Editing 1989 in art

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Events from the year '''1989 in art'''.

==Events==
*30 May – [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: The sculpture ''[[Goddess of Democracy]]'' (由女神, ''zìyóu nǚshén''), constructed by students of the [[China Central Academy of Fine Arts]] from [[Polystyrene#Extruded polystyrene foam|extruded polystyrene foam]], is unveiled by protestors in [[Tiananmen Square]], [[Beijing]]. Early on 4 June it is toppled by a tank.
*12 June – The [[Corcoran Gallery of Art#Mapplethorpe controversy|Corcoran Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] cancels [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]'s photography exhibition, "Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment", because of its sexually explicit content.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Roxanne |author-link=Roxanne Roberts |title=900 protest Corcoran cancellation; Group gathers at museum in support of Mapplethorpe |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1 July 1989}}, cited in {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/04/04/the-robert-mapplethorpe-protest-at-the-corcoran-was-one-of-washingtons-most-stunning/ |last=Argetsinger |first=Amy |author-link=Amy Argetsinger |title=Here's what the dazzling 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe protest at the Corcoran looked like |newspaper=The Washington Post |department=Arts and Entertainment |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
*October – The [[Philip and Muriel Berman]] Museum of Art opens at [[Ursinus College]] in [[Collegeville, Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-10-22-2720231-story.html|title=Sharing Becomes High Art as New Berman Museum Opens at Ursinus College|date=22 October 1989 }}</ref>
*December – [[Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes]]: Completion of restoration work on [[Michelangelo]]'s [[Sistine Chapel ceiling]] in the Vatican.
*[[Bill Gates]] founds [[Branded Entertainment Network|Corbis]] Corporation as Interactive Home Systems to license rights to visual media for digital display.
*The [[Keith Haring]] Foundation is established.
*''[[Magiciens de la Terre]]'' exhibition opens at the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] and the Grande Halle at the Parc de la Villette.<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/magiciens-de-la-terre-reconsidered "Magiciens de la Terre: Reconsidered"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405034614/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/magiciens-de-la-terre-reconsidered |date=5 April 2017 }}, Tate Modern, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.afterall.org/books/exhibition.histories/making-art-global-part2-magiciens-de-la-terre-1989 "Making Art Global (Part 2): 'Magiciens de la Terre' 1989"], Afterall.</ref>
*''[[The Other Story (exhibition)|The Other Story]]'', the first retrospective exhibition of British African, Caribbean, and Asian modernism, opens at the Hayward Gallery in [[London]].<ref>Jean Fisher, [http://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/no-12/the-other-story-and-the-past-imperfect "The Other Story and the Past Imperfect"], Tate Papers no. 12 (ISSN 1753-9854), Tate.</ref>

==Awards==
*[[Archibald Prize]]: [[Bryan Westwood]] – ''Portrait of Elwyn Lynn''
*[[John Moores Painting Prize]] – [[Lisa Milroy]] for "Handles"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/history/previous-winners-list/lisa_milroy.aspx|title=Lisa Milroy – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums|website=Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
*''[[Jim Dine]] Drawings 1973–1987'' at [[Minneapolis Institute of Art]]
*[[Robert Longo]] retrospective at [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]
*''[[Magiciens de la terre]]'' at [[Centre Georges Pompidou]]

==Works==
{{see also|Category:1989 sculptures}}

*[[Yaacov Agam]] – ''Visual Music Orchestration''
*[[Wayne Chabre]] (Eugene, Oregon)
**''[[Marie Curie Gargoyle]]''
**''[[Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle]]''
*Robert Coburn – ''[[Korean Temple Bell]]'' (installation, Portland, Oregon)
*[[Peter Corlett]] – ''[[Man in the mud]]'' ([[diorama]], [[Australian War Memorial]])
*[[Arturo Di Modica]] - ''[[Charging Bull]]''
*Tom Hardy, [[Lawrence Halprin]], and Scott Stickney – ''[[Hatfield Fountain]]'' (Salem, Oregon)
*[[John Keane (artist)|John Keane]] – ''The Other Cheek''
*[[Odd Nerdrum]] – ''[[Dawn (painting)|Dawn]]''
*[[Cornelia Parker]] – ''Thirty Pieces of Silver'' (installation)
* [[William Woodward (artist, b. 1935)|William Woodward]] - ''The Greatest Show on Earth'', [[John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art#Circus Museum and the Tibbals Learning Center|Circus Museum and the Tibbals Learning Center]] at the [[John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art]], [[Sarasota, Florida]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/visualarts/ringling-museum-mural-captures-the-circus-in-a-huge-baroque-way/1270529/|title = Ringling Museum mural captures the circus in a huge, Baroque way}}</ref>

==Births==
*7 November – [[Nadezhda Tolokonnikova]], Russian [[conceptual art]]ist and political activist.

==Deaths==

===January to June===
*23 January – [[Salvador Dalí]], Spanish [[surrealist]] artist (b. 1904)
*1 February – [[Elaine de Kooning]], American [[Abstract Expressionism|abstract expressionist]] painter (b. 1918)
*9 February – [[Osamu Tezuka]], Japanese [[Mangaka|manga artist]], [[animator]] and [[movie producer|producer]] (b. 1928)
*17 February – [[Guy Laroche]], French fashion designer (b. 1921)
*24 February – [[Mallica Reynolds]] ("Kapo"), Jamaican painter, sculptor and religious leader (b. 1911)
*9 March – [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], American photographer (b. 1946)
*31 March – [[Piotr Belousov]], Russian painter and graphic artist (b. 1912)
*6 April – [[Henri Cadiou]], French realist painter and lithographer (b. 1906)
*4 June
**[[Dik Browne]], American [[cartoonist]] (b. 1917)
**[[Cecil Collins (artist)|Cecil Collins]], English painter and printmaker (b. 1908)
*9 June – [[Piotr Vasiliev]], Russian painter (b. 1909)

===July to December===
*5 July – [[Berthold Wolpe]], German-born British printmaker and typeface designer (b. 1905)
*10 August – [[Pierre Matisse]], gallerist, son of [[Henri Matisse]] (b. 1900)
*29 August – [[Peter Scott (conservationist)|Sir Peter Scott]], English [[ornithologist]], conservationist and wildlife painter (b. 1909)
*24 October – [[Doris Huestis Speirs]], [[Canadians|Canadian]] painter, ornithologist and poet (b. 1894)
*11 November – [[Jay DeFeo]], American visual artist (b. 1929)
*12 November – [[Božidar Jakac]], Slovene painter and graphic artist (b. 1899)
*21 November – [[Edward Bawden]], English artist and illustrator (b. 1903)
*22 November – [[C. C. Beck]], American [[cartoonist]] and [[comic book]] artist (b. 1910)
*21 December – [[Rotimi Fani-Kayode]], Nigerian-English photographer, co-founder of [[Autograph ABP]] (b. 1955)
*28 December – [[William Scott (artist)|William Scott]], [[Ulster Scots people|Ulster Scots]] painter (b. 1913)
*31 December – [[Lilly Daché]], French [[Hatmaking|milliner]] and fashion designer (b. 1898)
* ''date unknown''
** [[Francesco Di Cocco]], Italian painter (b. 1900)

== See also ==
* [[1989 in Fine Arts of the Soviet Union]]

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