This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) List of years in art (Table) … 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 •    1987 • 1988 • 1989 – 1990 – 1991 • 1992 • 1993 •    1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 … Related time period or subjects … 1987 • 1988 • 1989 – 1990 – 1991 • 1992 • 1993 … … 1960s • 1970s • 1980s – 1990s – 2000s • 2010s • 2020s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Exhibitions 4 Works 5 Deaths 5.1 January to June 5.2 July to December 5.3 Full date unknown Events 18 March – Twelve paintings, collectively worth from $100 to $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts by 2 thieves posing as police officers. This is the largest art theft in US history, and the paintings (as of 2007[update]) have not been recovered. 6 April – Robert Mapplethorpe's "The Perfect Moment" show of nude and homosexual photographs opens at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Centre, in spite of accusations of indecency by Citizens for Community Values. 15 May – Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million. Awards This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. Exhibitions

British Art Show at Hayward Gallery includes work by Young British Artists Works Peine Del Viento XVII - Eduardo Chillida Meaning and Location - Douglas Gordon A Thousand Years - Damien Hirst September Defeat - Tadeusz Kantor Deaths January to June 22 January - Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer (b.1897). 16 February - Keith Haring, American artist and social activist (b.1958). 21 April - Romain de Tirtoff, Russian-born French artist and designer (b.1892). 30 June - Jacques Lob, French comic book creator (b.1932). July to December 18 July - Yves Chaland, French cartoonist (b.1957). 23 July - Pierre Gandon, French illustrator and engraver of postage stamps (b.1899). 25 July - Leonard Bahr, American portrait and mural painter (b.1905). 14 October - Clifton Pugh, Australian artist (b.1924). 26 October - Joan Brown, American figurative painter (b.1938). 8 December - Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter, assemblage artist, set designer and theatre director (b.1915). 23 December - Serge Danot, French animator (b.1931). Full date unknown Daniel du Janerand, French painter (b.1919). Fuller Potter, American Abstract expressionist artist (b.1910).