2005 in art
The year 2005 in art involved 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 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 :
- *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.
- John Aiken – Monolith and Shadow
- Banksy – Crude Oil
- Louise Bourgeois – Father and Son
- Herbert Dreiseitl – Artwall
- 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
- * Untitled
- Ron Mueck – In Bed
- Odd Nerdrum – Cannibals
- Dennis Oppenheim – Engagement
- Bridget Riley – Red Movement
- Nelson Shanks – Bill Clinton (for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.
- Joel Shapiro – ''20 Elements''
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
- *Astrid Zydower, German-born British sculptor
- *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