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| 1951 |
| | In Christ of St John of the CrossSalvador Dali paints an image of the crucified Christ seeming to fly on his cross | |
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| 1951 |
| | Henri Matisse completes the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence, with every detail designed by himself | |
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| 1953 |
| | US abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning exhibits his series Women nos I-VI, on which he has been working since 1938 | |
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| 1954 |
| | A painting by Graham Sutherland, commissioned for Winston Churchill's 80th birthday, does not meet with the full approval of the sitter or his wife | |
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| 1957 |
| | Australian artist Arthur Boyd begins his series of paintings about an aboriginal stockman, Love, Marriage and Death of a Half-Caste | |
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| 1960 |
| | British artist Anthony Caro begins welding and painting abstract metal sculpture | |
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| 1960 |
| | British artist Bridget Riley creates patterns that produce unexpected optical effects, in a style that becomes known as op art | |
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| 1962 |
| | Andy Warhol creates a stir when his paintings of Campbell's soup cans are exhibited at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles | |
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| 1962 |
| | Coventry's new cathedral is inaugurated, enhanced by a wide range of work by leading British artists | |
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| 1965 |
| | An exhibition in New York, 'The Responsive Eye', puts op art on the map | |
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