1973 in art

Events

*Alexander Calder is hired by Braniff International Airways to paint a full-size DC-8-62 as a "flying canvas."
*The first Whitney Biennial.

Awards

*Archibald Prize: Janet Dawson - "Michael Boddy"

Exhibitions

*Christopher Williams - centenary exhibition in Cardiff, Maesteg and Swansea.

Works

*Barbara Hepworth - "Conversation with Magic Stones"

Births

*1 February - Yuri Landman, Dutch musician, comic book creator and singer.
*8 May - Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese mangaka.
*7 July - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese mangaka.
*18 August - Jerome Lagarrigue, French painter and illustrator.

Full date unknown

*Jean-Pierre Canlis, American glass artist.
*Oisín McGann, Irish author and illustrator.
*Bree Stark, painter.

Deaths

January to June

*17 January - Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian modernist artist (b.1886).
*14 March - Chic Young, American cartoonist (b.1901).
*25 March - Edward Steichen, American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator (b.1879).
*8 April - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor (b.1881).
*1 May - Asger Jorn, Danish artist and essayist (b.1914).
*16 May - Albert Paris Gütersloh, Austrian painter and writer (b.1887).

July to December

*20 July - Robert Smithson, American artist (b.1938).
*30 September - Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer, artist and historian (b.1902).
*13 November - Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer (b.1890).
*17 November - Adolf Wissel, German painter, an official artist of Nazism (b.1894).
*7 December - Camilo Mori Chilean painter (b.1896).

Full date unknown

*Ronald Ossory Dunlop, Irish author and painter (b.1894).