Email Author Michael Paglia

2009 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Denver Biennial of the Americas

  published April 2, 2009

  Since he became mayor, John Hickenlooper has followed an ambitious program aimed at changing — literally, at times — the cultural... More >>

• Fantasy Land

  published March 26, 2009

  Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, who work collaboratively as Kahn + Selesnick, have made a name for themselves by creating works meant to... More >>

• Now Showing

  published March 19, 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 >>

• The Denver Art Museum looks to the West from its seventh-floor galleries

  published March 19, 2009

  Denverites have had a long love-hate relationship with our Western heritage. We either laugh or cry about it, because maybe, just maybe, the... More >>

• Layoffs at the Lab and MCA: Job losses in the wake of Adam Lerner appointment

  published Mar 16, 2009

  Mark Falcone, head of the board at MCA Denver and the founder, former board chairman and current boardmember of the Lab at Belmar, is apparently running both not-for-profit institutions as though th... More >>

• Rex Rules

  published March 12, 2009

  This is the beginning of what could be called “Rex Ray Days” in Denver. Tonight he’s the guest of honor at the opening of his... More >>

• All hail Mary

  published March 12, 2009

  Like many other people, I'm pretty bummed out about the closure of the Rocky Mountain News. But for me, it's mainly because Mary... More >>

• Now Showing

  published March 12, 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 >>

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  Adam Lerner's start gets dumber: Cartoon labrador mars photo of MCA's building

  published Mar 09, 2009

  Ever since word leaked out that Adam Lerner, who's guided the Belmar Lab, would replace Cydney Payton as executive director of MCA Denver, many art-scene observers (me included) were concerned that ... More >>

• Now Showing

  published March 5, 2009

  Ary Stillman. Singer gallery director Simon Zalkind is a brilliant curator who has made the humble Mizel Arts & Culture Center an... More >>

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  Art community riled up over loss of Mary Chandler's Rocky Mountain News column

  published Mar 04, 2009

  With the closing of the Rocky Mountain News last week, many in the community -- other than Jared Polis, of course -- have been disappointed, if not downright angry. This is definitely the case in th... More >>

• At the Singer Gallery, Ary Stillman gets his moment in the light

  published March 5, 2009

  The story is well known in art circles and taught to students in art schools. Fifty to sixty years ago, a group of painters in New York began... More >>

• Through the Ages

  published February 26, 2009

  Spark Gallery is the granddaddy of artist cooperatives in Denver, and that means it’s also the godmother of the city’s contemporary art... More >>

• Now Showing

  published February 26, 2009

  Ary Stillman. Singer gallery director Simon Zalkind is a brilliant curator who has made the humble Mizel Arts & Culture Center an... More >>

• Art in the Cabinet

  published February 26, 2009

  For those of us whose hearts belong to the arts, it was discouraging to see Republican opponents of the economic stimulus package —... More >>

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  Updated: Adam Lerner to replace Cydney Payton as executive director of MCA Denver

  published Feb 24, 2009

  Update below: According to reliable sources, MCA Denver will soon announce that Adam Lerner, the director of the Lab at Belmar, is to be hired as its new executive director. The MCA is supposed to ... More >>

• Now Showing

  published February 19, 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 >>

• A must-see ceramics retrospective fills DU's Myhren Gallery

  published February 19, 2009

  Dan Jacobs, who's been the director of the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver for a couple of years, has really brought the... More >>

• Lip Schtick

  published February 12, 2009

  Last year, Christoph Heinrich, the curator of the modern and contemporary department at the Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway,... More >>

• Now Showing

  published February 12, 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 >>

• Lorey Hobbs, Homare Ikeda and Lorelei Schott at Carson van Straaten

  published February 12, 2009

  The Carson van Straaten Gallery (760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585, www.vanstraatengallery.com)... More >>

• Now Showing

  published February 5, 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 >>

• Colorado artists star in shows at Gallery T and Havu

  published February 5, 2009

  For many years, I've abided by a belief — and hit readers over the head with it — that our best local artists represent a... More >>

• Now Showing

  published January 29, 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 >>

• Patty Ortiz leaves the Museo de las Americas

  published January 29, 2009

  There's a major changing of the guard in the art world right now in Colorado. The biggest news came this past fall, when Cydney Payton,... More >>