1971 in art

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Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Construction of the Centre Georges Pompidou begins.

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: Clifton Pugh - Sir John McEwen

[edit] Works

• Hans Haacke - Real Time Social System
• Fritz Koenig - Great Spherical Caryatid ("The Sphere"), designed for the World Trade Center, now in Battery Park, NYC

[edit] Births

• September 7 - Sirpa Masalin, sculptor
• date unknown - Bernhard Gál, intermedia artist

[edit] Deaths

• January 10 - Coco Chanel, fashion designer
• July 7 - Ub Iwerks, animator
• August 27 - Margaret Bourke-White, photographer
• November 9 - Ceri Richards, painter