Email Author Michael Paglia

2008 Stories by Michael Paglia

• The Denver Art Museum likes its figure

  published August 28, 2008

  The Modern and Contemporary department at the Denver Art Museum gained official status in 1978 when the institution hired Dianne Vanderlip to... More >>

• Gone But Not Forgotten

  published August 21, 2008

  Mark Travis blazed onto the Denver art scene in the 1980s, and he exemplified the lifestyle of the classic artist-persona as made famous in... More >>

• Now Showing

  published August 21, 2008

  About Us... et al. In the West Gallery at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is About Us..., put together by freelance... More >>

• Gary Sweeney's Villa Park

  published August 21, 2008

  Although he moved away ten years ago, Gary Sweeney has a long and committed relationship with Denver. Sweeney is a conceptual artist with a... More >>

• Denver's Civic Center is camera-ready

  published August 21, 2008

  I've long thought of Denver as being the Rodney Dangerfield of American cities, because we just can't get no respect. But ever since the... More >>

• At the Helms

  published August 14, 2008

  Adam Helms is a New York artist interested in taking up political themes in new works on paper and a monumental sculpture. His solo show at... More >>

• Now Showing

  published August 14, 2008

  About Us... et al. In the West Gallery at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is About Us..., put together by freelance... More >>

• Dialog:Denver at Robischon Gallery

  published August 14, 2008

  The one thing about Denver that I really can't stand is the relentless lack of support for local artists among the entities that could make a... More >>

• Andenken and Spark galleries get the words out

  published August 14, 2008

  Don't count me among the biggest fans of what's called "street art," a loose category that runs the gamut from graffiti to wall murals, with... More >>

• Now Showing

  published August 7, 2008

  About Us... et al. In the West Gallery at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is About Us..., put together by freelance... More >>

• Gwen Laine overtakes Carson/van Straaten Gallery

  published August 7, 2008

  Denver artist Gwen Laine is one of the four artists selected to help celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Foothills Art Center in Golden... More >>

• Foothills Art Center explores its past in XL: Forty Years on the Frontier of Art and Foothills.

  published August 7, 2008

  Foothills Art Center marked its fortieth anniversary last Friday, and to honor that milestone, the institution is presenting XL: Forty... More >>

• Pop Genius

  published July 31, 2008

  As everyone knows, Andy Warhol (seen in a Jamie Wyeth portrait) was one of the most important artists ever. Less well-known was his private career... More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 31, 2008

  About Us... et al. In the West Gallery at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is About Us..., put together by freelance... More >>

• Shigeru Ban Architects

  published July 31, 2008

  You'd have to have been living under a rock to not have noticed the early-21st-century museum-building boom that's been going on in Colorado... More >>

• Patrick Marold

  published July 31, 2008

  Sculptor Bob Mangold moved to Denver with his wife, Peggy, about fifty years ago and helped to lay the groundwork for the contemporary... More >>

• Fast Times

  published July 24, 2008

  Director and curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, Cydney Payton has scoured the world looking for exciting cutting edge art. Her... More >>

• Space Cadets

  published July 24, 2008

  Alternative spaces often feature the work of emerging artists, and that, of course, means their offerings are a mixed bag, and most often, the... More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 24, 2008

  About Us... et al. In the West Gallery at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is About Us..., put together by freelance... More >>

• Trevor Appleson: Photographs From Mexico

  published July 24, 2008

  Cydney Payton, outgoing director and curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver (1485 Delgany Street, 303-298-7554, More >>

• Petticoat Junction

  published July 17, 2008

  The Project Space at MCA Denver, where artists-in-residence are ensconced, has rapidly become one of the state’s most prominent venues —... More >>

• Art Attack

  published July 17, 2008

  One of the outstanding educational programs at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, 720-898-7200, More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 17, 2008

  About Us... et al. In the West Gallery at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is About Us..., put together by freelance... More >>

• William Lamson: Experiment

  published July 17, 2008

  The Robischon Gallery (1740 Wazee Street, 303-298-7788, www.robischongallery.com) is currently... More >>

• Jack Balas Answers the Male Call

  published July 17, 2008

  Jack Balas has built a national reputation the hard way. He lives in a small town in northern Colorado, and his style is a very idiosyncratic... More >>