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Events
- 16 September - Opening of A.I.R. Gallery at 97 Wooster Street, SoHo, the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States.
- Costantino Nivola becomes the first non-American member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser publishes his manifesto, Your window right - your tree duty.
- Portmeirion Pottery brings out its best-selling "Botanic Garden" design.
Awards
Works
- Marcelle Ferron - Untitled stained glass panel at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Helen Frankenthaler - Coral Wedge
- Barbara Hepworth - Minoan Head and Assembly of Sea Forms
- Clifton Pugh - Death of a Wombat
- Joan Jonas - Vertical Roll
- Paul McCarthy - Black and White Tapes
Births
- 4 April - Jørgen Larsson, Norwegian musician, sound artist and curator.
- 29 April - Roman Dirge, American comic book artist and magician.
- 12 December - Joel Cahen, Israeli curator, photographer, filmmaker and sound artist.
Full date unknown
- Jules de Balincourt, French painter.
- Gilles Tréhin, French artist and author.
Deaths
January to June
- 19 January - Suzanne Malherbe, French illustrator and designer (b.1892).
- 19 February - Tedd Pierce, American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist (b.1906).
- 13 March - Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b.1941).
- 23 March - Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b.1895).
- 27 March - M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist (b.1898).
- 26 April - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b.1892).
July to December
- 23 December - Norman Clyde, American mountaineer, nature photographer and naturalist (b.1885).
- 24 December - Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (b.1882).
- 29 December - Joseph Cornell, American artist and sculptor (b.1903).
Full date unknown
- Gerald Curtis Delano, American painter (b.1890).
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