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2005 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Frederic C. Hamilton Building

  published December 22, 2005

  It's full speed ahead for the Denver Art Museum's Frederic C. Hamilton Building (see More >>

• Mark Dickson and Michael Clapper

  published December 15, 2005

  The William Havu Gallery (1040 Cherokee Street, 303-893-2360) is hosting a great pair of solos for the holidays: Mark Dickson... More >>

• Marks-A-Lot

  published December 15, 2005

  Many people -- if not most -- think of art and art writing as subjective enterprises. It's all a matter of taste; one person's trash is another's... More >>

• DIALOGUE: 21

  published December 8, 2005

  In the east half of Spark Gallery (900 Santa Fe Drive, 720-889-2200) is Peter Illig's DIALOGUE: 21. Over the past decade, Illig has... More >>

• Split Seconds

  published December 8, 2005

  As the 21st century gets under way, it seems more and more apparent that the quintessential art form of the era is photography -- straightforward... More >>

• Museum of Contemporary Art

  published December 1, 2005

  Things are really taking shape over at 15th and Delgany streets in the Platte Valley, where a multi-family development of lofts and townhouses... More >>

• Mine not yours|Two Trains of Thought

  published November 24, 2005

  Twenty-something artist Jenny Morgan is surely one of the most serious and ambitious young painters around. She's practically right out of school,... More >>

• Thanks for the Memories

  published November 24, 2005

  The Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art is a unique aesthetic resource that's filled to the rafters with interesting things to see. The... More >>

• SaGaJi Theater

  published November 17, 2005

  Though I've been there a zillion times, the majestic Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center never ceases to impress me. The 1936 building, by... More >>

• Pop Smart

  published November 17, 2005

  Andy Warhol was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, which is really saying something, considering the cavalcade of talent that... More >>

• Gary Lynch

  published November 10, 2005

  In what was shocking news for the city's community of fine-art photographers, Gary Lynch died suddenly on October 24. To all appearances,... More >>

• Future Tense

  published November 10, 2005

  Construction workers are finishing up one of the first high-rises to be built downtown in about twenty years. It's the new Hyatt Denver Convention... More >>

• FRAMED (the light and dark of it)

  published November 3, 2005

  I was surprised when I heard that Roland Bernier joined the co-op Spark Gallery (900 Santa Fe Drive, 720-889-2200). After all, Bernier is an... More >>

• Dark Room

  published November 3, 2005

  The Colorado Photographic Arts Center recently made the surprise announcement that it is closing when the current show, Layers: Contemporary... More >>

• Patti Cramer

  published October 27, 2005

  Artist (and Westword contributor) Patti Cramer is something of a Denver icon. She's been the subject of innumerable solos, and her work is... More >>

• Changing Scenes

  published October 27, 2005

  I'm not a big fan of collaborative works. Art is such an individualistic thing, it repels cooperation. Almost every piece I've seen of this type... More >>

• Bottle in the Smoke: Photographs by Jonathan Bayer

  published October 20, 2005

  The Wilson Adams Gallery (1307 Bannock Street, 303-825-0950) opened this past summer in the same quaint little townhouse that used to be occupied... More >>

• Big Tops

  published October 20, 2005

  Sadly, the last of the exhibits at Studio Aiello are beginning to come on line, with December being the announced end date for the... More >>

• Form & Fiction

  published October 13, 2005

  Space Gallery (765 Santa Fe Drive, 303-623-1448) is one of a trio of connected art spaces; the other two are DEN Gallery (757 1/2 Santa Fe Drive,... More >>

• Alternating Currents

  published October 13, 2005

  Denver artist Julie Puma is on the cusp between being an emerging artist and an established one. With her installation Letters to... More >>

• Jesús Moroles: small sculptures

  published October 6, 2005

  Jesús Moroles is the artist of the moment following the recent unveiling of his "Granite Aspens," the centerpiece of the brand-new Carol... More >>

• Land Shapes

  published October 6, 2005

  In January 2003, Carol Dickinson, then director of Foothills Art Center in Golden, went to that institution's board of directors with an idea for... More >>

• articulated wall

  published September 29, 2005

  Herbert Bayer is probably best known in Denver for his monumental canary-yellow sculpture "articulated wall," a striking constructivist... More >>

• Modern Master

  published September 29, 2005

  The late Herbert Bayer, who spent a good deal of his life in Aspen, is one of the greatest artists to have ever worked in Colorado. He's part of... More >>

• Two Worlds

  published September 22, 2005

  Monica Petty Aiello and her husband, Tyler, are well-known fixtures in Denver's contemporary art world because they run Studio Aiello, the largest... More >>