1986 in art

Categories: 1986 | Years in art

See also: 1985 in art, other events of 1986, 1987 in art, list of years in art.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Events 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

Awards

• Sulman Prize - Wendy Sharpe - Black Sun - Morning and Night
• Turner Prize - Gilbert and George
  • Shortlisted were: Art & Language, Victor Burgin, Derek Jarman, Steven McKenna and Bill Woodrow.

Events

• Opening of the Musée d'Orsay (formerly the Gare d'Orsay) in Paris.

Works

Births

Deaths

• March 6 - Georgia O'Keeffe
• July 22 - Floyd Gottfredson, cartoonist
• September 12 - Jacques Henri Lartigue, photographer and painter
• September 12 - Ernst Haas, photographer
• October - Barker Fairley, painter