1984 in art

Events from the year 1984 in art.

Events

• November 6 - The Turner Prize is awarded for the first time, to Malcolm Morley.
• Neue Slowenische Kunst is established.
• First Nordik art historians' conference held, "Nordic art around the turn of the century" in Helsinki. The work of Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) is first revealed publicly, by Åke Fant.
• Eric Hebborn admits to art forgery.
• An x-ray of Jean-François Millet's 1870 painting The Young Shepherdess, in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, reveals an earlier painting previously presumed destroyed, The Captivity of the Jews in Babylon.

Awards

• Archibald Prize: Keith Looby – Max Gillies

Works

• Alberto Burri – Cretto di Burri ("Il Grande Cretto", land art, Gibellina, Sicily, Italy; work begins)
• John Doubleday – Statue of Dylan Thomas (Marina, Swansea)
• Jean Dubuffet – Monument with Standing Beast (fiberglass sculpture, Chicago Loop)
• Felim Egan – Battle of Hercules and Antaeus
• Steve Gillman – From Within Shalom (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
• Frederick Hart – Three Soldiers (bronze statue)
• Nancy Holt – Dark Star Park, Rosslyn, Virginia
• Keith Jellum – Electronic Poet (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
• Nabil Kanso – Apocalyptic Riders (diptych)
• Lee Kelly – Akbar's Garden (sculpture, Eugene, Oregon)
• R. B. Kitaj – Cecil Court, London W.C.2. (The Refugees) (1983-84)
• Roy Lichtenstein – Brushstrokes in Flight (sculpture, Columbus, Ohio)
• Steve McCurry – Afghan Girl (photographic portrait)
• Malcolm Morley - Farewell to Crete
• Odd Nerdrum – Iron Law
• Humphrey Ocean – '
• Roland Poska – From Blue to Blue
• Gleb Savinov – Nevsky Prospekt
• Kenny Scharf - When the Worlds Collide
• Frank Stella - Smoke Sculpture Form
• Paul Sutinen – In the Shadow of the Elm (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
• David Wojnarowicz - F--- You F----- F----- (painting)