Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 21

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22 February:  Major events in the arts

  • 1987 – The world of Pop Art mourned the death of Andy Warhol, whose revolutionary work redefined the boundaries between high art and commercial culture.
  • 1942 – Acclaimed Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and his wife Lotte died by suicide in Brazil, leaving a poignant legacy in 20th-century humanist literature.
  • 2015 – The 87th Academy Awards were held at the Dolby Theatre; Birdman won Best Picture, celebrated for its artistic "long-take" visual style.