Denver Art Museum

Spun spins a museum-wide web of textile-related exhibits at the Denver Art Museum

Spun: Adventures in Textiles, this summer's huge, campus-wide aggregation of exhibitions devoted to the textile arts at the Denver Art Museum, is definitely going to require more than one visit to absorb. In fact, DAM curators -- every single one of them had a hand in putting the shows together -- a ... More >>

Body Electric

DAM Uncorked pours into the Denver Art Museum this evening

The Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, presents DAM Uncorked from 6 to 10 p.m. this evening. The annual fundraiser features over 300 wines, a silent auction, "festive" eats and art, of course. See also: - Best Community Art Show 2013 - The DAM's Georgia O'Keeffe in New Mexico offers n ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (6 free!), March 29-31

There's no better way to celebrate Easter weekend than by watching ladies with bizarre nicknames wrestle in jello. Denver will have that and many more events -- from photography shows to a Walking Dead-watching party -- that you can enjoy over the next few days without dropping too much cash in the ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend (7 free!), February 22-24

Winter is finally here (for the moment, anyway), but there's still plenty to do inside (and outside) in the Mile High City. From proms to late-night full moon-watching to adult skateboarding parties and more, we've rounded up the ten best events for this last weekend in February. And as a bonus, ove ... More >>

Arts for All

Talk trees, not politics, at the Denver Art Museum's Logan Lecture with Lucas Reiner

It won't be easy for some folks to get to tonight's Logan Lecture at the Denver Art Museum, with a stretch of I-25 closed during the presidential debate at the University of Denver. But it's worth braving the urban jungle to hear Lucas Reiner, who's known for, among other things, his strange portrai ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, September 28-30, 2012

There are so many fun things to spend money on in the fall, like sweaters and butternut squash soup and fancy lattes. So why spend money on entertaining fun? Fortunately, you won't have to this weekend, since there are many worthwhile events that cost under $10 -- many of them free! From a drag fun ... More >>

See art bags and high-flying design tomorrow at the Denver Art Museum's Untitled

The Denver Art Museum's monthly Untitled series is a study in opposites: Half of its format is instantly recognizable, and the other half -- well, you never know what to expect. That is in no way a drawback, mind you: You start with a blueprint, then veer off on unpredictable pathways that shift wit ... More >>

Reader: Art museum directors must wear multiple hats

Open for Design , a new exhibit at the Denver Art Museum, has given power to the people. A community challenge asked citizens to create visual models showing how they would improve their neighborhoods, and the result was an abundance of design ideas -- some serious, many whimsical and all of them we ... More >>

Open for Design gives power to the people at the Denver Art Museum

We go to art museums to see capital-A "Art," work created by a global colony of recognized artists. And it's an experience that's definitely worthwhile: The artists good enough to show in museums offer us visual and visceral challenges, tickling our funny bones and breaking our hearts. But what if, ... More >>

See something that needs fixing? Snap a photo for the DAM's Design Dilemma

The delivery date for submissions in the Denver Art Museum's Open for Design community challenge is closing in. Have you been dragging your feet because you just don't know how to come up with a solution that fits the problem within the framework of the challenge? The DAM isn't about to let you o ... More >>

The Denver Art Museum wants you for the Open for Design challenge

A few years ago, there was a lovely temporary museum in town -- Jaime Kopke's Denver Community Museum -- that existed only to engage the community in the act and gestalt of art-making, rather than the usual staring at something hung on the wall of a gallery. That long-gone museum's spirit is written ... More >>

Ten things to do for $10 this Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28, 2012

Three-day weekends rule, and this one is certain to be a hit. The city is bursting with stuff to do, and you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Watch Footloose, see a Tim and Eric Awesome Show puppeteer, and more, all for under $10. Enjoy staying out late on Sunday night and experiencing ... More >>

Painter Theodore Waddell proves that all cows do not look alike

The hoopla at the Denver Art Museum this summer is mostly focused on fashion and Yves St. Laurent. But another small show, Abstract Angus, featuring works by contemporary Western painter Theodore Waddell, opened at the DAM over the weekend, offering museum-goers a completely different artistic point ... More >>

Tonight: DAM Uncorked at the Denver Art Museum

The twelfth annual DAM Uncorked takes place tonight at the Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway. The fundraiser is the museum's largest, and a guaranteed good time. Sample over 300 wines from around the world (as well as some local beers), along with appetizers, music and art, of course. ... More >>

On the runway at the Denver Art Museum gift shop: The spirit of Yves Saint Laurent

