This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) List of years in art (Table) … 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 •    1994 • 1995 • 1996 – 1997 – 1998 • 1999 • 2000 •    2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 … Related time period or subjects … 1994 • 1995 • 1996 – 1997 – 1998 • 1999 • 2000 … … 1960s • 1970s • 1980s – 1990s – 2000s • 2010s • 2020s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 1.1 Full date unknown 2 Exhibitions 3 Awards 4 Artworks 5 Deaths 5.1 January to June 5.2 July to December 5.3 Full date unknown Events 27 January – It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis. 6 March – Pablo Picasso's Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery (recovered a week later). 27 April – Andrew Cunanan murders Jeffrey Trail, beginning a murder spree that will last until July and end with the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace. Full date unknown Puppy by Jeff Koons is moved from Sydney Harbour to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Robert Colescott becomes the first African-American to represent the United States in a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennial. Exhibitions Sensation opens at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Documenta X opens in Kassel Awards Archibald Prize - Nigel Thomson, Barbara Blackman Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Torsten Andersson Turner Prize - Gillian Wearing Artworks See also: Category:1997 paintings Another Place by Antony Gormley Deaths January to June 2 February - Theodoros Stamos, Greek American abstract expressionist painter (b.1922). 7 March - Martin Kippenberger, German artist (b.1953). 11 March - Sam Golden, paint maker (b.1915). 19 March - Willem de Kooning, Dutch born American abstract expressionist painter (b.1904). 16 April - Roland Topor, French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker (b.1938). 20 April - Jean Louis, French costume designer (b.1907). 23 May - James Lee Byars, American artist (b.1932). July to December 15 July - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, murdered (b.1946). 16 July - Dora Maar, French photographer, poet and painter, lover of Pablo Picasso (b.1907). 29 September - Roy Lichtenstein, American pop artist (b.1923). 22 October - Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and animation director (b.1905). 23 October - Claire Falkenstein, American sculptor and painter (b.1908). 16 December - Lillian Disney, American artist and wife of Walt Disney (b.1899). Full date unknown Jean Pierre Capron, French painter (b.1921). Jean-Pierre Sudre, French photographer (b.1921).