1963
“Folklore planétaire”: the palette goes public
In 1963 Vasarely presents his palette to the public under the name “Folklore planétaire”; out of this plastic alphabet grows serial art, an endless permutation of forms and colours worked out by his assistants.
1964
The Guggenheim Prize
In 1964 Vasarely receives the Guggenheim Prize in New York.
28. juni 1964 – 6. oktober 1964
Exhibition: Documenta III
1965
“The Responsive Eye” at the Museum of Modern Art
In 1965 Vasarely is included in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition “The Responsive Eye”, created under the direction of William C. Seitz.
1965
Grand Prizes in São Paulo and Ljubljana, an arts order
In 1965 Vasarely wins the Grand Prize at the 8th São Paulo Biennale and at the 6th International Graphic Art Exhibition in Ljubljana, the gold medal of the Paris society for the promotion of art and industry, and is made a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
from 1965
The “Tribute to the Hexagon” and “Vega” series
The “Hommage à l'hexagone” series consists of endless transformations of indentations and relief with colour variations, a perpetual mobile of optical illusion; the “Vega” series plays with spherical swelling grids that create an illusion of volume.