# 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 (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)

## Deaths
### 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)