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Jonathan Santlofer, Romantic Criminal (1984)
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1984

CAM presents exhibitions of the work of Harvey Breverman and a major traveling exhibition, Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (part of programming celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Niagara Reservation State Park, America’s oldest state park. New additions to the collection include works by Robert Longo, George Baseltiz, Robert Lobe, Joel Perlman, and Jonathan Borofsky.

El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera is founded on Buffalo’s West Side, with a mission to show Latino artists and artists of color.

The exhibition Difference: On Representation and Sexuality is presented at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.

The AIDS virus is identified.

Rioting and school boycotts intensify in South Africa as efforts to end apartheid continue.

Reagan is re-elected president.

A chemical disaster devastates the community of Bhopal, India.

Apple introduces the Macintosh computer