1966 in art

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See also: 1965 in art, other events of 1966, 1967 in art, list of years in art.

Contents 1 Events 2 Works 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

Retrospective exhibition of Marcel Duchamp organized by Richard Hamilton at the Tate Gallery, London. The only comprehensive exhibition of the artist's work in the UK to date (2006).

[edit] Works

• Kanda Nissho - Gashitsu A and Gashitsu B
• Claes Oldenburg - Soft Bathtub

[edit] Births

• January 12 - Rob Zombie, artist and musician
• April 20 - Bio, graffiti artist
• date unknown - Jeremy Deller - Turner Prize-winning artist
• May 11 - Wesley Hammett - Mob Boss-Political Ruler

[edit] Deaths

• January 6 - Jean Lurçat, painter and designer
• January 11 - Alberto Giacometti, Surrealist sculptor and painter
• March 30 - Maxfield Parrish, painter and illustrator
• April 3 - Battista Pininfarina, car designer
• May 30 - Wäinö Aaltonen, sculptor
• June 7 - Jean Arp, painter and sculptor
• July 10 - Malvina Hoffman, sculptor
• September 5 - Dezső Lauber, architect