1989 in art
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Events
- 12 June – Corcoran Gallery of Art removes Robert Mapplethorpe's photography exhibition.
- The Keith Haring Foundation is established.
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
Deaths
January to June
- 23 January – Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist artist (b.1904).
- 1 February – Elaine de Kooning, American abstract expressionist painter (b.1918).
- 9 February – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist, animator and producer (b.1928).
- 17 February – Guy Laroche, French fashion designer (b.1921).
- 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).
- 9 June - Piotr Vasiliev, Russian painter (b.1909).
July to December
- 29 August – Sir Peter Scott, English ornithologist, conservationist and wildlife painter (b.1909).
- 11 November – Jay DeFeo, American visual artist (b.1929).
- 21 November – Edward Bawden, English artist and illustrator (b.1903).
- 22 November – C. C. Beck, American cartoonist and comic book artist (b.1910).
- 28 December – William Scott, Ulster Scots painter (b.1913).
- 31 December – Lilly Daché, French milliner and fashion designer (b.1898).
Full date unknown
- Pierre Matisse, gallerist, son of Henri Matisse (b.1900).
