Cibdy Sherman, Untitled (Doctor/Nurse)(1980-92)

1980

The Time Square Show, organized by Collaboratives Projects, is held in a former bus depot and massage parlor at 41st St. and Seventh Ave. in New York City. Artists iexhibiting, some for the first time, include John Ahearn, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jenny Holzer, Tom Otterness, Kiki Smith, and many others.

In Buffalo, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center and CEPA Gallery move to 700 Main Street, where they will remain until 1994. Throughout the 80s, exhibitions at these two spaces feature artists who go on to international fame. The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University will acquire work--including paintings by Arnold Mesches, from many of these shows, as well as collaborate with them on joint exhibitions.

The Whitney Museum buys Jasper Johns' painting Three Flags for $1 million, the highest amount paid to date for work by a living artist.

Ronald Reagan is elected president.

John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman.