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1971 in art

Events from the year 1971 in art.

Events
July 22 – The Lady of Baza Iberian sculpture (4th century BCE) is discovered. • October 24 – English painter Francis Bacon's lover, George Dyer, commits suicide two days before the opening of the artist's retrospective at Paris's Grand Palais; Bacon will paint The Black Triptychs in his memory. • Construction of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris begins. • New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, opens. ==Awards==
Works
Chris Burden - ShootAbram Games – Stockwell tile motif on London Underground's Victoria lineHans HaackeReal Time Social SystemDavid HockneyMr and Mrs Clark and PercyPortrait of Sir David Webster • Helen Journeay – Dawn (sculpture, Houston, Texas) • Nabil KansoPlace des Martyres (paintings) (1971 through 1974) • Fritz KoenigGreat Spherical Caryatid ("The Sphere", for World Trade Center, New York City) • John RaimondiCageLucas Samaras - Stiff Box 12 • Peter Sedgely – Pimlico tile motif on London Underground's Victoria line • George Smith – Vauxhall tile motif on London Underground's Victoria lineKaapa TjampitjinpaGulgardi • Hans Unger – Brixton tile motif on London Underground's Victoria lineFrancisco ZúñigaMother and Daughter Seated (bronze, San Diego) ==Exhibitions==
Exhibitions
August 22 until September 29 - The De Luxe Show curated by Peter Bradley at the De Luxe movie theater in Houston, Texas sponsored by the Menil Foundation. ==Births==
Births
January 4Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese floral artist and sculptor • May 9Nicolas Ghesquière, French fashion designerJune 1Miguel Calderón, Mexican visual artist and performer • June 13 - Joshua Davis, American visual artist and designer • September 2Arnold Arre, Filipino comic book writer and artistSeptember 7Sirpa Masalin, Finnish sculptor • September 13Stella McCartney, English fashion designerOctober 1Stéphane Breitwieser, French art thief • October 3Oliver Briceño, Venezuelan oboist • October 4Jeremy Blake, American digital artist and painter (died 2007) • October 16Mirko Reisser (DAIM), German graffiti-artist • October 27Jade Arcade, American composer, musician, and comic book artist • December 6Helena Bulaja, Croatian multimedia artist • date unknownAhmed Al Safi, Iraqi sculptor • Amanda Coogan, Irish performance artistBernhard Gál, Austrian composer and artist ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 10Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (born 1883) • January 11I. Rice Pereira, American painter, (born 1902) • February 1Raoul Hausmann, Austrian artist and writer (born 1886) • February 7Emy Roeder, German sculptor (born 1890) • April 1Ramiro Arrue, Basque painter, illustrator, and ceramist (born 1892) • April 3Jacques Ochs, French artist, Olympic fencing gold medallist (born 1883) • April 11Marcel Gromaire, French painter (born 1892) • May 31Norman Wilkinson, English marine artist (born 1878) • June 14Gerald Dillon, Irish painter (born 1916) • July 7Ub Iwerks, American animator, cartoonist and special effects technician (born 1901) • July 10George Kenner, German artist (born 1888) • July 12Kiyoshi Yamashita, Japanese outsider artist (born 1922) • August 27Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and photojournalist (born 1904) • October – Charles Walter Simpson, English painter of nature and teacher (born 1885) • November 9Ceri Richards, Welsh painter (born 1903) • December 6Jan Altink, Dutch painter (born 1885) ==References==
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