1975 in art

none January 2020 1975 art Events from the year 1975 in art. Events 22 March – Malmö Konsthall, designed by Klas Anshelm, opens in Sweden for the display of contemporary art.https://malmokonsthall.se/en/utstallningar/malmo-konsthall-50-years-drain-the-oresund/ Malmö Konsthall 50 years Malmö Konsthall 17 June 2026 10 June – Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, is opened.https://www.fmirobcn.org/en/foundation/ledifici-de-sert/ The Miró, a Unique Architectural Space Fundació Joan Miró 17 June 2026 14 September – Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch is slashed a dozen times at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' Slashed https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/15/archives/rembrandts-the-night-watch-slashed-a-rembrandt-cut-by-knifewielder.html The New York Times 4 January 2020 15 September 1975 unknown dates The artists' community Kollektiv Herzogstrasse is founded by Heimrad Prem and others. The Brotherhood of Ruralists is established at Wellow, Somerset, England. Mona Hatoum leaves her native Lebanon to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. Four Ronnie Landfield paintings from the collection of Philip Johnson are installed at The Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City, on the wall which Mark Rothko was initially commissioned to create paintings for, and subsequently changed his mind. (In 1985 they are replaced by a mural.) Center for Creative Photography archival facility created at the University of Arizona, Tucson. An album created in 1864 by Julia Margaret Cameron for John Herschel is purchased by public subscription in Britain, one of the first recognitions of the country's heritage of photography as an art form. Awards Archibald Prize: Kevin Connor – The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE Exhibitions Brice Marden retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Works Category:1975 paintings Category:1975 sculptures Vito Acconci – Plot Dara Birnbaum – Attack Piece Marcel Broodthaers – Daguerre's Soup, La salle blanche Avard Fairbanks – George Washington (bronze, Washington, D.C.) Rose Finn-Kelcey – The Restless Image: a discrepancy between the seen position and the felt position (photograph of performance) Elisabeth Frink – Shepherd and Sheep Giancarlo Impiglia - Mural of "Old New York" at 99 John Streethttps://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/05/archives/mural-in-financial-district-building-lobby-recreates-new-yorks-past.html Mural in Financial District Building Lobby Re-creates New York's Past The New York Times 5 December 1975 Robert Indiana - Hexagon; Heptagon; Octagon; and Nonagonhttps://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4430028 Robert Indiana Lee Kelly – Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain (Portland, Oregon) Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson – Leland I (sculpture, Portland, Oregon) Eduardo Kingman – Unidad Gordon Matta-Clark – Day's End, Conical Intersecthttps://www.artfuljaunts.com/magazine/days-end-as-a-new-beginning-how-artists-found-inspiration-in-the-grit-of-1970s-new-york "Day's End" as a New Beginning: How Artists Found Inspiration in the Grit of 1970s New York Louise Berliawsky Nevelson – Transparent Horizon Births 1 January – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist 13 June – Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austrian artist, writer, curator and director. 14 June – Chris Onstad, American writer, cartoonist and artist 30 July – Graham Nicholls, British installation artist, activist and speaker 1 August – Vhrsti, Czech illustrator unknown dates Samson Kambalu, Malawi-born multimedia artisthttps://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/fourth-plinth-shortlist-nominee-samson-kambalu Samson Kambalu TORCH 17 June 2026 Hassan khan, British multimedia artist Paul Renaud, French illustrator and comic book artist Alys Tomlinson, English photographer Deaths January to June 13 January – Leonardo Dudreville, Italian painter (b. 1885) 19 January – Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist (b. 1889)https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/20/archives/thomas-hart-benton-dies-painter-of-american-scene-thomas-hart.html Thomas Hart Benton Dies; Painter of American Scene 20 January 1975 New York Times 17 June 2026 23 February – Roger Hilton, English painter (b. 1911) 2 March – Madeleine Vionnet, French fashion designer (b. 1876) 7 March – Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian artist (b. 1896) 9 March – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888) 10 April – Walker Evans, American photographer (b. 1903) 30 April – Gen Paul, French painter and engraver (b. 1895) 20 May – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and artist (b. 1903)Whitman Alden Barbara Hepworth Dies in Fire at Cornwall Studio https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/21/archives/barbara-hepworth-dies-in-fire-at-cornwall-studio-a-sense-of-flow.html The New York Times 4 January 2020 21 May 1975 July to December 18 July – Vaughn Bodē, American underground comics, graphic design and graffiti artist, of autoerotic asphyxiation (b. 1941)Baker R.C. July 12, 2025 50 Years Gone of Vaughn Bode's Sex, Violence, Graffiti, and Luminous Grace https://www.villagevoice.com/50-years-gone-of-vaughn-bodes-sex-violence-graffiti-and-luminous-grace/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250718140527/https://www.villagevoice.com/50-years-gone-of-vaughn-bodes-sex-violence-graffiti-and-luminous-grace/ dead July 18, 2025 The Village Voice July 28, 2025 21 July – George Petty, American pin-up artist (b. 1894) 28 August – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) 2 October – Séamus Murphy, Irish sculptor (b. 1907) 9 October - Leon Underwood, English sculptor (b. 1890) 25 October – Padraig Marrinan, Irish painter (b. 1906) 17 November – Michael Ayrton, English sculptor, graphic artist and writer (b. 1921) 20 December – Heinz Henghes, German sculptor (b. 1906) unknown date – Robert George Irwin, American sculptor and spree killer (b. 1907). See also 1975 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References Category:Years of the 20th century in art Category:1970s in art