The great art quiz of 2019

The great art quiz of 2019

By Alice Primrose

Published 20 December 2019

What a year. Have you kept your paintbrush dipped in the ever-colourful palette of the art world? Or did you abandon it in the corner to get dry and crusty? Only one way to find out…

<section><h2><h2><strong>The great art quiz of 2019</strong></h2></h2></section><section><h2><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Which artist was unveiled on the new £20 note this year?</span></p></h2></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Speaking of Turner, how did Margate commemorate the Turner Prize coming to the local Turner Contemporary gallery this year?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OK, one more Turner-related question and then we’ll move on. What did this year’s four finalists do at the prize-giving ceremony?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A study this year revealed that work by female artists makes up what proportion of global art auction sales?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In January, which rapper donated $10m to help make James Turrell’s </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Roden Crater</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> artwork?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In October, Instagram invited a group of roughly 20 artists, curators, and activists to their NYC HQ for a meeting about what?</span></p><p><br></p><h2><br></h2></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Which unfinished feat of architecture was finally given a building permit this June?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Blenheim Palace found itself in a spot of bother in September when a prized artwork was nicked from the grounds. What was the work?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And speaking of Maurizio Cattelan... It’s been a tough year for the artist – when he displayed his </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Comedian</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> work at Art Basel this December, what did another artist promptly do?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This winter, faculty at art schools across the UK went on an eight-day strike in response to what?</span><strong></strong></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">Antony Gormley flooded the Main Galleries of the Royal Academy to create his work, </span><em style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">Host</em><span style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">. Which of these didn’t happen?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In September architect David Adjaye unveiled his plans for The Abrahamic Family House: an “multifaith complex” in Abu Dhabi.  Which of these places of worship won’t be found there?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In November, rumours circulated that the only private home ever designed by Zaha Hadid was being put up for sale by its commissioner and owner, the Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin. Allegedly, the property was originally intended to be a wedding gift for his (ex)-fiancee – who was she?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p><strong></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This October, a gesture of Franco-American friendship was unveiled in Paris: an 12-metre-tall, 35-tonne memorial sculpture by Jeff Koons. How have the French described the sculpture?</span></p></h3></section><section><h2></h2></section><section><h3></h3></section>

The great art quiz of 2019

By Alice Primrose

Published 20 December 2019

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