Hess, Barbara. Abstract Expressionism. Cologne: Taschen, 2005.
Grenier, Catherine, Centre Georges Pompidou, and Musée national d'art moderne-Centre de création industrielle. Big Bang: destruction et creation dans l'art du 20e siecle. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2005.
Post-War and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale. New York: Christie's, 2005.
Armstrong, Elizabeth. Villa America: American Moderns, 1900–1950. Exh. cat. Newport Beach: Orange County Museum of Art, 2005.
Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005.
El fuego bajo las ceniza (de Picasso a Basquiat)/ Fire Under the Ashes (from Picasso to Basquiat). Exh. cat. Valencia: IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2005.
Hustvedt, Siri. Mysteries of the Rectangle. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.
Logan, Kent, and Dean Sobel. Post Modern Portraiture from the Logan Collection. Vail: Logan Collection, 2005.
Bookbinder, Judith. Boston Modern: Figurative Expressions as Alternative Modernism. Durham: University of New Hampshire Press, 2005.