This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) List of years in art (Table) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001    2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008    2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Related time period or subjects 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 20th century 21st century 22nd century Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Exhibitions 5 Deaths 5.1 January to March 5.2 April to June 5.3 July to December 6 See also Events 12 February - 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. 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 Wynne prize - Jenny Sages The Road to Utopia Works 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. Exhibitions Aleksander Balos - Travaux rcents (organised by Arts nord sud at Espace Griffon Crdit Municipal Paris France) Deaths January to March 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). Aurlie 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 - Zdzisaw Beksiski Polish painter photographer and fantasy artist (b.1929). 20 March - Walter Hopps American museum director and curator (b.1932). April to June 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 - Andr Franois 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). July to December 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). See also List of years in art