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List of years in art (Table)
… 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 •
1982 • 1983 • 1984 – 1985 – 1986 • 1987 • 1988 •
1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 …
Related time period or subjects
… 1982 • 1983 • 1984 – 1985 – 1986 • 1987 • 1988 …
… 1950s • 1960s • 1970s – 1980s – 1990s • 2000s • 2010s …
… 19th century – 20th century – 21st century …
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Contents
1 Events
2 Awards
3 Works
4 Deaths
4.1 Full date unknown
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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).












