See also 2004 in art, 2006 in art , List of years in art

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.

Exhibitions

Births

Deaths

• January 3 - Alton Tobey , painter
• January 14 - Conroy Maddox, surrealist painter
• January 14 - Rudolph Moshammer, fashion designer
• January 25 - Max Velthuijs , writer and illustrator
• January 27 - Aurélie Nemours, painter
• February 7 - Paul Rebeyrolle , painter
• February 17 - Harald Szeemann, art historian
• February 21 - Zdzislaw Beksinski, painter
• February 28 - Umberto Manfrin , comic book artist
• March 20 - Walter Hopps , art dealer
• April 5 - Dale Messick, cartoonist
• April 10 - Carl Abrahams , painter
• April 11 - André François , cartoonist
• April 13 - Philip Pavia , sculptor
• April 13 - Juan Zanotto, comic book artist