2005 in art

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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).
4 January - 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).
14 January - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b.1940).
25 January - Philip Johnson, major art collector, former MoMA curator, influential architect (b. 1906)
25 January - Max Velthuijs, Dutch painter, illustrator and author (b.1923).
27 January - Gordon Lambert, Irish art collector (b.1919).
27 January - 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 - 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.
13 April - 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).

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).