Editing 2001 (section)

=== Art ===
{{Main|2001 in art}}
The [[49th Venice Biennale]] shifted from traditional paintings and sculptures, giving an increased focus to film and architectural sculpture.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|page=525}}<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=167}} ''[[Avant-garde]]'' works of art sold well, with the highest earning being [[Gerhard Richter]]'s painting of candles, which sold for US$5.4 million.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|page=525}} A decline in the fashion industry was exacerbated by the September 11 attacks; styles with military or otherwise violent iconography were phased out.<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|pages=219–220}}

Improvements in [[inkjet printing]] made high resolution photography more practical. Japanese photographer [[Hiroshi Sugimoto]] exhibited his photographs of wax statues of historical figures to provoke questions about the nature of artistic depiction.<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=171}} Several iconic works of [[photojournalism]] were produced during the September 11 attacks, including ''[[The Falling Man]]'' and ''[[Raising the Flag at Ground Zero]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Almond |first=Kyle |date=2021-09-10 |title=The 9/11 photos we will never forget |url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/09/us/9-11-photos-cnnphotos/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=CNN |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913054920/https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/09/us/9-11-photos-cnnphotos/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Fritz Koenig]]'s ''[[The Sphere|Sphere]]'' was the only artwork to be recovered from the site, and the sculpture continued to be displayed in its damaged form as a memorial.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blackemore |first=Erin |date=July 26, 2016 |title=The World Trade Center's Only Surviving Art Heads Home |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-trade-centers-only-surviving-art-headed-back-home-180959910/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208020202/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-trade-centers-only-surviving-art-headed-back-home-180959910/ |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>

The most popular exhibition at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York City was artwork depicting [[Jacqueline Kennedy]]'s time as [[first lady of the United States]], followed an exhibition of works by [[Johannes Vermeer]] and the [[Delft School (painting)|Delft School]]. Both exhibitions were seen by over 500,000 visitors.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|page=525}} New art galleries and museums opened in Tokyo,<ref>{{cite book  | last = Miyazaki  | first = Hayao  | author-link = Hayao Miyazaki  |author2=Isao Takahata  | title = Starting Point 1979–1996  | publisher = Viz Media  | year = 2009  | pages = 446–447  | isbn = 978-1-4215-0594-7}}</ref> Vienna<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leopoldmuseum.org/en/collection|title=Collection|website=Leopold Museum|access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref> and New York.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|title=A Face-Lift on Fifth|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/12/03/a-face-lift-on-fifth|access-date=2021-04-13|magazine=The New Yorker|date=November 26, 2001 |language=en-us}}</ref>