| List of years in art (Table) |
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| … 1967 . 1968 . 1969 . 1970 . 1971 . 1972 . 1973 … 1974 . 1975 . 1976 -1977- 1978 . 1979 . 1980 … 1981 . 1982 . 1983 . 1984 . 1985 . 1986 . 1987 … |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1974 . 1975 . 1976 – 1977 – 1978 . 1979 . 1980 … … 1940s . 1950s . 1960s – 1970s – 1980s . 1990s . 2000s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science . more… |
Contents |
Events
- Starr Kempf constructs the first of his "wind sculptures".
- documenta 6 takes place.
- Douglas Crimp curates "Pictures," featuring Jack Goldstein, Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine and others, at Artists' Space in New York.
Awards
- Archibald Prize: Kevin Connor - Robert Klippel
Exhibitions
- Retrospective of Valentine Hugo at the Centre Culturel Thibaud de Champagne, Troyes.
- Retrospective of Frida Kahlo at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.
Works
- Donald Judd - Untitled (Meter Box)
- Marina Abramovic and Ulay - Expansion in Space
- Lucian Freud - Naked Man with Rat
- Gordon Matta-Clark - Jacob's Ladder
- Robert Morris - Williams Mirrors
- Cindy Sherman - Untitled Film Stills (through 1980)
Births
- February 8 - Yucef Merhi, New Media Artist
Deaths
- April 27 - Charles Alston, artist and teacher
- July 27 - Lee Miller, photographer
- August 23 - Naum Gabo, sculptor
- September 23 - John Nash, painter, illustrator and engraver, brother of Paul Nash
- October 20 - Marie-Thérèse Walter, muse of Pablo Picasso and mother of his daughter (suicide)
- November 5 - René Goscinny, co-creator of the Astérix comic strip
- date unknown - Walter Pritchard, stained glass artist
- date unknown - Philip Lindsey Clark, sculptor
