1968 in art
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[edit] Events
- Chess match between Marcel Duchamp and John Cage takes place at Ryerson Polytechnic, Toronto.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: William Pidgeon - Lloyd Rees
- Elaine Hamilton wins first prize at the Biennale de Menton, France
[edit] Exhibitions
- Eva Hesse - Chain Polymers, Fischbach Gallery, W. 57th Street, New York City
- Ralph Hotere - Black Paintings, Auckland, New Zealand
[edit] Works
- Eduardo Kingman - Fin de Mascarada
[edit] Births
- George Henry Smyth, Northern Irish artist
[edit] Deaths
- May 21 - Bror Hjorth, sculptor
- May 28 - Kees van Dongen, Fauvist painter
- July 2 - Sir Hans Heysen, watercolour painter
- October 2 - Marcel Duchamp, influential artist
- William Conor - Irish painter (b.1881)
- Lee Gatch - painter and mixed-media artist
