1987 in art

Events

• 22 July – Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali is shot in London; he dies 28 August.

Awards

• Archibald Prize – William Robinson, Equestrian self-portrait

• Turner Prize – Richard Deacon

Shortlisted were: Patrick Caulfield, Helen Chadwick, Richard Long, Declan McGonagle and Thérèse Oulton.

Works

• Martin Creed – Work No. 1
• Andres Serrano – Piss Christ (photograph)
• Ernest Zobole – House Interior in Landscape

Births

• 1 August – CJ de Silva, Filipino art director, painter, graphic designer, and illustrator^[1]

Deaths

January to June

• 18 February – William Coldstream, English realist painter (b. 1908)
• 22 February – Andy Warhol, American artist, director and writer (b. 1928)
• 26 March – Georg Muche, German painter (b. 1895)
• 19 April – Milt Kahl, American animator (b. 1909)

July to December

• 30 July - Michel Tapié, French artist, critic, curator, and art collector (b. 1909)
• 29 August – Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist (b. c1938)
• 25 September - Harry Holtzman, American artist (b. 1912).
• 4 October – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947).
• 27 October – Jean Hélion, French painter (b. 1904)^[2]
• 28 October – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896)^[3]
• 4 November – Raphael Soyer Russian-born American painter, (b. 1899).
• 15 November – Ernő Goldfinger, Hungarian-born architect and furniture designer (b. 1902).
• 2 December – Robert Filliou, French Fluxus artist (b. 1926)
• 18 December - Dimitrije Bašičević, Serbian painter and sculptor (b. 1921)

Full date unknown

• Roland Ansieau, French Art Deco graphic artist (b. 1901).
• Myron Stout, American artist (b. 1908).

See also

• 1987 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

References