2013 Event Investigators on the case of the October 2012 Kunsthal gallery theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse and Monet, discover paint, canvas and nails in the oven of a woman whose son has been charged with the crime 2012 Event After thousands protest Brett Murray's controversial painting 'The Spear', the gallery that exhibited his painting agrees to take the image of the artwork down from its website 2011 Event The most expensive painting ever auctioned, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust', by Pablo Picasso, goes on display in London's Tate Gallery 1996 Death Joshua Compston, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs, dies at 26 1990 Event Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos) 1982 Event Samuel Morses "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000 1975 Death Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50 1974 Event Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000 1970 Birthday Joshua Compston, born in the United Kingdom, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs 1966 Event John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery 1963 Event "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art 1961 Death Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 1947 Event 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) 1946 Birthday Neil MacGregor, director, British National Gallery 1941 Event National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens 1941 Event National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C. 1937 Event National Gallery of Art established by Congress 1935 Event W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City 1934 Birthday J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery 1934 Birthday Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1927 Birthday Michael Levey, director, British National Gallery 1926 Birthday Ronald Alley, art gallery manager, Tate Gallery 1924 Birthday Rod Serling, born in Syracuse, New York, writer/host, Twilight Zone, Night Gallery 1907 Birthday Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art 1897 Event Tate Gallery opens in England 1859 Event Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh 1819 Birthday Henry Tate, English sugar producer Tate Gallery
