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The year 2005 in art involved some significant events.

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
• Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
• Wynne prize - Jenny Sages, The Road to Utopia

Works

• The Gates, an installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude that was up from February 12 through February 27 in Central Park in New York City.
• June - A museum dedicated to Paul Klee opens in Bern, Switzerland. It was designed by Renzo Piano.

Exhibitions

• Aleksander Balos - Travaux récents (organised by Arts nord sud, at Espace Griffon, Crédit Municipal, Paris, France)

Deaths

• January 1 - Eugene J. Martin, painter (b. 1938)
• January 3 - Alton Tobey, painter (b. 1914)
• January 14 - Conroy Maddox, surrealist painter (b. 1912)
• January 14 - Rudolph Moshammer, fashion designer (b. 1940)
• January 25 - Philip Johnson, influential architect (b. 1906)
• January 25 - Max Velthuijs, writer and illustrator
• January 27 - Aurélie Nemours, painter (b. 1910)
• February 17 - Harald Szeemann, art historian (b. 1933)
• February 21 - Zdzislaw Beksinski, painter (b. 1929)
• March 20 - Walter Hopps, curator, art dealer
• April 5 - Dale Messick, cartoonist (b. 1960)
• April 10 - Carl Abrahams, painter (b. 1911)
• April 13 - Philip Pavia, sculptor
• April 25 - Gloria Ida Logan, painter (b. 1927)
• April 11 - André François, cartoonist (b. 1915)
• April 13 - Juan Zanotto, comic book artist (b. 1935)
• April 22 - Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, sculptor (b. 1924)
• June 12 - David Whitney, independent curator, former art dealer, (b. 1939)
• July 27 - Al Held, painter (b. 1928)
• August 1 - Constant Nieuwenhuys, urban artist (b. 1920)
• October 22 - Arman, artist (b. 1928)
• November 11 - Patrick Lichfield, photographer (b. 1939)

See also

• List of years in art