1986 in art

See also: 1985 in art, other events of 1986, 1987 in art, list of years in art.

Awards

• Turner Prize – Gilbert and George

Shortlisted were: Art & Language, Victor Burgin, Derek Jarman, Steven McKenna and Bill Woodrow.

Works

Births

Deaths

• March 6 – Georgia O'Keeffe
• July 22 – Floyd Gottfredson, cartoonist
• September 12 – Jacques Henri Lartigue, photographer and painter
• September 12 – Ernst Haas, photographer
• October – Barker Fairley, painter