1985 in art

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Events

• Charles Saatchi's collection opens to the public, arousing interest in Neo-expressionism

Awards

• Archibald Prize: Guy Warren – Flugelman with Wingman
• Turner Prize – Howard Hodgkin

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

Works

See also: Category:1985 paintings

• Wayne Thiebaud – Sunset Streets
• Sally Robinson – Kakadu, Australian, Screen Print

Deaths

• 28 March – Marc Chagall, Russian-Belarusian-French painter (b. 1887).
• 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).
• 28 September – André Kertész, Hungarian-born photographer (b. 1894).

Full date unknown

• Richard Amsel, American illustrator and graphic designer (b. 1947).
• Grace Albee, American printmaker (b. 1890).

See Also

• 1985 in fine arts of the Soviet Union