Turner Prize 1988: Also in the headlines

  • Benazir Bhutto elected president of Pakistan and becomes first woman to lead a Muslim country
  • End of eight-year Iran-Iraq war
  • Pan Am flight 103 is blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland
  • Illegal raves spring up across the UK
  • Tony Cragg represents Britain at the Venice Biennale
  • Freeze exhibition curated by Damien Hirst
  • Opening of Tate Liverpool
  • Aperto 88, Venice Biennale shows young artists under forty
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