Outrageous costumes steal the show at this fashion-centric summer art exhibit
If you go “World of WearableArt” continues through Sept. 22 at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, 30 West Dale St., Colorado Springs. Info at 719-634-5581 or...
View ArticleColorado names its first poet laureate of color
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday named 37-year-old Bobby LeFebre as Colorado’s new poet laureate, adding fire to LeFebre’s red-hot reputation as a literary-minded artist who’s willing to take on thorny...
View Article“Book of Mormon,” “Mean Girls” tickets go on sale Aug. 2 through Denver Center
More than two dozen touring Broadway shows and plays will go on sale next month as part of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ new artistic season, DCPA officials said today. The 30-plus shows...
View ArticleMeow Wolf is teaming up with the Denver Zoo for a day of movies and art-making
Art collective Meow Wolf — which is bringing a permanent installation to Denver in 2021 — is teaming up with the Denzer Zoo for a “Zooscovery Maker Day” filled with animal-themed activities. On Aug. 8...
View ArticleDenver Art Museum’s star curator, Timothy Standring, throws a show of his own...
Timothy Standring is, arguably, the most influential voice on art in the West. As curator of painting and sculpture at the Denver Art Museum, he’s been the driving force behind a decade of blockbuster...
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At Leon Gallery, the allure and danger of our Instagram lives
Denver’s Leon Gallery took a big leap this year when it transformed itself from a commercial business trying to sell art into a nonprofit startup working to support regional culture. It’s a bold move,...
View ArticleDenver Art Museum details “phased” reopenings starting in June 2020
Since shuttering its iconic, Gio Ponti-designed North Building in November 2017, the Denver Art Museum has watched the steady pace of construction on a massive new welcome center and the pricey,...
View ArticleAfter a national search, MCA Denver hires from within to fill executive...
The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver announced Tuesday that Nora Burnett Abrams will become its new executive director. Abrams is a familiar face at the MCA. For the last 10 years, she has served as...
View ArticleThere’s a pop-up art museum downtown that literally lets you walk in another...
I don’t want to give away Andi Todaro’s story. But it’s too good to keep it to myself. It seems her dog died, though she knew it was coming. He was growing old, getting sick, she could tell by the way...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Crush Walls 2019 brings dozens of new murals to River North Arts...
Crush Walls — the annual street art festival that brings more than 100 artists to River North Arts District to create dozens of new murals and street art works over a week-long period — wrapped up its...
View ArticleBy peeing in a bottle and snacking one-handed, this teenage artist drew in a...
Brady Dollyhigh put his pen to paper and didn’t pick it up for 24 hours. He sat at a table, listened to some Kanye, peed in a plastic bottle and drew. In one single line. And from that came a piece of...
View ArticleFrom Stephen King to Helen Thorpe, Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame honors...
Over the course of 18 books and more than three decades, Mary Taylor Young has written about everything from Rocky Mountain National Park to the tall grasses and stark skies of Colorado’s Eastern...
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Peek into a former sanatorium, French Gothic cathedral and more landmarks at...
Doors Open Denver has a lot to offer for 2019: More than 50 separate buildings and sites that people can pop into at anytime; 59 special tours guided by experts; and five new artist-designed cultural...
View ArticleDenver’s Biennial of the Americas is back, and there’s a lot to do and see...
From a marketing perspective, the Biennial of the Americas pretty much starts from scratch every two years. Denver’s celebration of the hemisphere’s best art and ideas follows a similar pattern each...
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Can Western art enter the modern era? Yes, and it’s happening here in Denver.
It is the fate of all painters in the New West to suffer comparisons to the great painters of the Wild West. Who is today’s Frederic Remington or George Catlin or Albert Bierstadt, people want to know....
View ArticlePlan a mini road trip to these immersive outdoor art installations around...
Colorado wilderness is often its own destination, but sometimes, tucked away in the natural landscape, visitors can find something even more enticing: immersive art installations that play off elements...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Biennial of the Americas’ “Cósmico Americas” lights up Civic Center...
Biennial of the Americas closing event, “Cósmico Americas,” brought art and visitors to Civic Center Park in Denver on Sept. 28, 2019. The free event celebrated art and culture of the Americas and...
View ArticleArtist fixes up ghost town near Utah-Colorado line
CISCO, Utah — An artist is trying to revitalize an abandoned old railroad town in eastern Utah by refurbishing dilapidated buildings and converting them into residences for artists. Eileen Muza is the...
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Review: Denver Center’s “Doll’s House” and “Doll’s House, Part 2” pack...
Nora and Torvald Helmer have arrived at the terminus of their marriage, though he doesn’t know how final Nora’s departure will be. The conversation that precedes her leave-taking comes at the end of...
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Virtual reality pops up at Denver museums, festivals and even VR escape rooms
Samantha Doerge was shutting down the Denver Film Festival’s virtual reality floor last fall when a woman shuffled in with her elderly mother, asking if Doerge would run the hour-long, three-part...
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