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2003 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Artbeat

  published December 25, 2003

  Right now there's a major retrospective that examines the work of Mark Zamantakis, one of the state's most significant ceramic artists. The... More >>

• Holiday Package

  published December 25, 2003

  The Colorado History Museum rarely presents exhibits that concern the fine and decorative arts. The museum's philosophy is more attuned to... More >>

• Artbeat

  published December 18, 2003

  It's always an inspired idea to do a show that pairs a teacher and a student, because the relationship provides a lot of food for aesthetic... More >>

• Depth Perceptions

  published December 18, 2003

  Cydney Payton, director of Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art, has been putting a lot of effort into expanding that plucky little institution,... More >>

• Artbeat

  published December 11, 2003

  Bobbi Walker, director of Walker Fine Art (300 West 11th Avenue, 303-355-8955), has paired abstract sculptures by Colorado artist Jerry Wingren... More >>

• Artbeat

  published December 4, 2003

  A few months ago, Hugo Anderson opened the Emil Nelson Gallery at 1307 Bannock Street (303-534-0996), behind the Denver Art Museum and next door... More >>

• Three by Four

  published December 4, 2003

  The Sandy Carson Gallery has kept its position as the flagship venue of the Santa Fe Art District by using a simple formula: Present only... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 27, 2003

  Dutch Walla has been taking photos for over fifty years, beginning as a protegé of the late Denver photographer Otto Roach and eventually... More >>

• No, Thanks!

  published November 27, 2003

  It's hard to live in Colorado and, at the same time, to love architecture. The problem is twofold: There's very little of the built environment... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 20, 2003

  Variations on the theme of contemporary portraiture are brought together in Heads, now at Studio Aiello (3563 Walnut Street,... More >>

• Group Dynamics

  published November 20, 2003

  There's a handsome show called Winter Exhibit: Murphy, Garcia, Jackson, Lee playing at the glitzy Fresh Art Gallery, and it's a... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 13, 2003

  Right now, in the South Gallery of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (30 West Dale Street, Colorado Springs, 1-719-634-5583), there is a very... More >>

• Western Culture

  published November 13, 2003

  It was at the end of the nineteenth century that the worldwide romance with the American West first got off the ground. This happened because,... More >>

• Artbeat

  published November 6, 2003

  In the past couple of months, Bryan Andrews created dozens of large sculptures for his solo show, which is now playing at Cordell Taylor Gallery... More >>

• Art of Identity

  published November 6, 2003

  In the 1970s, contemporary art fractured into a riot of diverse styles. The anything-goes situation in which we find ourselves today is the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 30, 2003

  This past spring, emerging artist Jared David Paul founded an exhibition space that he originally called the Santa Fe Arts Assembly. He has since... More >>

• Social Studies

  published October 30, 2003

  It would be accurate to call BLOOD: Lines & Connections, the fall-winter exhibit at Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art, a bold... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 23, 2003

  The Edge Gallery (3658 Navajo Street, 303-477-7173) is just coming off a recent bout with censorship. As reported in Westword ( More >>

• End Runs

  published October 23, 2003

  The season began only a scant six weeks ago, but already many of the first shows have closed -- or soon will. It's been a crowded calendar, with... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 16, 2003

  The front spaces at Sandy Carson Gallery (760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585) are fitted out with Frank Sampson paintings (see page 57), but in the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 9, 2003

  A couple of times a year, Cherry Creek's Gallery M (2830 East Third Avenue, 303-331-8400) puts on a photography show that focuses on a single... More >>

• Everybody Loves Painting

  published October 9, 2003

  Let me say this right off the bat: The fall-winter blockbuster at the Denver Art Museum, El Greco to Picasso from the Phillips Collection,... More >>

• Artbeat

  published October 2, 2003

  Lauri Lynnxe Murphy only recently took over as director of the Andenken Gallery (2110 Market Street, 303-292-3281), but she's already making a... More >>

• Colors of the Season

  published October 2, 2003

  It occurs to me that the art world is akin to a light switch. Not the on-and-off type (the art world is always on) but one of those dimmer... More >>

• Artbeat

  published September 25, 2003

  Bobbi Walker forces visitors to her gallery, Walker Fine Art (300 West 11th Avenue, 303-355-8955), to suspend their aesthetic sensibilities. At... More >>