Artwork of the 80's
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Judy Pfaff, Wasco (1986)
©Judy Pfaff

1986


CAM is termed “one of the two best small museums in the state” by the New York State Council on the Arts Board of Directors. Continuing the celebration of the Niagara State Park Centennial, CAM presents Amos W. Sangster: Niagara River and Falls from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. (see website)

Sonnabend Gallery in New York exhibits the works of
Neo-Geo artists.

Jean-Michel
Basquiat, Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel, Andy Warhol and others install their artwork temporarily at Area, a New York nightclub.

The
Chernobyl power plant accident causes the evacuation of 135,000 people in the USSR and lasting environmental effects.

America celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday for the first time.