2005 in art

Events

• 30 September - Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

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
• Wynne prize - Jenny Sages, The Road to Utopia

Works

• The Gates, an installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude that was up from 12 February through 27 February in Central Park in New York City.
• June - A museum dedicated to Paul Klee opens in Bern, Switzerland. It was designed by Renzo Piano.

Exhibitions

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

Deaths

January to March

• 1 January - Eugene J. Martin, American visual artist (b.1938).
• 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, major art collector, former MoMA curator, influential architect (b. 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).
• 20 March - Walter Hopps, American museum director and curator (b.1932).

April to June

• 5 April - Dale Messick, first woman syndicated comic strip artist in the United States (b.1906).
• 10 April - Carl Abrahams, Jamaican painter (b.1911).
• 11 April - André François, French cartoonist (b.1915).
• 13 April
  • Philip Pavia, sculptor.
  • Juan Zanotto, Italian-born Argentine comic book artist (b.1935).
• 19 April - Clement Meadmore Melbourne, Australia-born, American sculptor, (b.1929)
• 22 April - Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (b.1924).
• 9 June - Gloria Ida Logan, Australian artist and lecturer in arts and crafts (b.1927).
• 12 June - David Whitney, independent curator and art dealer, (b.1939).

July to December

• 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, magician, animation storyboard artist, and voice actor (b.1960).
• 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).

See also

• List of years in art