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1999 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Art Beat

  published September 16, 1999

  Printmakers Portfolio, at William Havu Gallery, is midway through a month-long run. The show is a brief look at the stylistic... More >>

• Time Flies

  published September 16, 1999

  Although 1999 may not be the last year of the century, as sticklers for accuracy have pointed out, it is the last of the 1900s. So it seems only... More >>

• Art Beat

  published September 9, 1999

  The small and recently remodeled ILK @ Pirate gallery is currently hosting Align, an elegant solo show featuring recent paintings by... More >>

• Art Beat

  published September 2, 1999

  The current show at the Camera Obscura Gallery, Christopher Burkett: Intimations of Paradise, is a surprise, because all of the... More >>

• Art Beat

  published August 26, 1999

  ILK, at 554 Santa Fe Drive, is a raggedy, upstart co-op that nonetheless frequently displays some of the most original art around. It is currently... More >>

• Big Splash

  published August 26, 1999

  When Colorado's Ocean Journey co-founders Bill Fleming and Judy Petersen-Fleming moved to town in 1992 with an idea for an aquarium in the Platte... More >>

• Art Beat

  published August 19, 1999

  Big-time local ceramics talent Rodger Lang is currently the subject of Lines & Space & Time at Artists on Santa Fe, 747 Santa Fe... More >>

• Seasonal Winds

  published August 12, 1999

  Well, it's that time of year again--late summer, when the art world, which is centered in New York, essentially shuts down, with many galleries... More >>

• Real to Real

  published August 5, 1999

  The Singer Gallery's mid-summer offering, the absolutely fabulous John DeAndrea: Fragments, provides local viewers a rare opportunity to see the... More >>

• Flash Point

  published July 29, 1999

  The Spark Gallery has reached a milestone: It has two decades' worth of history under its belt. To mark this momentous event, the current members... More >>

• Coming of Age

  published July 22, 1999

  The Denver Art Museum has gotten good at attracting crowds. The blockbuster Toulouse-Lautrec, which just closed, brought in more than 100,000... More >>

• Sit on It

  published July 8, 1999

  The title of the current exhibit at the Metro State Center for the Visual Arts, Chairs! Chairs! Chairs!, may suggest to some that what we're in... More >>

• Insults and Injuries

  published July 1, 1999

  Mary Chenoweth, who died on January 14, at the age of eighty, was one of the most important and accomplished artists to ever have worked in... More >>

• London Calling

  published June 17, 1999

  By a lucky accident of scheduling, the Denver Art Museum is presenting a pair of shows that provide visitors with a striking juxtaposition. ... More >>

• The Shock of the Now

  published June 10, 1999

  As we near the end of the 1900s, it's interesting to notice that the world of the visual arts is wide open, with a staggering profusion of... More >>

• To the Max

  published June 3, 1999

  The Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery is currently featuring the compelling show Carl Andre and Melissa Kretschmer, which pairs a handful of... More >>

• Pride of Place

  published May 27, 1999

  Since relocating to the Golden Triangle from LoDo last fall, the William Havu Gallery (formerly the 1/1 Gallery) has greatly expanded its stable... More >>

• Mixed Doubles

  published May 20, 1999

  Dave Yust: Diptychs 1968-99, which closes this weekend at the Curfman Gallery on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins, is a... More >>

• Crossed Borders

  published May 13, 1999

  The normally staid Museo de las Americas, on Santa Fe Drive, is now hosting Los Supersonicos: Two Chicanos Zoom Into the New Millennium, a raucous... More >>

• Mud and Guts

  published May 6, 1999

  More than any other medium, ceramics has achieved a high level of artistic development in Colorado. The glorious early history of ceramics... More >>

• One-Stop Viewing

  published April 29, 1999

  Cydney Payton, the director of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, has little trouble filling the place with exciting exhibits. In fact, she's... More >>

• Short Subject

  published April 22, 1999

  Over the past twenty years, blockbuster shows have become a necessary evil at museums. When they succeed--and they usually do, at least... More >>

• Long-Term Commitments

  published April 15, 1999

  Russell Beardsley emerged on the Denver art scene while still a student. The first shows of his conceptual metal sculptures were presented to both... More >>

• Weaving a Story

  published April 8, 1999

  The Colorado History Museum's major exhibition this season is Spirit of Spider Woman, an intelligent and elegantly presented examination of Navajo... More >>

• The Wild, Wild West

  published April 1, 1999

  When John Hull moved to Denver last year to become the head of the art department at the University of Colorado's Denver campus, the city didn't... More >>