Whether naive or in denial, Denver Botanic Gardens’ latest exhibit is elegant...
Strolling among the sculptures of human figures scattered through the Denver Botanic Gardens this summer, it’s difficult to decide if you should rush up and hug them, or stomp over and slap them in the...
View ArticleStanley Marketplace is bringing the Sistine Chapel to its 10,000-square-foot...
The Stanley Marketplace will welcome its first large-scale art exhibition this summer as it recreates Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes from Renaissance master Michelangelo. “I visited it when I was in...
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I.M. Pei, architect of Denver’s 16th Street Mall and Louvre’s Pyramid, dies...
I.M. Pei, a dominant figure in American architecture for more than three decades who was connected to Denver’s 16th Street Mall and designed the Louvre’s crystal pyramid and the angular East Building...
View ArticleWhy is beer popular in Colorado? History Colorado’s new exhibit explores how...
With a bevy of craft breweries operating across the state, beer has woven itself into the fabric of Colorado. But how did the beverage become so popular here? History Colorado Center aims to answer...
View ArticleSeen: Opera Colorado’s fundraiser, A Night in Monte Carlo
One might think that with offices in five U.S. cities and two overseas — and plenty of projects in the works — architect Curt Fentress would have too much on his plate to take on something as...
View ArticleDenver native Yvie Oddly becomes first Coloradan to win “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Dressed in a ball gown, sporting a headpiece made of mirrors and lip-syncing to Lady Gaga, Denver native Yvie Oddly snatched the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” Thursday night on the popular...
View ArticleGeorge R.R. Martin joins Meow Wolf as “chief world builder”
SANTA FE, N.M. — George R.R. Martin, author of the novels that fueled “Game of Thrones,” is teaming up with Meow Wolf, a New Mexico-based art collective. Martin’s storytelling skills will be tapped to...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Juneteenth Music Festival and parade in Five Points
The Juneteenth Music Festival and parade took place in Five Points on June 15, 2019. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States dating back to 1865 on June 19. The festival...
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One of Mexico City’s trendsetters is bringing his art and music to Denver
MEXICO CITY — What’s really going on between the United States and Mexico? The answer is Smithe, and thousands like him, Mexico City artists who don’t waste time thinking about walls and self-serving...
View ArticleColorado arts organizations raked in more than $2M of federal grants in 2019
Lovers of the arts, rejoice: The National Endowment for the Arts announced last month that it has awarded grants totaling $355,000 to 19 Colorado arts organizations. Additionally, Colorado Creative...
View ArticleDenver-based artist Darrell Anderson helping children be “Ready To Go”
Denver-based artist Darrell Anderson has created a new painting in support of non-profit Clothes To Kids of Denver, which provides free, quality clothing to low-income and in-crisis families in the...
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The six best Colorado art festivals you’ve never been to
Unknown, overlooked or off-the-radar, some Colorado art festivals don’t get all of the love they deserve — or enough visits from folks across the state. Events like the Trinidaddio Blues Fest, the...
View ArticleThe business of art: Cherry Creek Arts Fest helps develop new collectors
Step out of the white cube, bypass the precious merchandising and the confounding prices, shut down the fast talk of dealers who quickly size up your wealth and savvy while staring at you through...
View ArticleHybrid venus-fly-trap-scientist traveling in space is coming to Cherry Creek
The story goes like this: A scientist gets into a space capsule and flies to a faraway planet. She’s obsessed with Venus flytraps and creates a serum to feed the carnivorous plants she’s brought on her...
View ArticleMeow Wolf faces discrimination, fair-pay lawsuit in home state of New Mexico
Immersive art company Meow Wolf is being sued by a pair of former employees who claim they were targeted with discrimination and unfair pay practices — and then wrongfully fired after airing those...
View ArticleStreet artist made famous by Taylor Swift paints new mural in Denver
Fans of artist Kelsey Montague’s angel wings mural in New York, made famous by Taylor Swift in 2014 when the singer posed with it in an Instagram photo, will be thrilled to learn the street artist has...
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Commentary: Denver Art Museum has turned into Denver’s living room
The Denver Art Museum feels a lot like my living room these days. Well, not my personal living room, which is smaller and has fewer paintings, but rather some grand, mutual parlor of culture we all...
View ArticleMajor Homer, Remington show comes to Denver Art Museum, plus more Colorado...
Homer, Remington exhibition to debut in Denver The Denver Art Museum on Tuesday announced a major new exhibition, “Natural Forces: Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington,” running March 15 through June...
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Two dueling Clark Richert exhibitions explore the career of one of Colorado’s...
Colorado artist Clark Richert has retrospectives at two major museums in the region. This photo is from “Clark Richert: Pattern and Dimensions” at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. (Photo by Wes...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Colorado Renaissance Festival features knife tossing, music and giant...
The Colorado Renaissance Festival runs through Aug. 4 on Saturday’s and Sunday’s, features jousting, artisans, musical acts, animals, a kids area for games and activities and many other features...
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