2024 Art Anniversaries: Munch, Mondrian, Kahlo, and More

A comprehensive list of artist anniversaries in 2024 includes Edvard Munch (80 years since death, Jan 23), Piet Mondrian (80 years, Feb 1), Gertrude Stein (150 years since birth, Feb 3), Charles Bukowski (30 years since death, Mar 9), Marlon Brando (100 years since birth, Apr 3), Willem de Kooning (120 years since birth, Apr 24), Franz Kafka (100 years since death, Jun 3), Giorgio Vasari (450 years since death, Jun 26), Frida Kahlo (70 years since death, Jul 13), Henri Cartier-Bresson (20 years since death, Aug 3), Marcello Mastroianni (100 years since birth, Sep 28), Oscar Wilde (170 years since death, Oct 16), Henri Matisse (70 years since death, Nov 3), and Vasily Kandinsky (80 years since death, Dec 13). Key exhibitions include Munch's 'Trembling Earth' at MUNCH Oslo (Apr 27-Aug 25), Mondrian: Foundations at Museum of Fine Arts Boston (until Apr 28, 2024), 'Who was Gertrude Stein?' at Musée du Luxembourg, a de Kooning retrospective at Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia (from Apr 16), a Vasari show at Arezzo's Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea e Moderna, a Kahlo exhibition at Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Palermo (until Mar 3, 2024), a Cartier-Bresson show at Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson (until Jan 29), and Matisse – Invitation to the Voyage at Fondation Beyeler (Sep 22, 2024-Jan 26, 2025). The Corridoio Vasariano may reopen. A play 'Atti osceni' about Oscar Wilde runs in Milan (Jan 13-Feb 4).