1972 in art
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[edit] Events
- September 16 - Opening of A.I.R. Gallery at 97 Wooster Street, SoHo, the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States.
- Costantino Nivola becomes the first non-American member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser publishes his manifesto, Your window right - your tree duty.
- Portmeirion Pottery brings out its best-selling "Botanic Garden" design.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Works
- Marcelle Ferron - Untitled stained glass panel at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Helen Frankenthaler - Coral Wedge
- Barbara Hepworth - Minoan Head and Assembly of Sea Forms
- Clifton Pugh - Death of a Wombat
- Joan Jonas - Vertical Roll
- Paul McCarthy - Black and White Tapes
[edit] Births
- April 4 - Jørgen Larsson, sound artist
[edit] Deaths
- January 8 - Kenneth Patchen, painter
- March 13 - Tony Ray-Jones, photographer
- December 24 - Gisela Richter, art historian
- December 29 - Joseph Cornell, collagistsv:Konståret 1972
