The Virtual Museum of Art at Second Life opened with a Helnwein retrospective. The VMOA is the first virtual Museum that is dedicated to the lifework of a living artist .
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The Carl Barks Society awards Gottfried Helnwein the "Goose Egg Nugget Award".
In Recognition of Significant Artistic Contributions to the Disney Duck Genre and the Carl Barks Legacy. ...

Ludwig Museum Budapest, Museum of Contemporary Art, „Concept Photography - Dialogues & Attitudes".

Helnwein's works in the exhibition "Rembrandt to Thiebaud: A Decade of Collecting Works on Paper" in the San Francisco Fine Arts Museum.
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One man show at the Fotomuseo -The National Museum of Photography, Bogota.
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Helnwein curates and organizes the retrospective of legendary comic-artist Carl Barks for the Karikaturmuseum Krems in Austria.
Helnwein organized the first Museum exhibition tour of Carl Barks through 10 European Museums, between 1994 and 1998. The show was seen by more than 400 000 people. ...

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Helnweins painting "American Prayer" is part of the exhibition "Once upon a Time Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for Disney".
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The Essl Museum of Contemporary Art shows Helnwein works in their anniversary exhibition "Passion for Art - 35 years Essl Museum".
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The governor of Lower Austria Erwin Pröll appoints Helnwein as honorary ambassador of the State of Lower Austria.
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