1965 in art

Overview of the events of 1965 in art

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Events from the year 1965 in art.

## Events

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* March 19 – A record price of 760,000 guineas is paid at Christie's London auction house for Rembrandt's painting Titus.
* May – Avant-garde artists Marta Minujín and Rubén Santantonín present La Menesunda in Buenos Aires, one of the first installations in art history.[1]
* September – Indica Gallery counterculture bookshop and art gallery opens in London.[2]
* October 7 – Release in the United States of the biographical film The Agony and the Ecstasy with Charlton Heston portraying Michelangelo.
* December – Max's Kansas City nightclub opens in New York City; it quickly became a hangout of choice for artists and sculptors of the New York School and other members of the avant-garde.

## Awards

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* Archibald Prize: Clifton Pugh – R A Henderson
* John Moores Painting Prize – Michael Tyzack for " Alesso 'B' "[3]
* British sculptor Barbara Hepworth is created a Dame.[4]

## Works

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See also: Category:1965 paintings and Category:1965 sculptures

* Yaacov Agam – Double Metamorphosis II
* Joseph Beuys – How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (performance piece)
* Salvador Dali \- La Gare de Perpignan
* Mark di Suvero – Bunyon's Chess (sculpture, Seattle)
* Lucian Freud – Reflection with Two Children (self-portrait)
* L. S. Lowry
* Huddersfield
* Industrial Scene
* Miguel Miramontes – Equestrian statue of José María Morelos
* Roman Opałka – 1965 /1 – ∞
* John Petts – Birmingham, Alabama, 16th Street Baptist Church, West Window
* Fairfield Porter – Elizabeth
* James Rosenquist – F-111
* Andy Warhol – Empire (film, released)
* Carel Willink – To the Future
* David Wynne – Busts of Joan Baez and Oskar Kokoschka
* John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (Portland, Oregon)

## Births

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* January 21 – Robert Del Naja, English graffiti artist and trip hop musician
* February 20 – Miriam Mone, Northern Irish fashion designer (died 2007)
* March 9 – Brom, American illustrator
* April 20 – Mark Mallia, Maltese painter and sculptor (died 2024)[5]
* July 9 – Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (died 2006)
* December 16 – Ellen Gallagher, American artist
* date unknown
* Hurvin Anderson, English painter[6]
* Tacita Dean, English-born visual artist[7]
* Andrea Fraser, American performance artist[8]
* Elizabeth Peyton, American portrait painter
* Susan Philipsz, Scottish sound artist
* Jessica Voorsanger, American-born visual artist[9]
* Alison Watt, Scottish painter

## Deaths

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* January 3 – Milton Avery, American painter (born 1885)
* January 7 – Anne Redpath, Scottish still life painter (born 1895)
* January 27 – Abraham Walkowitz, American painter working in the Modernist style (born 1878)
* January 30 – Bernard Fleetwood-Walker, English artist (born 1893)
* February 18 – Yevgeny Charushin, Russian graphic artists (born 1901)
* February 24 – Frank H. Mason, English marine and poster painter (born 1875)
* May 7 – Charles Sheeler, American modernist painter and photographer (born 1883)
* May 19 – Albin Polasek, Czech American sculptor (born 1879)
* May 20 – Charles Camoin, French Fauvist painter (born 1879)
* June 14 – Zoltán Kemény, Hungarian Swiss sculptor (born 1907)
* June 21 – Piotr Buchkin, Russian painter and graphic artist (born 1886)
* June 26 – G. David Thompson, American industrialist and collector of modern art (born 1899)
* August 27 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-born French architect and painter (born 1887)
* September 17 – Wilhelm Heise, German painter (born 1892)
* October 19 – Edward Willis Redfield, American landscape painter (born 1869)
* December 24 – Adolf Hyła, Polish painter and art teacher (born 1897)
* December 27 – Edgar Ende, German painter (born 1901)
* date unknown – George Barker, American painter (born 1882)

## See also

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* 1965 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

## References

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1. ^ "Marta Minujín: Menesunda Reloaded". New Museum. June 26, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
2. ^ Barry, Miles (1998). Many Years From Now. Vintage–Random House. pp. 223–224. ISBN 0-7493-8658-4.
3. ^ "Alesso 'B' by Michael Tyzack (1933-2007) - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
4. ^ "Dame Barbara Hepworth" Britannica. Accessed 18 October 2013.
5. ^ Borg, Neville (2024-07-23). "Artist Mark Mallia dies aged 59". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
6. ^ "Hurvin Anderson | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023.
7. ^ "Tacita Dean - The Falmouth Convention". thefalmouthconvention.com.
8. ^ Bennett Simpson (2006). Make Your Own Life: Artists in & Out of Cologne. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. p. 87\. ISBN 9780884541080.
9. ^ Jessica Lack (August 26, 2009). "Artist of the Week 55: Jessica Voorsanger". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved January 3, 2014.