2005 in art

none 2005 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.Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff Lydia Pyne Bloomsbury Publishing 2019 9781472961815 As seen in the British Museum 178–180 https://books.google.com/books?id=tmCWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT178 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 Category:2005 sculptures 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.Smith David Queen honours war's heroines https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/10/secondworldwar.gender 16 September 2011 The Guardian London 10 July 2005 13 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190813221806/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/10/secondworldwar.gender live John Aiken – Monolith and Shadow (sculpture outside University College Hospital, London) Banksy – Crude Oil (Vettriano)Banksy take on Vettriano work sells for £4.3m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7vd63z2zpo BBC News 2025-03-04 2025-12-30 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 Wheelhttps://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/contemporary-art-day-auction-l15023/lot.208.html flanagan, barry pirate wheel figure sotheby's l15023lot84jh2en 2021-05-07 2021-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20210507180728/https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/contemporary-art-day-auction-l15023/lot.208.html live Kennardphilips - Photo Op, photomontage of Tony Blair in front of burning oil Damian Loeb – "Straw Dogs"https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-damian-loeb-b-1970-straw-dogs-5595126/ Damian Loeb (born 1970) www.christies.com Roy McMakin Love & Loss (installation art in Seattle) Untitled (Wooden Toilet) Ron Mueck – In Bed (sculpture in Queensland Gallery of Modern Art)Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog) Hurlston David 2010 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne etal Odd Nerdrum – Cannibals Dennis Oppenheim – Engagement (sculptures) Bridget Riley – Red Movement Nelson Shanks – Bill Clinton (for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.1 Bill Clinton npg.si.edu Joel Shapiro – 20 Elementshttps://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/metaphors-for-thought/ Metaphors for Thought Ritz Penaranda September 12, 2021 National Peace Corps Association 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)https://oxfordaasc.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-39288 Martin, Eugene James Oxford African American Studies Center 16 November 2025 2 January – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter (born 1922)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/13/guardianobituaries.books Obituary: Frank Kelly Freas Stephen Holland January 13, 2005 The Guardian June 14, 2017 4 January Guy Davenport, American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual and teacher (born 1927)November 2025 Alton Tobey, American painter, historical artist, muralist, portraitist, illustrator and teacher (born 1914) Wolfgang Saxon Alton Tobey, 90, Portrait Artist and Muralist, Dies https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/arts/design/alton-tobey-90-portrait-artist-and-muralist-dies.html The New York Times January 18, 2005 2022-12-07 14 January Conroy Maddox, English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer (b.1912)Conroy Maddox: Surrealist artist in Varna Road http://www.balsallheathhistory.co.uk/journeys-to-balsall-heath/conroy-maddox-surrealist-artist-in-varna-road Balsall Heath Local History Society dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110909232415/http://www.balsallheathhistory.co.uk/journeys-to-balsall-heath/conroy-maddox-surrealist-artist-in-varna-road 2011-09-09 Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (born 1940; murdered)November 2025 25 January Philip Johnson, American major art collector, MoMA curator, influential architect (born 1906)https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/arts/design/philip-johnson-architectures-restless-intellect-dies-at-98.html Obituary: Philip Johnson, Architecture's Restless Intellect, dies at 98 Paul Goldberger January 27, 2005 The New York Times May 15, 2018 Max Velthuijs, Dutch painter, illustrator and author (born 1923)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/max-velthuijs-5345000.html Max Velthuijs Independent 16 November 2025 27 January Gordon Lambert, Irish art collector (born 1919)https://www.dib.ie/biography/lambert-charles-gordon-a9408 Lambert, (Charles) Gordon Dictionary of Irish Biography Clavin Terry 23 June 2024 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)November 2025 April to June 5 April Dale Messick, first American woman syndicated comic strip artist (b.1906)https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/arts/07cnd-messick.html?hp&_r=0 Dale Messick, Cartoonist Who Created Brenda Starr, Dies at 98 The New York Times 2005-04-07 2015-03-03 2015-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403041451/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/arts/07cnd-messick.html?hp&_r=0 live 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)http://www.brooklynrail.org/2005/12/art/a-tribute-to-philip-pavia-1912-2005 A Tribute to Philip Pavia (1912–2005) The Brooklyn Rail 2005-12-10 2015-03-03 2015-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111945/http://www.brooklynrail.org/2005/12/art/a-tribute-to-philip-pavia-1912-2005 live 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)https://www.nacionalnarevija.com/en/tekstovi/br%2056/06%20Vertikala.html Outlines of Our Internal Empire Serbia National Review 17 June 2026 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)https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/france/paris/constant-nieuwenhuys-xfvpjbmsr3k Constant Nieuwenhuys 13 August 2005 The Times 17 June 2026 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)https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/11/monarchy.photography Lord Lichfield dies aged 66 11 November 2005 Andrew Dickson Guardian 17 June 2026 2 December – Lillian Browse, English art dealer and historian (born 1906) 31 December – Aiko Suzuki, Canadian textile and visual artist (born 1937)Sakamoto Kerri June 5, 2006 Lives Lived: Aiko Suzuki https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-lives-lived-aiko-suz/203537556/ August 11, 2026 The Globe and Mail A16 Newspapers.com See also List of years in art References Category:2000s in art Category:Years of the 21st century in art