1987 in art

Events

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

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

Deaths

January to June

*18 February - William Coldstream, English realist painter (b.1908).
*22 February - Andy Warhol, American artist, director and writer (b.1928).
*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).
*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).