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Overview of the events of 2008 in art
The year 2008 in art involves various significant events.
Events
Exhibitions
Works
Films
Awards
Births
April 16 – Asy Syifa Kaila Saidah, Indonesian artist
Deaths
January to March
1 January –
Harold Corsini , American photographer and educator (born
1919 )
3 January –
Joan Gillchrest , 89, British painter.
26 January –
Viktor Schreckengost , American industrial designer (born
1906 )
9 February -
Dorothy Podber , American performance artist (b.
1932 )
2 February –
Roger Testu , French cartoonist (b.
1913 ).
3 March –
William Brice , American painter and teacher (b.
1921 ).
11 March –
Dave Stevens , American
illustrator and comics artist (b.
1955 ).
19 March –
Hugo Claus , Belgian novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director (b.
1929 ).
28 March –
Michael Podro , English
art historian (b.
1931 ).
29 March
April to June
3 April –
Vladimír Preclík , Czech writer and sculptor (b.
1929 ).
6 April –
John Plumb , English painter (b.
1927 ).
9 April –
Burt Glinn , American photographer (b.
1925 ).
14 April –
Ollie Johnston , American animator (b.
1912 ).
16 April –
Joseph Solman , American painter (b.
1909 ).
23 April –
Paul Wonner , American painter (b.
1920 ).
25 April –
Enrico Donati , Italian-born American
Surrealist painter and sculptor (b.
1909 ).
10 May –
Herbert Albert , 82, British painter and etcher.
12 May –
Robert Rauschenberg , American artist (b.
1925 ).
15 May
18 May –
Pietro Cascella , Italian painter and sculptor (b.
1921 ).
21 May –
Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos , Portuguese artist and professor (b.
1931 ).
23 May –
Cornell Capa , Hungarian-American photographer and photo curator (b.
1918 ).
28 May –
Beryl Cook , English painter (b.
1926 ).
1 June
18 June –
Tasha Tudor , American illustrator and author of
children's books (b.
1915 ).
July to December
7 July
19 July –
Dave Pearson , English painter (b.
1937 ).
1 August –
Pauline Baynes , English book illustrator (b.
1922 ).
12 August –
Michael Baxandall , Welsh art historian (b.
1933 ).
18 August –
Manny Farber , American painter and film critic (b.
1917 ).
23 August –
John Russell , British American
art critic (b.
1919 ).
3 September –
Derek Davis , English painter and potter (b.
1926 ).
4 September –
Alain Jacquet , French artist (b.
1939 ).
12 September –
Simon Hantaï , Hungarian abstract artist (b.
1922 ).
1 October –
Boris Efimov , Russian cartoonist and propaganda artist (b.
1900 ).
7 October –
Miles Richmond , English painter (b.
1922 ).
11 October –
William Claxton , American photographer (b.
1927 )
14 October –
Ray Lowry , English cartoonist and illustrator (b.
1944 ).
18 October –
Gwyther Irwin , English abstract artist (b.
1931 ).
15 November –
Grace Hartigan , American
Abstract Expressionist painter, (b.
1922 )
16 November –
Jan Krugier , Polish born Swiss art dealer (born
1928 .
17 November –
Guy Peellaert , Belgian artist, painter, illustrator, comic artist and photographer (born
1934 )
17 December –
Willoughby Sharp , American author, curator, critic (b.
1936 )
27 December –
Robert Graham , Mexican-American sculptor (b.
1938 ).
29 December –
Vladislav Lalicki ,
Serbian painter (born
1935 ).
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