Email Author Michael Paglia

2003 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Divine Obsessions

  published June 5, 2003

  Surely one of the most appealing art-world attractions in Denver this spring is JUDY PFAFF: New Work, at Denver's prestigious... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 29, 2003

  Surplus, at Studio Aiello (3563 Walnut Street, 303-297-8166), is the big-tent title connecting three unrelated solos -- but just for... More >>

• Formal Finale

  published May 29, 2003

  For a while back in the '80s and early '90s, it looked like formalism -- essentially non-objective abstraction -- was on the ropes. Then about... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 22, 2003

  There's a remarkable show, Shock/Awe, currently in the back room at the Spark Gallery, 1535 Platte Street, 303-455-4435. This... More >>

• Look Out

  published May 22, 2003

  Surely among the mega-art trends of the early 21st century is art based on popular culture -- which makes quite a bit of sense, because it was... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 15, 2003

  In the front room at Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis (3659 Navajo Street, 303-458-6058), Shovels, Brooms, Ladders And... More >>

• Springtime in the Rockies

  published May 8, 2003

  The signs of spring are everywhere: Flowers are blooming; the leaves are coming out on the trees, and the 2002-2003 art season is officially... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 1, 2003

  At approximately this time every year since the 1970s, the Foothills Art Center (809 15th Street, Golden, 303-279-3922) has presented the area's... More >>

• Hidden Treasure

  published May 1, 2003

  It was just last month, for the first time since it was founded in 1996, that the Vance Kirkland Museum formally opened its doors to the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 24, 2003

  The Orwellian times that we live in have piqued the interest of the Colorado art collective iMiNiMi, which is made up of Roger Rapp, Kent Smith,... More >>

• Spring Flings

  published April 24, 2003

  Spring is the traditional season opener for yardwork, since it's the best time for planting trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables and, of course,... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 17, 2003

  Further evidence of the widespread representational painting craze that is all the rage right now is The Price of Illusion, a duet... More >>

• Sprouting Up

  published April 17, 2003

  The morning of April 9 was absolutely flawless here in Denver, with the temperature hovering in the mid-sixties under a stunningly clear blue... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 10, 2003

  Artists often encounter difficulties when they address politics in their work. Remember those severed ceramic penises that were stolen from a show... More >>

• Different Realities

  published April 10, 2003

  Surely the most persistent current in painting is the representation of recognizable things, particularly the figure. In one form or another,... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 3, 2003

  The current exhibit in the main space at Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis (3659 Navajo Street, 303-458-6058) has the somewhat poetic and... More >>

• Artbeat

  published March 20, 2003

  Last year, the Andenken Gallery (2110 Market Street, 303-332-5582) had a short-lived branch called the Andenken Annex. Situated in the swanky... More >>

• Prints and Solids

  published March 20, 2003

  Periodically in fancy women's clothing stores, like those in the Cherry Creek area, there are special events called "trunk shows." They are... More >>

• Artbeat

  published March 13, 2003

  Robin Schaefer, at Ironton Studios & Gallery (3636 Chestnut Place, 303-297-8626), is an intriguing show spotlighting a group of... More >>

• Going Up and Coming Down

  published March 13, 2003

  Daniel Libeskind, an architect with a Denver connection, made a worldwide stir a couple of weeks ago when he was chosen to design the replacement... More >>

• Artbeat

  published March 6, 2003

  If you're crazy about mid-century modernism -- and let's be honest, who isn't? -- then you'll want to catch Werner Drewes: A Bauhaus... More >>

• French Twist

  published March 6, 2003

  In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, French culture was really something -- and there are all those pictures to prove it. There... More >>

• Artbeat

  published February 27, 2003

  Chance Operations Gallery (232 East 20th Avenue, 303-894-0377) is a pretty funky place. In fact, I nominate it as the funkiest art venue around.... More >>

• That Pioneering Spirit

  published February 27, 2003

  Photography's fortunes are soaring right now -- not only in Colorado, where photography shows are cropping up left and right -- but in the New... More >>

• Artbeat

  published February 20, 2003

  Terry Maker is one of Colorado's most relentlessly innovative artists, constantly changing approaches. Over the years, she's exhibited hard-edged... More >>