1986 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

The year 1986 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events

 * Exhibition of works by Elena Kostenko was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 * Traditional Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists – the Great Patriotic war veterans was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists on the eve of Victory Day (9 May).
 * Exhibition of works by Boris Lavrenko was opened in the Museum of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad.
 * Exhibition of works by Boris Shamanov was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 * Exhibition of works by Yaroslav Nikolaev (1899–1978) was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 * Exhibition of works by Piotr Fomin was opened in the «Manezh» Central Exhibition Hall in the Moscow.
 * Exhibition of works by Piotr Buchkin (1886–1965) was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 * Exhibition of works by Yaroslav Krestovsky was opened in the Central House of Artists in Moscow.

Deaths

 * February 12 — Elena Skuin (Скуинь Елена Петровна), Russian soviet painter and graphic artist (b. 1908).
 * March 27 — Mikhail Poniatov (Понятов Михаил Осипович), Russian soviet painter (b. 1905).
 * June 8 — Victor Tsiplakov, (Цыплаков Виктор Григорьевич), Russian soviet painter, People's Artist of the RSFSR (b. 1915).
 * June 26 — Vadim Sidur (Сидур Вадим Абрамович), Russian soviet sculptor (b. 1924).
 * August 2 — Vsevolod Bazhenov (Баженов, Всеволод Андреевич), Russian soviet painter (b. 1909).
 * August 6 — Nikolai Mukho (Мухо Николай Антонович), Russian soviet painter (b. 1913).