4. ^ Archived 2015-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Council's Lowry sold for £1.25m". BBC News. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  6. ^ "'Before Vermeer's Clouds', Martin Greenland - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. ^ Kennedy, Randy (20 August 2006). "A Most Public Artist Polishes a New York Image". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "We confined artists in an NYC detention center to spark a debate about US immigration". 13 April 2020.