Editing 1962 in art (section)

==Events==
* [[February 6]]–[[March 4]] – [[Jane Frank]], solo exhibition at the [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[February 7]] – Opening of this year's "[[Young contemporaries]]" student exhibition at the RBA Galleries in London at which [[David Hockney]] exhibits his four "Demonstrations of Versatility" (1961): ''A Grand Procession of Dignitaries in the Semi-Egyptian Style'', ''Swiss Landscape in a Scenic Style'' (retitled ''[http://gg-art.com/news/photoshow/44267l1.html Flight into Italy - Swiss Landscape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024233022/http://gg-art.com/news/photoshow/44267l1.html |date=2016-10-24 }}''), ''Tea Painting in an Illusionistic Style'' and ''Figure in a Flat Style''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tea Painting in an Illusionistic Style|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hockney-tea-painting-in-an-illusionistic-style-t07075|publisher=[[Tate]]|accessdate=2016-10-24}}</ref> Hockney first meets [[Patrick Procktor]] at this exhibition and, with [[Maurice Agis]], [[John Bowstead]] and [[Peter Phillips (artist)|Peter Phillips]], Hockney's work is selected for a further exhibition at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]].
* [[February 10]]
** [[Ervin Eisch]], [[Lothar Fischer]], [[Dieter Kunzelmann]], [[Renee Nele]], [[Heimrad Prem]], [[Gretel Stadler]], [[Helmut Sturm]] and [[Hans-Peter Zimmer]] are excluded from the [[Situationist International]] (SI).
** [[Roy Lichtenstein]]'s first solo exhibition opens at [[Leo Castelli]]'s gallery in New York City, including ''[[Look Mickey]]'', featuring his first employment of [[Ben-Day dots]], [[speech balloon]]s and imagery from [[comics]].
* [[March 15]] – [[Ansgar Elde]] and [[Jørgen Nash]] are excluded from the Situationist International.
* [[March 25]] – [[BBC Television]] in the United Kingdom broadcasts [[Ken Russell]]'s film ''Pop Goes the Easel'' in its ''[[Monitor (UK TV series)|Monitor]]'' series, exploring the British [[pop art]] movement.
* [[April 7]] – The [[Stanley Spencer Gallery]] opens in [[Stanley Spencer|Spencer]]'s home village of [[Cookham]], England, to display his work.
* [[April 10]] – [[Robert Fraser (art dealer)|Robert Fraser]] sets up his gallery, specializing in contemporary British art, in the [[Mayfair]] district of London.
* May – The [[comic book]] character ''[[Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]]'', created visually by [[Jack Kirby]], is introduced.
* May–June – [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]] creates the ''Voltri'' series of abstract sculptures (e.g. ''[[Voltri XV]]'') in Italy.
* [[May 25]] – The new [[Coventry Cathedral]], designed by [[Basil Spence]], is consecrated in [[England]]; artworks incorporated include: the exterior sculpture ''[[St Michael's Victory over the Devil]]'' by Sir [[Jacob Epstein]]; the [[tapestry]] ''[[Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph]]'', designed by [[Graham Sutherland]]; the ''Mater Dolorosa'' sculpture by [[John Bridgeman (sculptor)|John Bridgeman]]; the Baptistry window by [[John Piper (artist)|John Piper]] and [[Patrick Reyntiens]]; and the engraved glass ''Screen of Saints and Angels'' by [[John Hutton (Artist)|John Hutton]].
* late June – [[Bert Stern]] begins shooting ''[[The Last Sitting]]'' in New York City, the last series of photographs taken of [[Marilyn Monroe]], originally for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' magazine; later published as a book.
* [[July 9]] – [[Andy Warhol]]'s first solo California [[Art gallery|gallery]] exhibition as a [[fine artist]] opens at the [[Ferus Gallery]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], marking the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] debut of [[pop art]] and featuring his ''[[Campbell's Soup Cans]]''.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Livingstone, Marco|title=Pop Art: an International Perspective|publisher=[[Royal Academy of Arts]]|location=London|year=1991|isbn=0-8478-1475-0|page=32}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lippard|first=Lucy R.|title=Pop Art|location=London|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=1970|isbn=0-500-20052-1|page=158}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The [[Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum]] is opened in [[Cairo]].
* [[July 25]] – The [[Queen's Gallery]] is opened to the public at [[Buckingham Palace]], London.
[[Image:Cathedral St Michaels Victory.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jacob Epstein|Epstein]]'s ''[[St Michael's Victory over the Devil]]'' at [[Coventry Cathedral]]]]
* August – The [[comic book]] character ''[[Spider-Man]]'', created visually by [[Steve Ditko]], is introduced.
* [[September 25]] – The [[Norton Simon Museum|Pasadena Art Museum]] mounts ''[[New Painting of Common Objects]]'', a survey of contemporary American [[Pop Art]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Plagens|authorlink=Peter Plagens|title=Sunshine Muse: Art on the West Coast, 1945-1970|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|year=2000|page=138|isbn=0-520-22392-6}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – "Fifty California Artists" exhibition at [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], New York, NY. 1962-1963. Catalogue published. Organized by [[San Francisco Museum of Art]] with assistance of [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]. Circulated to [[Walker Art Center]], Minneapolis, MN; [[Albright-Knox Art Gallery]], Buffalo, NY; [[Des Moines Art Center]], IA. Notable artists in exhibition include [[Elmer Bischoff]], [[Bruce Conner]], [[Roy De Forest]], [[Richard Diebenkorn]], [[George Herms]], [[John Paul Jones (artist)|John Paul Jones]], [[Edward Kienholz]], [[Frank Lobdell]], [[Nathan Oliveira]], [[Ed Moses (artist)|Ed Moses]], [[Lorser Feitelson]], [[Helen Lundeberg]] and [[Peter Voulkos]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Lloyd|last=Goodrich|authorlink=Lloyd Goodrich|title=Fifty California Artists|publisher=[[San Francisco Museum of Art]]|location=California|year=1962}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] – The [[Sidney Janis|Sidney Janis Gallery]] mounts ''International Exhibition of the New Realists'', a survey of contemporary American Pop Art and the European [[Nouveau Réalisme]] movement and the first [[Pop Art]] group exhibition in an 'uptown gallery' in [[New York City]], a rented storefront at 19 W. 57th Street, near the main gallery at 15 E. 57th Street. [[Robert Motherwell]], [[Mark Rothko]], [[Philip Guston]] and [[Adolph Gottlieb]] quit the Janis Gallery as a protest against the exhibition.
* [[November 14]] – The British [[General Post Office]] issues the first [[commemorative stamp]]s to be designed by [[David Gentleman]].
* [[December 14]] – [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s early 16th-century painting the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' is assessed for insurance purposes at US$100&nbsp;million before touring the United States for several months, the highest insurance value for a painting in history. However, the [[Louvre]], its owner, chooses to spend the money that would have been spent on the insurance premium on security instead.
* [[Michelangelo Pistoletto]] begins painting on mirrors.
* [[Ernst Barlach House]] completed as an art museum in [[Hamburg]], Germany.
* [[Hong Kong Museum of Art|City Hall Museum and Art Gallery]] established in [[Hong Kong]].
* The [[Institute of American Indian Arts]] is set up in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]].
* [[Musashino Art University]].
* [[National Art Museum of China]] opens in [[Beijing]].
* [[Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta]] inaugurated in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.
* The [[comic book]] character [[Barbarella (comics)|Barbarella]], created by [[Jean-Claude Forest]], is introduced in France.
* [[Frederic Leighton]]'s painting ''[[Flaming June]]'' ([[1895 in art|1895]]) is rediscovered in London.