Events from the year 1999 in art. Events 28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy. 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. 11 December – After 19 years of work, restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes is completed in the Vatican City. 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. 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) Tracey Emin – My Bed (exhibited at Tate Gallery, London) Antony Gormley – Quantum Cloud (sculpture, London) Andreas Gursky – color photographs 99 Cent II Diptychon (diptych) Rhein II 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 Awards Archibald Prize – Euan MacLeod, Self portrait/head like a hole John Moores Painting Prize - Michael Raedecker for "Mirage" Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron Turner Prize – Steve McQueen -The Venice Biennial- The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for Lifetime Achievement: Louise Bourgeois (USA), Bruce Nauman (USA) The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: Monica Bonvicini, Bruna Esposito, Luisa Lambri, Paola Pivi, Grazia Toderi (Italy) Deaths January to June 28 January – Markey Robinson, Irish painter (born 1918) 5 February – Nicholas Krushenick, American pop art painter (born 1929) 9 February – Richard Allen, American Minimalist, Abstract, Systems, Fundamental and Geometric painter (born 1933) 18 February – Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (born 1906) 10 March – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919) 15 March – Harry Callahan, American photographer (born 1912) 20 March – Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (born 1920) 24 March – Ladjane Bandeira, Brazilian artist and journalist (born 1927) 29 March – Lucien Aigner, Hungarian photographer (born 1901) 24 April – Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor