1998 in art
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- April – Fans of Newcastle United F.C. decorate the newly erected Angel of the North sculpture with a giant replica of Alan Shearer's no. 9 shirt. Police remove the shirt after about twenty minutes.[1]
- 3 December – 44 governments participating in the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets approve the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art (or "Washington Declaration"), requiring efforts to be made to restore looted art to its original owners or their heirs.[2]
- Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (in the Kulturforum), designed by Heinz Hilmer and Christoph Sattler, opens.[3]
Exhibitions
- 1 November – Jackson Pollock retrospective opens at MoMA.[4]
Awards
- Archibald Prize – Lewis Miller, Portrait of Allan Mitelman No 3[5]
- Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester Artist of the Year – Wendell Castle[6]
- Gran Prix d'Antoine Pevsner – Constantine Andreou[7]
- Hugo Boss Prize – Douglas Gordon[8]
- Turner Prize – Chris Ofili[9]
Works
- Mark Calderon – Floribunda (bronze, Portland, Oregon)[10]
- Alan Collins – Legacy of Leadership (bronze, Berrien Springs, Michigan)[11]
- Michael Condron – Martian tripod (Woking, England)[12]
- Martin Creed – Work No 200: Half the air in a given space[13]
- Anthony Gormley – Angel of the North[14]
- David Hockney – A Bigger Grand Canyon[15]
- Alexander McQueen – Joan (fashion collection and show, London, February 25)[16]
- Mary Miss – Framing Union Square in the 14th Street–Union Square station in New York City[17]
- Ron Mueck – Ghost[18]
- Chris Ofili – No Woman No Cry[19]
- Valerie Otani – Folly Bollards (bronzes, Portland, Oregon)[20]
- Stephen Robin – Federal Triangle Flowers (sculptures, Washington, D.C.)[21]
- Edwina Sandys - Eve's Apple permanently installed in Windsor, Ontario[22]
- Piotr Uklański – The Nazis[23]
- Rachel Whiteread – Water Tower (New York City)[24]
