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2012 Stories by Michael Paglia

• Under William Morrow, the Denver Art Museum's contemporary collection could feature more Denver

  published September 13, 2012

  Founded by curator Dianne Vanderlip in 1978, the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Denver Art Museum is one of the institution's... More >>

• Feminism is as urgent as ever at Ice Cube Gallery and Pirate: Contemporary Art

  published September 6, 2012

  When I first heard about a pair of shows at Ice Cube Gallery and another at Pirate: Contemporary Art that were going to deal with feminism, I... More >>

• Two ceramics shows memorialize Colorado's clay history

  published August 30, 2012

  Although Colorado has a substantial ceramics scene right now, back in the second half of the twentieth century, the Centennial State was one of... More >>

• Continental Drift brings a sense of place to the MCA

  published August 23, 2012

  After the word went out more than a year ago that MCA Denver and the Aspen Art Museum were planning a collaborative show highlighting Colorado... More >>

• Rosane Volchan O'Conor gets Introduced at Goodwin Fine Art

  published August 16, 2012

  The Denver Art Dealers Association, known as DADA, recently asked its members to participate in "Introductions," a citywide event in which... More >>

• New shows at Robischon and Plus draw on disparity

  published August 9, 2012

  The Colorado Rockies have had a miserable season so far this year. How is that relevant to the art world? Well, you don't need to consult the... More >>

• The packed group show Solitude is at Havu Gallery through September 15

  published August 2, 2012

  Though the title, Solitude, might suggest that the summer show at the William Havu Gallery is dedicated to the efforts of a... More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 19, 2012

  Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist that... More >>

• An unusual show and a debut share space at Pirate

  published July 19, 2012

  There's a really unusual show at Pirate right now that combines neo-traditional paintings of the figure with animated projections based on... More >>

• Girl Crazy

  published May 17, 2012

  Though the Denver Art Museum has collected photos for decades, it didn't launch a proper photography department until 2008, when Eric Paddock was... More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 12, 2012

  Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist that... More >>

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  Cool summer shows at Ice Cube and Walker Fine Art

  published July 12, 2012

  I don't need to tell you that Colorado's weather has been a scorcher and that, less metaphorically, parts of the state itself have been... More >>

• Now Showing

  published July 5, 2012

  Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist that... More >>

• Havu Gallery gets whimsical with Dimensional Shifts

  published July 5, 2012

  Summer is the time for group shows, especially those with a touch of whimsy — which is something that perfectly describes... More >>

• Now Showing

  published June 28, 2012

  Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great... More >>

• At the Denver Art Museum, change is good

  published June 28, 2012

  Right now there are, by my count, a total of nineteen shows up in the Denver Art Museum's Hamilton Building and across the street in the Gio... More >>

• Now Showing

  published June 21, 2012

  Bryan Nash Gill. The front space at Goodwin Fine Art is filled with an installation by nationally known Connecticut artist Bryan Nash... More >>

• Jenny Morgan's "psychological portraits" reveal stunning technical skills

  published June 21, 2012

  Though she was born and raised in Salt Lake City and has lived in New York for nearly a decade, painter Jenny Morgan has maintained her... More >>

• Now Showing

  published June 14, 2012

  Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great... More >>

• Abstraction continues to make a stand at the Robischon and Goodwin galleries

  published June 14, 2012

  For half a century, the art world's chattering class — critics and curators, mostly — has been declaring abstraction dead and... More >>

• Now Showing

  published June 7, 2012

  Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist.... More >>

• Sloane Gallery highlights the work of Russian emigre Genia Chef

  published June 7, 2012

  With a taste for new art and old buildings and a love of hard work, Mina Litinsky was one of the handful of people who invented LoDo as an... More >>

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  Material Abstraction at Robischon is more than just medium

  published Jun 04, 2012

  The pattern that connects the artists included in Material Abstraction, which runs through the end of this month at Robischon Gallery, is the way that each exploits the unique properties of their part... More >>

• Now Showing

  published May 31, 2012

  Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great... More >>

• Philip Anschutz opens his substantial collection of Western art to the public

  published May 31, 2012

  Denver has been on a culture binge over the past decade, with major milestones being marked off every couple of years. It began in 2006 with... More >>