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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
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).
- 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).