1971 in art
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- July 22 – The Lady of Baza Iberian sculpture (4th century BCE) is discovered.
- October 24 – English painter Francis Bacon's lover, George Dyer, commits suicide two days before the opening of the artist's retrospective at Paris's Grand Palais; Bacon will paint The Black Triptychs in his memory.
- Construction of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris begins.
- New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, opens.
Awards
Works
- Chris Burden - Shoot
- Abram Games – Stockwell tile motif on London Underground's Victoria line
- Hans Haacke – Real Time Social System
- David Hockney
- Helen Journeay – Dawn (sculpture, Houston, Texas)
- Nabil Kanso – Place des Martyres (paintings) (1971 through 1974)
- Fritz Koenig – Great Spherical Caryatid ("The Sphere", for World Trade Center, New York City)
- John Raimondi – Cage
- Lucas Samaras - Stiff Box 12
- Peter Sedgely – Pimlico tile motif on London Underground's Victoria line
- George Smith – Vauxhall tile motif on London Underground's Victoria line
- Kaapa Tjampitjinpa – Gulgardi
- Hans Unger – Brixton tile motif on London Underground's Victoria line
- Francisco Zúñiga – Mother and Daughter Seated (bronze, San Diego)
Exhibitions
- August 22 until September 29 - The De Luxe Show curated by Peter Bradley at the De Luxe movie theater in Houston, Texas sponsored by the Menil Foundation.[1]
Births
- January 4 – Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese floral artist and sculptor
- May 9 – Nicolas Ghesquière, French fashion designer
- June 1 – Miguel Calderón, Mexican visual artist and performer
- June 13 - Joshua Davis, American visual artist and designer
- September 2 – Arnold Arre, Filipino comic book writer and artist
- September 7 – Sirpa Masalin, Finnish sculptor
- September 13 – Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
- October 1 – Stéphane Breitwieser, French art thief
- October 3 – Oliver Briceño, Venezuelan oboist
- October 4 – Jeremy Blake, American digital artist and painter (died 2007)
- October 16 – Mirko Reisser (DAIM), German graffiti-artist
- October 27 – Jade Arcade, American composer, musician, and comic book artist
- December 6 – Helena Bulaja, Croatian multimedia artist
- date unknown
- Ahmed Al Safi, Iraqi sculptor
- Amanda Coogan, Irish performance artist
- Bernhard Gál, Austrian composer and artist