Email Author Michael Paglia

2011 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Now Showing

  published August 25, 2011

  Joseph Coniff. This smart and at times extremely funny show, titled Joseph Coniff: This Is What It's Like, highlights the efforts... More >>

• Scheduled to open November 18, the Clyfford Still Museum is functional to the nth degree

  published August 25, 2011

  The Clyfford Still Museum, which is being built at the corner of West 13th Avenue and Bannock Street, has begun to take shape, but there... More >>

• Now Showing

  published August 18, 2011

  Another Victory Over the Sun. For this group show, all of the exterior light sources at MCA Denver have been covered over so that the... More >>

• Two new exhibits highlight a wealth of decorative art and design

  published August 18, 2011

  The decorative arts — furniture, ceramics, glass and so on — are the stepchildren of the fine arts. In fact, they used to be known... More >>

• Now Showing

  published August 11, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver... More >>

• "Over the River" wins out against Rags Over the Arkansas River

  published August 11, 2011

  As someone who has long been a champion for art in Colorado, you can imagine how delighted I was when, on July 16, the Bureau of Land... More >>

• Now Showing

  published August 4, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver... More >>

• The MCA trumps logistics to present an intriguing group exhibit

  published August 4, 2011

  As it did last summer, MCA Denver has given itself over to a single exhibit for the season rather than presenting multiple shows, and there are... More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 28, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver... More >>

• Trash and Treasure

  published July 28, 2011

  Jennifer Garner, the director of Metro State's Center for Visual Art (965 Santa Fe Drive, 303-294-5207, More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 21, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver using the... More >>

• Eight great shows make up the brilliant Marvelous Mud at DAM

  published July 21, 2011

  If you haven't yet seen Marvelous Mud, the homegrown, summer-long blockbuster at the More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 14, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver... More >>

• At Edge, there's more to representational art than meets the eye

  published July 14, 2011

  Broadly speaking, realist work with a conceptual component has been around a long time, but it wasn't until the 1980s and '90s that it really... More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 7, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver... More >>

• Group shows are a staple of the summer arts season

  published July 7, 2011

  From my point of view, solo shows, and retrospectives in particular, occupy the top place in the hierarchy of art exhibitions. But group shows... More >>

• Now Showing

  published June 30, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver... More >>

• John Haeseler Revisited is small but well worth a look

  published June 30, 2011

  When an artist does work that is ahead of his or her time, it usually means the work is under-appreciated or even unnoticed. To some extent,... More >>

• Flash Mob

  published June 23, 2011

  Because of conceptual art — and because of the transition of photo-related and photo-based imagery from film to digital — photography... More >>

• Shine a Light

  published June 23, 2011

  The artists represented in the two solos opening tonight at Ice Cube Gallery create their own distinctive work, but they share an interest in the... More >>

• Now Showing

  published June 23, 2011

  A Ceramic Collaboration. To celebrate the fourth anniversary of his Plinth Gallery, which is specifically dedicated to contemporary... More >>

• 15 Colorado Artists explores the state's modernists

  published June 23, 2011

  The story of art in the twentieth century is well known. The center of the world in 1900 was in Europe, while American art was dominated by... More >>

• Now Showing

  published June 16, 2011

  15 Colorado Artists. The Kirkland Museum is presenting a historical show that tracks the beginnings of post-war modernism in Denver... More >>

• Theresa Anderson and Jennifer Jeannelle present two shows at Ice Cube

  published June 16, 2011

  In just two years, Ice Cube Gallery (3320 Walnut Street, 303-292-1822, www.icecubegallery.com) has... More >>

• Lights Out

  published June 9, 2011

  For the second time, MCA Denver director Adam Lerner has decided to devote the entire museum to a single exhibit — in this case,... More >>