| List of years in art (Table) |
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Events
- 26 October - Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury debuts in approximately two dozen newspapers in the United States.
- 27 November - Bolivian artist Benjamin Mendoza tries to assassinate Pope Paul VI during his visit in Manila.
Awards
- Archibald Prize: Eric Smith - Gruzman - Architect
- Prix Puvis de Chavannes - Daniel du Janerand
Works
- See also: Category:1970 paintings
- Barbara Hepworth - Family of Man
- Henry Moore - Reclining Figure LH608
- Kanda Nissho - Indoor Landscape
- Isamu Noguchi - Night Wind
- Robert Smithson - Spiral Jetty
Births
January to June
- 17 January - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born American animator.
- 22 January - Alex Ross, American comic book painter, illustrator and plotter.
- 15 February - Shepard Fairey, American artist, graphic designer and illustrator.
- 27 February - Matthias Lechner, German set designer and art director.
- 12 March - Marine Delterme, French actress, painter, sculptor and former model.
- 3 May - Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer.
- 9 May - Damian Loeb, American painter.
- 26 May - Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese mangaka.
- 1 June - Joshua Compston - British gallerist (d.1996).
July to December
- 6 July - Grant Bond, American comic book artist and writer.
- 9 July - Benoit Pierre Emery, French art director and fashion designer.
- 4 August - Pete Abrams, American webcomic writer and illustrator.
- 22 November - Aleksander Balos, Polish-born American artist and figurative painter.
Full date unknown
- Stéphane Ducret, Swiss contemporary artist.
- Emily Jacir, Palestinian artist.
- Tomoki Kyoda, Japanese animation director and animator.
- Vincent Paronnaud, French comics artist and filmmaker.
- David Quinn, Irish artist.
Deaths
January to June
- 27 January - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b.1908).
- 25 February - Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter and printmaker (b.1903).
- 2 March - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (b.1888).
- 8 March - Waldo Peirce, American painter (b.1884).
- 8 March - Anton Räderscheidt, German painter (b.1892).
- 13 May - William Dobell, Australian sculptor and painter (b.1899).
- 29 May - Eva Hesse, German-born American sculptor (b.1936).
- 6 June - Camille Bombois, French naïve painter (b.1883).
July to December
- 4 July - Barnett Newman, American artist (b.1905).
- 7 July - Laura Knight, English Impressionist painter (b.1877).
- 1 December - Hermine David, French painter (b.1886).
Full date unknown
- Robert Laurent, American sculptor (b.1890).
- Georges Malkine, French painter, only painter to sign the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924 (b.1898).
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