1972 in art

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Events

September 16 - Opening of A.I.R. Gallery at 97 Wooster Street, SoHo, the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States.
Costantino Nivola becomes the first non-American member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser publishes his manifesto, Your window right - your tree duty.
Portmeirion Pottery brings out its best-selling "Botanic Garden" design.

Marcelle Ferron - Untitled stained glass panel at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Helen Frankenthaler - Coral Wedge
Barbara Hepworth - Minoan Head and Assembly of Sea Forms
Clifton Pugh - Death of a Wombat
Joan Jonas - Vertical Roll
Paul McCarthy - Black and White Tapes