1987 in art

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Events

• 22 July – Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali is shot in London; he dies 28 August.

Awards

• Archibald Prize – William Robinson, Equestrian self-portrait

• Turner Prize – Richard Deacon

Shortlisted were: Patrick Caulfield, Helen Chadwick, Richard Long, Declan McGonagle and Thérèse Oulton.

Works

• Ernest Zobole – House Interior in Landscape

Births

• 24 February – Madeline Liwen Wong, Australian dancer.

Deaths

January to June

• 18 February – William Coldstream, English realist painter (b. 1908).
• 22 February – Andy Warhol, American artist, director and writer (b. 1928).
• 26 March – Georg Muche, German painter (b. 1895).
• 19 April – Milt Kahl, American animator (b. 1909).

July to December

• 29 August – Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist (b. c1938).
• 4 October – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947).
• 27 October – Jean Hélion, French painter (b. 1904).
• 28 October – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896).
• 4 November – Raphael Soyer Russian-born American painter, (b. 1899).
• 15 November – Ernő Goldfinger, Hungarian-born architect and furniture designer (b. 1902).

Full date unknown

• Roland Ansieau, French graphic artist (b. 1901).
• Robert Filliou, French Fluxus artist (b. 1926).
• Harry Holtzman, American artist (b. 1912).
• Michel Tapié, French artist, critic, curator, and art collector (b. 1909).

See also

• 1987 in fine arts of the Soviet Union