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2001 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Artbeat

  published December 20, 2001

  A lot of local art centers and even some galleries have put together special sales this year for the gift-giving season. An added feature of the... More >>

• Holiday Treats

  published December 20, 2001

  In past years, the Denver Art Museum has usually seen the holiday season as an appropriate time to close some of its galleries and partially shut... More >>

• Artbeat

  published December 13, 2001

  Just in time for the gift-giving season, the Edge Gallery (3658 Navajo Street, 303-477-7173) is presenting its annual fundraiser, Blue Light... More >>

• Straight Ahead

  published December 13, 2001

  It's hard to believe, but it was only about five years ago that Denver painter Bruce Price first made a splash with his distinctive... More >>

• Artbeat

  published December 6, 2001

  Last spring, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center announced an incredibly stupid expansion plan. Cooked up by Minneapolis-based facility... More >>

• Full House

  published December 6, 2001

  After seeing the stunning Martha Daniels, Amy Metier, Betty Woodman installed on its first floor, I'm tempted to say that the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 29, 2001

  With so many people staying home this winter, it's virtually a public service that the Spark Gallery (1535 Platte Street, 303 455-4435) has been... More >>

• Calculated Risks

  published November 29, 2001

  Clark Richert is surely on everyone's list of the most significant Colorado artists of the last quarter-century, and his work has been included in... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 22, 2001

  The Andenken Gallery (2110 Market Street, 303-332-5582) is presenting Works by Dianne Barnes, Michelle Barnes, Tracey Barnes, a... More >>

• Thanksgiving Feast

  published November 22, 2001

  Last summer, the Denver Art Museum surprised everyone by announcing that it had received the Harmsen Collection of Western and American Indian Art... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 15, 2001

  Although Go Fish! (see page 67) fills the first floor at the Museum of Contemporary Art, there's another show in the gallery upstairs.... More >>

• Something's Fishy

  published November 15, 2001

  Cydney Payton, director of Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art, feels that the museum's facility in Sakura Square is too cramped -- and who could... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 8, 2001

  The Spark Gallery (1535 Platte Street, 303-455-4435) typically hosts two shows at once, which is the ordinary practice for most co-ops.... More >>

• Good Heavens

  published November 8, 2001

  It is no exaggeration to say that Denver's entire art landscape changed for the better last week when Ron Judish Fine Arts cut the ribbon on its... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 1, 2001

  Lisa Spivak has put together a show that's so good you'll think you're at the Denver Art Museum's Close Range Gallery rather than the Rocky... More >>

• Reality Bites

  published November 1, 2001

  The Human Factor: Figuration in American Art, 1950-1995, now showing at the Center for the Visual Arts, is every bit as compelling... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 25, 2001

  Looking Forward, Looking Black, in the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver (2121 East Asbury Avenue,... More >>

• A Scary Picture

  published October 25, 2001

  The current state of affairs in the world, involving the destruction of the World Trade Center, the war in Afghanistan and the use of bio-agents... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 18, 2001

  Fresh Art Gallery director Jeanie King is talking about expanding. "I'm looking at two places right now, but I'm not sure I'm going to take either... More >>

• Woman on the Edge

  published October 18, 2001

  In the past, administrators at the Denver Art Museum have had a bad habit regarding the scheduling of temporary exhibitions. They've lined them up... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 11, 2001

  Every once in a while, a show at one of the city's alternative spaces is as good as -- or better than -- any exhibit in a prestigious gallery or... More >>

• Go Figure

  published October 11, 2001

  Capturing the human form has a very long tradition in the visual arts, going back over 12,000 years. And despite the rise of abstraction and its... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 4, 2001

  About thirty years ago, serious fine-art photographers began taking scenic shots that incorporated not only the magnificent landscape -- the focus... More >>

• Artbeat

  published September 27, 2001

  Lisa Spivak, director of the Phillip J. Steele Gallery (6875 East Evans Avenue, 303-753-6046), has long made an art form out of getting the most... More >>

• Seen and Unseen

  published September 27, 2001

  The modern and contemporary department at the Denver Art Museum has essentially been on a forced retreat for the last year or so. Pushed out of... More >>