2005 in art

The year 2005 in art involves various significant events.

Events

 * June – Zentrum Paul Klee, a museum dedicated to Paul Klee, designed by Renzo Piano, opens in Bern, Switzerland.
 * September 30 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
 * Museum of Art Fakes opens in Vienna.
 * Banksy's Peckham Rock is installed surreptitiously in the British Museum (London) where it goes undetected for at least 3 days.

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 (June 12 – November 6):
 * Lion d'Or Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Barbara Kruger (USA)
 * Lion d'Or for Best Pavilion: Annette Messager (France)
 * 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 (both Americans), in Berlin.
 * July 9 – Unveiling of Monument to the Women of World War II, sculpted by John W. Mills, in Whitehall, London.
 * John Aiken – Monolith and Shadow (sculpture outside University College Hospital, London)
 * Louise Bourgeois – Father and Son (sculpture in Seattle)
 * Herbert Dreiseitl – Artwall (installation art in Portland, Oregon)
 * Elmgreen & Dragset - Prada Marfa in Marfa, Texas
 * Barry Flanagan – Pirate's Wheel
 * Kennardphilips - Photo Op, photomontage of Tony Blair in front of burning oil
 * Damian Loeb – "Straw Dogs"
 * Roy McMakin
 * Love & Loss (installation art in Seattle)
 * Untitled (Wooden Toilet)
 * Ron Mueck – In Bed (sculpture in Queensland Gallery of Modern Art)
 * Odd Nerdrum – Cannibals
 * Dennis Oppenheim – Engagement (sculptures)
 * Bridget Riley – Red Movement

Exhibitions

 * Aleksander Balos – Travaux récents (organised by Arts nord sud, at Espace Griffon, Crédit Municipal, Paris, France)

January to March

 * 1 January – Eugene J. Martin, American visual artist (b.1938).
 * 2 January – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter (born 1922)
 * 4 January
 * Guy Davenport, American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual and teacher (b.1927).
 * Alton Tobey, American painter, historical artist, muralist, portraitist, illustrator and teacher (b.1914).
 * 14 January
 * Conroy Maddox, English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer (b.1912).
 * Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b.1940).
 * 25 January
 * Philip Johnson, American major art collector, MoMA curator, influential architect (born 1906)
 * Max Velthuijs, Dutch painter, illustrator and author (b.1923).
 * 27 January
 * Gordon Lambert, Irish art collector (b.1919).
 * Aurélie Nemours, French painter (b.1910).
 * 7 February – Paul Rebeyrolle, French painter (b.1926).
 * 18 February – Harald Szeemann, Swiss curator and art historian (b.1933).
 * 21 February – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and fantasy artist (b.1929).
 * 15 March – Judith Scott, American outsider fiber sculptor (b.1943).
 * 20 March – Walter Hopps, American museum director and curator (b.1932).

April to June

 * 5 April
 * Dale Messick, first American woman syndicated comic strip artist (b.1906)
 * Neil Welliver, American painter (b.1929)
 * 10 April – Carl Abrahams, Jamaican painter (b.1911)
 * 11 April – André François, French cartoonist (b.1915)
 * 13 April
 * Philip Pavia, American sculptor (b.1912)
 * Juan Zanotto, Italian-born Argentine comic book artist (b.1935)
 * 19 April – Clement Meadmore, Australian-born American sculptor (b.1929)
 * 22 April – Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish-born sculptor and artist (b.1924)
 * 27 May
 * Astrid Zydower, German-born British sculptor (b.1930)
 * Fay Godwin, English landscape photographer (b.1931)
 * 12 June – David Whitney, American independent curator and art dealer (b.1939)
 * 21 June – Al Loving, African American abstract impressionist painter (b.1935)

July to December

 * 22 July – Dragoš Kalajić, Serbian painter (born 1943)
 * 26 July – Robert C. Turner, American potter (b.1913)
 * 27 July – Al Held, American Abstract expressionist painter (b.1928)
 * 1 August – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, one of the innovators of Unitary Urbanism (b.1920)
 * 16 August – Joe Ranft, American magician, animation storyboard artist and voice actor (b.1960)
 * 22 August – Juliet Pannett, English portrait artist (born 1911)
 * 26 August – Robert Denning, American interior designer (b.1927)
 * 22 October – Arman, French-born American artist (b.1928)
 * 28 October – Raymond Hains, French artist and photographer (b.1926)
 * 11 November – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b.1939)
 * 2 December – Lillian Browse, English art dealer and historian (born 1906)