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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)
  • Banksy – Crude Oil (Vettriano)
  • 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
  • Nelson Shanks – Bill Clinton (for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.
  • Joel Shapiro – 20 Elements

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

See also

  • List of years in art

References