1965 in art
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- March 19 – A record price of 760,000 guineas is paid at Christie's London auction house for Rembrandt's painting Titus.
- May – Avant-garde artists Marta Minujín and Rubén Santantonín present La Menesunda in Buenos Aires, one of the first installations in art history.[1]
- September – Indica Gallery counterculture bookshop and art gallery opens in London.[2]
- October 7 – Release in the United States of the biographical film The Agony and the Ecstasy with Charlton Heston portraying Michelangelo.
- December – Max's Kansas City nightclub opens in New York City; it quickly became a hangout of choice for artists and sculptors of the New York School and other members of the avant-garde.
Awards
- Archibald Prize: Clifton Pugh – R A Henderson
- John Moores Painting Prize – Michael Tyzack for " Alesso 'B' "[3]
- British sculptor Barbara Hepworth is created a Dame.[4]
Works
- Yaacov Agam – Double Metamorphosis II
- Joseph Beuys – How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (performance piece)
- Salvador Dalí - La Gare de Perpignan
- Mark di Suvero – Bunyon's Chess (sculpture, Seattle)
- Lucian Freud – Reflection with Two Children (self-portrait)
- Norman Lewis
- L. S. Lowry
- Huddersfield
- Industrial Scene
- Miguel Miramontes – Equestrian statue of José María Morelos
- Roman Opałka – 1965 /1 – ∞
- John Petts – Birmingham, Alabama, 16th Street Baptist Church, West Window
- Fairfield Porter – Elizabeth
- James Rosenquist – F-111
- Andy Warhol – Empire (film, released)
- Carel Willink – To the Future
- David Wynne – Busts of Joan Baez and Oskar Kokoschka
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (Portland, Oregon)
Births
- January 21 – Robert Del Naja, English graffiti artist and trip hop musician
- February 20 – Miriam Mone, Northern Irish fashion designer (died 2007)
- March 9 – Brom, American illustrator
- April 20 – Mark Mallia, Maltese painter and sculptor (died 2024)[7]
- July 9 – Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (died 2006)
- December 16 – Ellen Gallagher, American artist
- date unknown
- Hurvin Anderson, English painter[8]
- Tacita Dean, English-born visual artist[9]
- Andrea Fraser, American performance artist[10]
- Elizabeth Peyton, American portrait painter
- Susan Philipsz, Scottish sound artist
- Jessica Voorsanger, American-born visual artist[11]
- Alison Watt, Scottish painter