1985 in art

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Events

Charles Saatchi's collection opens to the public, arousing interest in Neo-expressionism.
Germano Celant publishes Arte Povekira: Storie e protagonisti.
Art gallerist Andrew Crispo and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum are involved in a dispute over Constantin Brâncuși's 1912 sculpture "The Muse" which ends in the museum paying $2 million US for the artwork, at the time believed to be the most ever paid for a 20th century sculpture.^[1]

Awards

Archibald Prize: Guy Warren – Flugelman with Wingman
John Moores Painting Prize - Bruce McLean for "Oriental Garden Kyoto ^[2]
Turner Prize – Howard Hodgkin

Shortlisted were: Terry Atkinson, Tony Cragg, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Milena Kalinovska and John Walker.

Works

Mai Dantsig – And the Saved World Remembers
Robyn Denny – Coloured lines at Embankment tube station in London, England
Christo and Jeanne Claude - "The Pont Neuf Wrapped" at the Pont Neuf in Paris, France
Thomas Morandi – Yankee Champion (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
Odd Nerdrum – The Cloud (Skyen)
George Rickey – Double L Excentric Gyratory (sculpture)
Sally Robinson (Australian) – Kakadu (screen print)
Wayne Thiebaud – Sunset Streets
Andy Warhol – Reigning Queens series

Births

September 24 – Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor
date unknown
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jordanian-born artist
- Helen Marten, English sculptor and installation artist

Deaths

8 January – Grace Morley, American-born curator (b. 1900)^[3]
18 January – Anwar Shemza, Pakistan-born British artist and writer (b. 1928)
7 March – Jessie Oonark, Canadian Inuit artist (b. 1906)
28 March – Marc Chagall, Russian-Belarusian-French painter (b. 1887).
21 April – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian American fashion designer (b. 1922).
11 May – Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. 1900).
12 May – Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901).
22 May – Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator (b. 1909).
26 July – Grace Albee, American printmaker (b. 1890).
21 August – David Olère, Polish-born Jewish French painter (b. 1902).
8 September – Ana Mendieta, Cuban American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist
28 September – André Kertész, Hungarian-born photographer (b. 1894).
17 November – Richard Amsel, American illustrator and graphic designer (b. 1947).
8 December – Paul Kelpe, German-born American painter (b. 1902).
Ovartaci, Danish outsider artist (b. 1894)
Antonio Rodríguez Luna, Spanish painter (b. 1910).

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References

↑ "The Guggenheim Museum paid art dealer Andrew Crispo more".
↑ "Bruce McLean - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
↑ Museum. UNESCO. 1985. p. 65.

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[1] "The Guggenheim Museum paid art dealer Andrew Crispo more".

[2] "Bruce McLean - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[3] Museum. UNESCO. 1985. p. 65.

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