1. Events

2. Awards

3. Works

4. Exhibitions

5. Deaths
    January to March  April to June  July to December 

6. See also

7. References

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 at Bern in Switzerland.
• September 30 – 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
• 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.^[1]
• Louise Bourgeois – Father and Son (sculpture in Seattle)
• Herbert Dreiseitl – Artwall (installation art in Portland, Oregon)
• Roy McMakin
  • Love & Loss (installation art in Seattle)
  • Untitled (Wooden Toilet)
• Ron Mueck – In Bed (sculpture in Queensland Gallery of Modern Art)^[2]
• 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).
• 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 (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).
• 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)^[3]
  • 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)^[4]
  • 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 – 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 (b. 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 (b. 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)

See also

• List of years in art

References

• Dodd–Frank
• Dodean
• Dodecachord (music)
• Dodecachromacy
• Dodecacontagon
• Dodecacopper dilead pentadecaoxy dichloride
• Dodecafluoropentane
• Dodecagonal coin
• Dodecagonal dihedron
• Dodecagonal trapezohedron
• Dodecahedral molecular geometry
• Dodecahedrille
• Dodecahydrate
• Dodecanese Campaign
• Dodecanese Regiment
• Dodecanoyl-(acyl-carrier protein) hydrolase
• Dodecapropheton
• Dodecaschoenus
• Dodecasyllabic
• Dodecatemoria
• Dodecenoyl-CoA (3Z)-(2E)-isomerase
• Dodecyl
• Dodecylbenzene sulfonate
• Dode Gujar
• Dodeka keyboard