8 January – Shortly after publication of the Italian edition of his book The Art Forger's Handbook, English-born
art forgerEric Hebborn is found lying in a street in Rome, his skull crushed with a blunt instrument; he dies in hospital on 11 January.[1]
For an exhibition at the de Appel Arts Center in Amsterdam,
Maurizio Cattelan steals the entire contents of another artist's show from a nearby gallery with the idea of passing it off as his own work, Another Fucking Readymade, until the police insist he return the items on threat of arrest.[2]
8 January – Shortly after publication of the Italian edition of his book The Art Forger's Handbook, English-born
art forgerEric Hebborn is found lying in a street in Rome, his skull crushed with a blunt instrument; he dies in hospital on 11 January.[1]
For an exhibition at the de Appel Arts Center in Amsterdam,
Maurizio Cattelan steals the entire contents of another artist's show from a nearby gallery with the idea of passing it off as his own work, Another Fucking Readymade, until the police insist he return the items on threat of arrest.[2]