2005 in art

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Events

12–27 February, 2005 – Christo and wife Jeanne-Claude create The Gates in New York's Central Park
30 September – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

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

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

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, major art collector, former 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).
20 March – Walter Hopps, American museum director and curator (b.1932).

5 April – Neil Welliver, American painter (b.1929)
5 April – Dale Messick, first woman syndicated comic strip artist in the United States (b.1906).
10 April – Carl Abrahams, Jamaican painter (b.1911).
11 April – André François, French cartoonist (b.1915).
13 April
- Philip Pavia, sculptor.
- Juan Zanotto, Italian-born Argentine comic book artist (b.1935).
19 April – Clement Meadmore Melbourne, Australia-born, American sculptor, (b.1929)
22 April – Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (b.1924).
9 June – Gloria Ida Logan, Australian artist and lecturer in arts and crafts (b.1927).
12 June – David Whitney, independent curator and art dealer, (b.1939).

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, magician, animation storyboard artist, and voice actor (b.1960).
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).