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2010 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Exposure brings the Denver Art Museum's photo collection into the light

  published May 20, 2010

  Former Denver Art Museum director Lewis Sharp, who retired at the end of 2009, really made his mark on the place. The most obvious example of... More >>

• Art Noir

  published May 13, 2010

  Foothills Art Center’s latest exhibit, STARK: Life in Black and White, “is basically about what happens when you strip... More >>

• Now Showing

  published May 13, 2010

  Charlene Harlow and Linda Campbell. In the west gallery at Edge, co-op member Charlene Harlow has unveiled a suite of unusual... More >>

• La Malagua celebrates the Loteria at Museo del las Americas.

  published May 13, 2010

  Maruca Salazar became the director of the Museo de las Américas (861 Santa Fe Drive, 303-571-4401, More >>

• Artful Detours

  published May 6, 2010

  Local painter Rita Derjue’s specialty is wildly colored neo-Fauvist watercolors of the Western landscape, and her latest efforts are now on... More >>

• Child’s Play

  published May 6, 2010

  Artist Sharon Brown and her husband, Rex, own the Pattern Shop Studio in the RiNo district. It’s a unique place that’s not only their... More >>

• Now Showing

  published May 6, 2010

  Charlene Harlow and Linda Campbell. In the west gallery at Edge, co-op member Charlene Harlow has unveiled a suite of unusual... More >>

• Herbert Bayer gets his due at Z Art Department

  published May 6, 2010

  There's no argument that Herbert Bayer, who lived in Aspen from 1946 to 1974, is the most important artist in Colorado history. He was... More >>

• Ray Tomasso's paper works fill the Byers-Evans Gallery

  published April 29, 2010

  Works on paper are a standard feature of the art world, even if works made out of paper are not. Back in the late '60s and early '70s, however,... More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 22, 2010

  Looking for the Face.... The half-dozen shows at MCA Denver are collectively titled Looking for the Face I Had Before the World Was... More >>

• Colorado Clay takes shape at the Foothills Art Center

  published April 22, 2010

  Colorado artists have been making ceramics since the turn of the last century, but it wasn't until the 1970s and '80s that the scene here... More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 15, 2010

  Looking for the Face.... The half-dozen shows at MCA Denver are collectively titled Looking for the Face I Had Before the World Was... More >>

• Edge members put on a good-looking show

  published April 15, 2010

  Among the city's cooperative venues, Edge Gallery (3658 Navajo Street, 303-477-7173, www.edgeart.org) is... More >>

• Now Showing

  published April 8, 2010

  Looking for the Face.... The half-dozen shows at MCA Denver are collectively titled Looking for the Face I Had Before the World Was... More >>

• Last call to see Amy Metier, Bruce Price and Eric Michael Corrigan shows

  published April 8, 2010

  The trajectory of the exhibition season has two principal arcs. The first gets going in the fall and peters out at the first of the year, while... More >>

• John Bonath blurs the edges at Camera Obscura

  published April 1, 2010

  Hal Gould just turned ninety, and not only is he by far the oldest gallery director around, but his photo gallery, Camera Obscura (1309 Bannock... More >>

• Painting to Music

  published March 25, 2010

  After years of doing representational paintings, Craig Marshall Smith suddenly changed course ten years ago and started creating abstracts.... More >>

• Now Showing

  published March 25, 2010

  Allen True's West. Allen Tupper True was Denver's premier muralist during the first third of the twentieth century. Sadly, many of his... More >>

• John Bonath blurs the edges at Camera Obscura

  published March 25, 2010

  Hal Gould just turned ninety, and not only is he by far the oldest gallery director around, but his photo gallery, Camera Obscura (1309 Bannock... More >>

• Looking for the Face is Adam Lerner's first exhibit at MCA Denver

  published March 18, 2010

  Although he took the reins of MCA Denver at this time last year, director Adam Lerner didn't roll out his first full slate of shows until... More >>

• Now Showing: Capsule reviews of current exhibits

  published March 18, 2010

  Amy Metier et al. The impressive Amy Metier: Palimpsest features recent paintings by one of Colorado's foremost abstract... More >>

• Mud Lines

  published March 11, 2010

  We’ve all heard of the Gold Rush, which put Colorado on the map and led to statehood. But soon after, there was also a “Clay Rush,”... More >>

• Now Showing: Capsule reviews of current exhibits

  published March 11, 2010

  Allen True's West. Allen Tupper True was Denver's premier muralist during the first third of the twentieth century. Sadly, many of his... More >>

• Kathy Knaus and Theresa Anderson at Ice Cube Gallery

  published March 11, 2010

  The RiNo district, north of downtown, is now a center for art, but it was originally one of Denver's prime industrial areas. Among the... More >>

• Now Showing

  published March 4, 2010

  Allen True's West. Allen Tupper True was Denver's premier muralist during the first third of the twentieth century. Sadly, many of his... More >>