1999 in art
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- 28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.[1]
- July – After 158 years of an empty plinth, Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo becomes the first work displayed on the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London.[2]
- 11 December – After 19 years of work, restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes is completed in the Vatican City.[3]
- The Stuckism movement is founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson.
- Discovery of Venus of Tan-Tan (300,000–500,000 BP) in Morocco, the earliest known artefact to show evidence of human artistic input.[4]
Exhibitions
- 11 March – Jackson Pollock retrospective opens at the Tate London.
Works
- Louise Bourgeois – Maman
- Maurizio Cattelan – La Nona Ora (sculpture)
- Mike Chapman – Christ Child (sculpture, London)
- Fern Cunningham - "Harriet Tubman Memorial - Step on Board" (sculptural tableaux, Boston)[5]
- Tracey Emin – My Bed (exhibited at Tate Gallery, London)
- Antony Gormley – Quantum Cloud (sculpture, London)
- Andreas Gursky – color photographs
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser - The Hundertwasser Toilets (architectural sculpture in Kawakawa, New Zealand)
- Anish Kapoor – Taratantara (Baltic Flour Mill, Gateshead)
- Cornelia Parker – Hanging Fire (Suspected Arson) (installation)
- Beverly Pepper – Persephone Unbound (bronze, Seattle)
- Neo Rauch – Tal