2005 in art

Events

• June – Zentrum Paul Klee, a museum dedicated to Paul Klee, designed by Renzo Piano, opens at Bern in Switzerland.
• September 30 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
• Museum of Art Fakes opens in Vienna.

  Awards

• Archibald Prize – John Olsen, Self portrait Janus Faced
• Beck's Futures – Christina Mackie
• Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration – Kevin Henkes, Kitten's First Full Moon
• Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
• Turner Prize – Simon Starling, Shedboatshed
• The Venice Biennial :
• *Lion d'Or Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Barbara Kruger
• *Lion d'Or for Best Pavilion: Annette Messager
• Wynne prize – Jenny Sages, The Road to Utopia

  Works

• February 12-27 – The Gates, installation art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Central Park, New York City.
• May 10 – Dedication of Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, designed by architect Peter Eisenman originally working with sculptor Richard Serra, in Berlin.
• July 9 – Unveiling of Monument to the Women of World War II, sculpted by John W. Mills, in Whitehall, London.
• Louise Bourgeois – Father and Son
• Herbert Dreiseitl – Artwall
• Damian Loeb - "Straw Dogs"
• Roy McMakin
• * Love & Loss
• * :File:McMakin's Throne.jpg|Untitled
• Ron Mueck – :File:In Bed by Ron Mueck.png|In Bed
• Odd Nerdrum – Cannibals
• Dennis Oppenheim – Engagement
• Bridget Riley – Red Movement

  Exhibitions

• Aleksander Balos – Travaux récents

  Deaths

January to March

• 1 January – Eugene J. Martin, American visual artist.
• 2 January – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter
• 4 January
• *Guy Davenport, American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual and teacher.
• *Alton Tobey, American painter, historical artist, muralist, portraitist, illustrator and teacher.
• 14 January
• *Conroy Maddox, English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer.
• *Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer.
• 25 January
• *Philip Johnson, American major art collector, MoMA curator, influential architect
• *Max Velthuijs, Dutch painter, illustrator and author.
• 27 January
• *Gordon Lambert, Irish art collector.
• *Aurélie Nemours, French painter.
• 7 February – Paul Rebeyrolle, French painter.
• 18 February – Harald Szeemann, Swiss curator and art historian.
• 21 February – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and fantasy artist.
• 15 March – Judith Scott, American outsider fiber sculptor.
• 20 March – Walter Hopps, American museum director and curator.

  April to June

• 5 April
• *Dale Messick, first American woman syndicated comic strip artist
• *Neil Welliver, American painter
• 10 April – Carl Abrahams, Jamaican painter
• 11 April – André François, French cartoonist
• 13 April
• *Philip Pavia, American sculptor
• *Juan Zanotto, Italian-born Argentine comic book artist
• 19 April – Clement Meadmore, Australian-born American sculptor
• 22 April – Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish-born sculptor and artist
• 27 May – Fay Godwin, English landscape photographer
• 12 June – David Whitney, American independent curator and art dealer
• 21 June – Al Loving, African American abstract impressionist painter

  July to December

• 22 July - Dragoš Kalajić, Serbian painter
• 26 July – Robert C. Turner, American potter
• 27 July – Al Held, American Abstract expressionist painter
• 1 August – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, one of the innovators of Unitary Urbanism
• 16 August – Joe Ranft, American magician, animation storyboard artist and voice actor
• 22 August – Juliet Pannett, English portrait artist
• 26 August – Robert Denning, American interior designer
• 22 October – Arman, French-born American artist
• 28 October – Raymond Hains, French artist and photographer
• 11 November – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer
• 2 December – Lillian Browse, English art dealer and historian