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2009 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Now Showing

  published June 11, 2009

  Barbara Takenaga and Mary Ehrin. These two solos feature contemporary work that's informed by the influence of nature. Barbara... More >>

• Museo de las Americas hires Maruca Salazar

  published June 11, 2009

  The board of directors of Denver's Museo de las Américas (861 Santa Fe Drive, 303-571-4401, More >>

• Mini Makeover

  published June 4, 2009

  For more than six months, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has been shuttered, a move necessitated by the mandated installation of an... More >>

• There's natural beauty in the abstract work of these four artists

  published June 4, 2009

  The idea of basing art on things found in nature has had many adherents over the centuries and today manifests itself in a wide array of... More >>

• Sweet Spot

  published May 28, 2009

  If you’re free-associating, likely the last thing you’d come up with when presented with the word “Loveland” is the term... More >>

• Lead Into Gold

  published May 28, 2009

  Bonny Lhotka, Boulder photographer extraordinaire, was an early proponent of having computers help create her art. In 1992, she began using a... More >>

• Now Showing

  published May 28, 2009

  Curiouser. Singer Gallery director Simon Zalkind is one of the top curators in town, and one of the secrets to his success is presenting... More >>

• American Muscle revs up at Pirate

  published May 28, 2009

  In the 1960s, the two biggest contemporary art movements, pop art and minimalism, were ideological opposites — well, except in certain... More >>

• Now Showing

  published May 21, 2009

  Curiouser. Singer Gallery director Simon Zalkind is one of the top curators in town, and one of the secrets to his success is presenting... More >>

• The Denver Art Museum has a psychedelic flashback

  published May 21, 2009

  In the 1960s, the oldest of the baby boomers were coming of age, and they collectively launched the counterculture across America.... More >>

• Now Showing

  published May 14, 2009

  Curiouser. Singer Gallery director Simon Zalkind is one of the top curators in town, and one of the secrets to his success is presenting... More >>

• Space Gallery hosts a trio of related shows

  published May 14, 2009

  There's a very handsome set of three interconnected shows at Space Gallery (765 Santa Fe Drive, 720-904-1088, More >>

• Now Showing

  published May 7, 2009

  Damien Hirst. You'd have to be living under a rock — or have absolutely no interest in contemporary art — not to know that... More >>

• Paul Gillis and Werner Drewes offer alternate points of view

  published May 7, 2009

  The term "painter's painter" is bandied about quite a bit — I use it myself from time to time — and we all know what it means: an... More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 30, 2009

  Curiouser. Singer Gallery director Simon Zalkind is one of the top curators in town, and one of the secrets to his success is presenting... More >>

• Roland Bernier at Walker Fine Art

  published April 30, 2009

  For decades, Denver artist Roland Bernier has used words written out in printed letters as the principal forms in his paintings, works on... More >>

• Partin g Glances

  published April 23, 2009

  Ivar and Karen Zeile hail from Salt Lake City, but in 2001 they opened a gallery in Denver that was originally called Cordell Taylor and is now... More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 23, 2009

  Curiouser. Singer Gallery director Simon Zalkind is one of the top curators in town, and one of the secrets to his success is presenting... More >>

• Rex Ray and Matt O'Neill at T gallery

  published April 23, 2009

  For a slide show of these exhibits, go to More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 16, 2009

  Collective Nouns. Metropolitan State College isn't just one of the city's major institutions of higher learning; it's also the state's... More >>

• Three shows take hold at Spark Gallery

  published April 16, 2009

  I've long felt that Judith Cohn was one of the top ceramic artists in the region. Her specialty has been sculptural installations made up of... More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 9, 2009

  Damien Hirst. You'd have to be living under a rock — or have absolutely no interest in contemporary art — not to know that... More >>

• MSCD Art Faculty Biennial puts teachers on display

  published April 9, 2009

  Metropolitan State College of Denver is not just one of the city's major institutions of higher learning; it's also the state's largest art... More >>

• Cathey McClain Finlon named Denver Art Museum president; director Lewis Sharp to retire in two years

  published Apr 02, 2009

  The head of the Denver Art Museum's board of trustees, Frederic C. Hamilton, announced this afternoon that longtime boardmember Cathey McClain Finlon will become the institution's interim president.... More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 2, 2009

  Emilio Lobato, David Mazza and Dale Chisman. The main attraction at Havu is Emilio Lobato: De Veras, featuring an... More >>