Email Author Michael Paglia

2004 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Artbeat

  published June 24, 2004

  Here's a delicious irony: Many of the artists exploring what's inaccurately called "the cutting edge" are in their fifties, sixties and even... More >>

• Again and Again

  published June 24, 2004

  Repetition is a key to all human endeavors, from music to math to the sciences, from the spoken word to the written one. And don't forget history... More >>

• Artbeat

  published June 17, 2004

  Earlier this season, Cordell Taylor Gallery and Ron Judish Fine Art merged into the new +Zeile/Judish Gallery (2350 Lawrence Street,... More >>

• Contemporary in Colorado

  published June 17, 2004

  I think it's exciting to watch the Denver Art Museum's new Frederic C. Hamilton Building rise out of the ground, as it has been doing over the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published June 10, 2004

  Last summer, the ILK co-op all but disappeared, and for a long time, its space, just inside the main entrance of Pirate gallery, was not only... More >>

• Artbeat

  published June 3, 2004

  Currently, there's a touching two-part exhibit at the Edge Gallery (3658 Navajo Street, 303-477-7173) that honors Roger M. Beltrami, a long-time... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 27, 2004

  Walker Fine Art (300 West 11th Avenue, 303-355-8955) is currently presenting a three-artist group show with the meaningless and universally... More >>

• Change and Continuity

  published May 27, 2004

  The story had been circulating for months: Fresh Art Gallery was closing for good, and the newish +Zeile/Judish would be moving into the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 20, 2004

  There's an extremely unusual show at Capsule (554 Santa Fe Drive, 303-623-3460) called Justin Beard: Second Hand Smoke. The handsome... More >>

• Hard Work

  published May 20, 2004

  Well, I've decided to make it official and issue a formal statement on the matter: I hate juried shows. They're the slums among group shows, and... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 13, 2004

  Though the ordinary fare at Gallery Sink (2301 West 30th Street, 303-455-0185) is photography, work in other media is featured from time to time.... More >>

• Fragile Legacies

  published May 13, 2004

  American art in the post-World War II period is generally considered by scholars to represent a high point in recorded history. In the '50s, '60s... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 6, 2004

  Located across the street from the west side of the Denver Art Museum, next to the venerable Camera Obscura, is the city's coziest little art... More >>

• Modern Classics

  published May 6, 2004

  It's safe to say that no matter when you go to the Singer Gallery at the Mizel Center for Arts and Culture, there's always something worth seeing.... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 29, 2004

  California-based photographer Rick Nahmias was researching famed TV journalist Edward R. Murrow when he came upon Harvest of Shame,... More >>

• Mexican Heritage

  published April 29, 2004

  There's an important exhibit at the Denver Art Museum that's being given the royal treatment, which makes sense, because it's filled with regal... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 22, 2004

  The Colorado Photographic Arts Center (1513 Boulder Street, 303-455-8999) is presenting a theme show with the scientific-sounding title of... More >>

• Plaids and Solids

  published April 22, 2004

  I was really worried about contemporary art at the end of the twentieth century. Things were looking bleak, as public support was clearly on the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 15, 2004

  The spacious if grungy Andenken Gallery (2110 Market Street, 303-292-3281) near Coors Field is the perfect setting for the fourth annual... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 8, 2004

  Susan Goldstein is one of the best experimental fine-art photographers in the region, and POLI VESTURE: Photographic Images From a Catholic... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 1, 2004

  The Sandy Carson Gallery (760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585) is the flagship art venue of the Santa Fe arts district, which makes it one of the top... More >>

• Land Minds

  published April 1, 2004

  Putting together a coherent art show is difficult, and so many of the shows I see -- even some of the good ones -- don't exactly make sense.... More >>

• Artbeat

  published March 18, 2004

  Dorothea Dunlop was a notable Denver-born sculptor whose long career spanned the past forty years. She died on February 19 at age ninety,... More >>

• Beauty, Strength and Weirdness

  published March 18, 2004

  Bill Havu, director of his namesake William Havu Gallery, has taken an interesting observation and turned it into an excellent show. After... More >>

• Artbeat

  published March 11, 2004

  The many spaces on the ground floor at Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art (1275 19th Street, 303-298-7554) are dedicated to an expansive survey... More >>