Artwork of the 80's
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Steve Currie, Dipper (1989)
©Steve Currie

1989

CAM begins construction of a new facility on Niagara University’s main campus. The new museum is called The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University and will be dedicated in 1990.

The National Endowment of the Arts comes under attack in Congress for funding work by artists considered “obscene.”

The first “Day without Art” is held on December 1. It is set aside to hold actions and demonstrations calling for an end to the AIDS crisis.

The Berlin Wall is opened to free traffic and then demolished.

The U.S. invades Panama.

Students protest in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The army intervenes, and 3000-7000 are killed.

Michael Milken is indicted on 98 fraud and racketering charges.