Email Author Michael Paglia

2005 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Artbeat

  published June 16, 2005

  There are so many talented representational painters in the area, it's a wonder that no curator of some local museum or art center has thought to... More >>

• Seeing Thinks

  published June 16, 2005

  Although its roots go back almost a century, to the World War I-era work of Marcel Duchamp, only in the past thirty or so years has conceptual art... More >>

• Artbeat

  published June 9, 2005

  The other day, Jim Peterson, who runs DEN Gallery (757 1/2 Santa Fe Drive, 303-507-6100), called to me from across the street. Ordinarily, this... More >>

• Smear Factor

  published June 9, 2005

  I think it's easy to comprehend why artists have been so taken with the ethos of abstract expressionism. As the late philosopher king Andy Warhol... More >>

• Artbeat

  published June 2, 2005

  Rule Gallery (111 Broadway, 303-777-9473) is currently putting on a pair of back-to-back solos, both of which are made up of sophisticated... More >>

• Weather Changes

  published June 2, 2005

  Entering the first of the galleries off the main entrance of Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art, viewers are surrounded by white-on-white... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 26, 2005

  Every year at this time, LoDo's David Cook Fine Art (1637 Wazee Street, 303-623-8181) presents a group show that's filled with museum-quality... More >>

• Looking Back

  published May 26, 2005

  The objects on display are only the most visible aspects of exhibitions. There are other key components that, though less prominent, are equally... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 19, 2005

  There's an interesting sculpture show now at Pirate: a contemporary art oasis (3659 Navajo Street, 303-458-6058) called Sanctuaries.... More >>

• Figures, Facts and Fountains

  published May 19, 2005

  Depictions of the figure are getting hot in the art world again; I haven't seen this much interest in the topic since the 1980s. Falling in line... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 12, 2005

  The spare, monochrome paintings in Angela Larson's Seeking Harmony, at Spark Gallery (900 Santa Fe Drive, 720-889-2200), may look... More >>

• Formal Ware

  published May 12, 2005

  It was two years ago that I first became aware of an unexpected curve in the art road. Despite all expectations, digital media was on the wane,... More >>

• Artbeat

  published May 5, 2005

  t's amazing that in the current art world -- where it seems like everyone is searching for the next outrageous irony -- good, old-fashioned... More >>

• New Directions

  published May 5, 2005

  Bobbi Walker, owner and director of Walker Fine Art, has worked hard to break into the top ranks of Denver's contemporary galleries and, at the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 28, 2005

  Currently, there are three shows at Pirate: a contemporary art oasis (3659 Navajo Street, 303-458-6058) that have an after-dark character. In two... More >>

• Firing Line

  published April 28, 2005

  It's hard to think of James McKinnell, whom everyone called Jim, without also thinking of his wife and artistic collaborator for more than fifty... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 21, 2005

  The young artist with the epic name of Jared David Paul Anderson is a one-man art movement. Not only is he a serious painter, as he demonstrates... More >>

• Fresh Start

  published April 21, 2005

  Although Denver has long been the largest city in Colorado, historically it was not the art-making center of the state. No, that distinction was... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 14, 2005

  In the same way that the works at the Center for Visual Art may be described as post-Chicano (see More >>

• Nuevo and Improved

  published April 14, 2005

  The Center for Visual Art in LoDo is currently taking on the interesting -- and risky -- topic of "post-Chicano" art in the group exhibit... More >>

• Artbeat

  published April 7, 2005

  Time flies, as the saying goes, but it's still hard to believe that Space Gallery (765 Santa Fe Drive, 720-904-1088) is already celebrating five... More >>

• Dangerous Liaisons

  published April 7, 2005

  Cydney Payton, director of Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art, has often said that one of the most important things an art show can do is to... More >>

• Artbeat

  published March 31, 2005

  Two contemporary abstraction artists, McKay Otto and Ethan Jantzer, have been given separate solos at + Gallery (2350 Lawrence Street,... More >>

• The Vision Thing

  published March 31, 2005

  The landscape and the natural environment have long preoccupied artists. In a contemporary context, though, artists can't simply record the... More >>

• Artbeat

  published March 17, 2005

  In the center spaces of the Sandy Carson Gallery (760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585), director William Biety has installed Susan... More >>