50th Annual Crested Butte Arts Festival
Crested Butte hosts its 50th Annual Crested Butte Arts Festival August 5–7, 2022.
June 08, 2022
Colorado
“Being Born is Just Plagiarizing Your Parents”: An Interview with Good Actors Author Sommer Browning
Denver poet, librarian, gallerist, and comedian Sommer Browning talks about her new book Good Actors and how it relates to other art forms and interests.
May 25, 2022
Aerial Concave Without Cloud by Poet and Artist Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Sueyeun Juliette Lee’s Aerial Concave Without Cloud is an extended meditation on how thinking through and with light can help to illuminate profound personal grief.
May 11, 2022
Review: Jae Ko: New Works at Robischon Gallery
Jae Ko’s artworks at Robischon Gallery in Denver address the Southwest’s drought conditions and the rise of water speculation in the futures market.
May 09, 2022
Collectivity + CollaborationColorado
Marguerite Humeau’s Speculative Earthwork Orisons Takes Shape in the San Luis Valley
The absence of water and its ecological effects are the subjects of an emerging speculative earthwork by the French artist Marguerite Humeau and nomadic art museum Black Cube.
May 03, 2022
Work in Progress with Rochelle Johnson
Rochelle Johnson, an artist in residence at Denver’s RedLine Contemporary Art Center, is a figurative oil painter who imbues her work with messages about women’s beauty, the Black community, and the human condition.
April 12, 2022
Collectivity + CollaborationColorado
Review: Pint-Sized Art Critics Weigh in on Clyfford Still
A new hanging of Clyfford Still’s work, co-curated by a cohort of young children, presents "not just boring grown-up things" at Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum.
April 08, 2022
Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes by Poet Nicky Beer
Denver-based poet Nicky Beer’s Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes is a clever, probing look into the collective desires and fears underlying our love of illusion.
March 29, 2022
Review: Dyani White Hawk: Speaking To Relatives at MCA Denver
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) melds Indigenous patterns, materials, and symbolism with modernist archetypes in Speaking To Relatives at MCA Denver.
March 16, 2022
Work in Progress with Pard Morrison
The September 11 attacks and monthly visits with Agnes Martin continue to inform the gridwork of artist Pard Morrison, whose Denver installation Course comments on drought conditions in the Southwest.
March 03, 2022
FeatureColoradoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Collective Cosmos: M12 Studio on Rural Territories and Common Resources
M12 Studio’s multi-year collective projects show the complexities of rural places and open conversations about what connects us.
February 25, 2022
ArtistsColoradoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Cherish Marquez
Cherish Marquez is a Denver-based artist who uses videos, animations, still images, and installations, to animate the subtleties of desert life near the U.S.-Mexico border.
February 25, 2022
ReviewColoradoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Review: Emilio Lobato: Lessons Learned
Facing shortages of his usual materials, Colorado artist Emilio Lobato turned to rubber sheets, household tacks, and porcelain strips. The outcome is work that is surprisingly multifaceted.
February 25, 2022
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Studio Visit: Michael Gadlin
Michael Gadlin, an artist and the executive director of PlatteForum in Denver, talks about the influence relationships and community have had on his creative practice.
February 25, 2022
Review: Taiko Chandler at Denver Botanic Gardens
Taiko Chandler’s Denver Botanic Gardens exhibition provides a powerful framework for how to think differently about the world around us.
February 18, 2022
Curator Profile: John Lukavic of the Denver Art Museum
The well-regarded Native arts collection at the Denver Art Museum gears up its mission of historically and culturally sensitive exhibitions under the leadership of John Lukavic.
February 03, 2022
Work in Progress with Sammy Seung-Min Lee
Denver artist Sammy Seung-Min Lee engages paper through unique and distinct processes in creating wall pieces, architectural installations, artist books, and performances.
January 18, 2022
How a Photography Workshop Guides Military Veterans in Personal Expression
Military veterans' participation in a five-month workshop culminates in a public exhibition and catalogue at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver.
January 12, 2022
Work in Progress with Terry Maker
Colorado artist Terry Maker investigates the potential of discardable items—papers, markers, straws, even candy—by transforming them, through arduous processing, into ethereal yet witty wall reliefs and other objects.
December 09, 2021
Local Denver Gift Guide
The Local Denver Gift Guide features local treasures, ranging from jewelry from a Kenyan designer to a staycation at a boutique hotel.
December 02, 2021
Denver Art Museum Transforms Campus with Reimagined Ponti Building
After almost four years of construction and renovations, the Martin Building, designed by Gio Ponti and built in 1971, and the Sie Welcome Center are ready to impress Denver Art Museum visitors.
November 09, 2021
Review: Robert Burnier: Song Cycle at David B. Smith Gallery
Robert Burnier's exhibition Song Cycle at David B. Smith Gallery in Denver features small acrylic-on-aluminum wall sculptures folded into aesthetically and conceptually compelling shapes.
November 05, 2021
Work in Progress with Trey Duvall
Denver-based artist Trey Duvall explores futility and absurdity as they relate to objects through installation, video, performance, and sculpture.
November 03, 2021
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Studio Visit: Suchitra Mattai
Denver artist Suchitra Mattai challenges Western traditions of painting through her use of culturally specific materials that are informed by the South Asian diaspora.
October 29, 2021
FeatureColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Life is a Cumulative Exercise: Devon Dikeou’s Mid-Career Smear
Devon Dikeou’s Mid-Career Smear in downtown Denver is a retrospective that examines "in-between" spaces with keen observation and irreverent humor.
October 29, 2021
ReviewColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Review: Armor at Center for Visual Art
Armor, a group exhibition at the Center for Visual Art in Denver, explored physical and metaphorical barriers in the art-making process.
October 29, 2021
Review: Hunt Slonem: Curiouser and Curiouser at K Contemporary
Hunt Slonem: Curiouser and Curiouser at K Contemporary in Denver features 200 pieces from the New York artist's career—including his signature bunnies.
September 29, 2021
Strange Worlds and Memories Collide at Denver’s New Meow Wolf
During a long and dizzying tour of the new Meow Wolf in Denver, a local writer homes in on how the immersive experience conjures a Colorado vibe.
September 27, 2021
Denver Selfie Museum Isn’t Intellectual, Challenging, or Deep—And That’s Exactly How It Likes It
The Denver Selfie Museum is a pleasant, photogenic distraction during trying times.
September 16, 2021
Work in Progress with Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens
“Let me be the conduit:” Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens, a Denver-based jack of most trades and label boss of Multidim Records, talks cassette releases and trading a Snickers for flyer design.
September 09, 2021