Just as you might be compelled to visit Yves Saint Laurent: A Retrospective again and again during its stay at the Denver Art Museum through July 7, you'll want to keep coming back to the gift shop, which is bursting with a sense of style inspired by the YSL couture on display upstairs. Think of it ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, January 27-29, 2012

As the end of the month approaches -- and the rent is due -- other expenses fall by the wayside. We start making bizarre food concoctions out of whatever is left in the fridge and skimp on luxuries, like shampoo. But even though the landlord is looking for us, it's no reason to skimp on fun. Here's ... More >>

The Denver Art Museum's reinstallation of ¿Being Home? means you don't have to be

​ The best thing about the holidays? It brings families together. The worst thing about the holidays? Right: It brings families together. But here's something enlightening to remember when that dark moment comes down and you fear you are going to do something horrible to your children the nex ... More >>

The DAM's pottery wheel instructor makes me feel like a kid again -- but not in a good way

Thanks, but I'll take it from here.​Marvelous Mud at the Denver Art Museum is a truly awesome set of exhibits, and it's something that every adult -- and kid -- can enjoy because of both its scope and its appeal to all ages. In fact, the DAM typically does a fantastic job of catering to kids. ... More >>

The Denver County Fair Arts Pavilion: All Colorado, all the time! Here's what you'll see

Lisa Fricker​ What can you expect in the Denver County's Fair's landmark Arts Pavilion? Not even pavilion manager (and official fair poster artist) Mark Penner-Howell knows for certain at this juncture, at least as far as the big juried show is concerned, but there are at least 400 entries to ... More >>

Eight great shows make up the brilliant Marvelous Mud at DAM

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Tonight: Moderating the Manifestos on Modernism

Is it modernist? Find out.​The streamlined forms, the emphasis on planes and lines, the form-follows-function mentality: all tenets of architectural modernism. At the same time, though, it's not so easy to define what is modernism and what isn't -- a lot of schools of architecture could fall u ... More >>

Red, White and You

The DAM's Blink! exhibit is a great way to get the kids out of your face on Spring Break

"With out you, this would not have been necessary."​Walking into the Denver Art Museum's current Blink! exhibit is kind of like walking into Willie Wonka's chocolate factory (except far less dangerous to children with slack morals): There's just a whole lot going on, and you really have no ide ... More >>

Comment of the day: "TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT"

​It was pretty damn lame on Tuesday when the Denver Art Museum cut down Talia Kauk's unauthorized installation of 1,000 paper cranes in front of the Hamilton Building and threw it in the trash -- and I said as much in the post I wrote on it, where bitched about the DAM's depressing failure to ... More >>

Call for Entries: Digital media artists wanted for Create Denver's Frame of Mind 2011

Artists: See your work up in lights!​Looking ahead to the citywide Create Denver arts blowout in May, the Downtown Denver Partnership and Denver Theatre District are teaming up to put the work of some Denver digital media artists up in lights -- really big ones -- on the giant outdoor LED scre ... More >>

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On view: Native arts go up close and personal at the Denver Art Museum

Willie Seaweed, Kwakwaka'wakw, "Wild Man of the Woods Mask," 1900.​Last Sunday, the Denver Art Museum's American Indian Art Galleries suddenly got a whole lot more personal: That's when DAM native arts curator Nancy Blomberg unveiled a whole new way of looking at Indian art to the public, by c ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Untitled #33 (Pledge) at the Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum​I have to admit I wasn't quite in sync with Friday night's Untitled theme at the Denver Art Museum: Pledge. Pledge? It had something to do, they told me, with artists making creative pledges to accomplish certain things and how to keep museum installations well dusted; people ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, January 28-30, 2011

​It's the last Saturday of January, which means, well, absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it does mean it's the weekend and that's all that matters. The important thing is you'll have plenty of activities to do on the cheap this weekend; from comedy to art, we've got you cov ... More >>

Pledge Allegiance

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There's plenty to see besides King Tut at the Denver Art Museum

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Shows around town display a range of expressions

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Going Rogue

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Conceptual art decks the halls of three Denver galleries

The Denver Art Museum says goodbye to Lewis Sharp

BONE UP ON ART

Another art print slashed and stolen from the Denver Art Museum

DAM shame. Looks like yet another art print on a temporary display at the Denver Art Museum has been sliced out and stolen by some sneaky sneak. This brings the count to four. Whereas all of the previous thefts were rock art posters from the museum's Psychedelic Experience show, the latest print ... More >>