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How the West Was Sculpted

Colorado finally shows true love for Allen True

Crucifixion junkie or just plain junkie? Giant bronze cross sculpture could have been stolen for "metal value"

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Get real with these three contemporary artists

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

A hundred years of art history are on display at the Arvada Center

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

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"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Now Showing: Capsule reviews of current exhibits

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Street art makes its way to the big screen in Exit Through the Gift Shop

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

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"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Colorado & the West shines at David Cook Fine Art

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Shows around town display a range of expressions

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Saving a Local Treasure

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Enjoy the Magar sculpture at its new home in Burns Park

"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

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"You know I'm watching you steal Me, don't you?"​Thieves tend to swipe items that are easy to fence, like TVs and other electronic gadgets. So does that mean there's suddenly a market for giant bronze crosses? Doubt it -- and that's what has the Lakewood Police Department worried. On Tuesday, ... More >>

Learn about Banksy, David Foster Wallace and more with our new release picks for December 14, 2010

​As we're heading straight into Christmas, the new-release rack is starting to get more and more bare, but there's still enough worthwhile new media this week to highlight. We can't say the same for next week's releases, but since you'll probably be getting a stockpile of wrapped and delivere ... More >>

Rick Griffith has designs on Denver. Bold ones.

​As we're heading straight into Christmas, the new-release rack is starting to get more and more bare, but there's still enough worthwhile new media this week to highlight. We can't say the same for next week's releases, but since you'll probably be getting a stockpile of wrapped and delivere ... More >>

Pow Wow!

​As we're heading straight into Christmas, the new-release rack is starting to get more and more bare, but there's still enough worthwhile new media this week to highlight. We can't say the same for next week's releases, but since you'll probably be getting a stockpile of wrapped and delivere ... More >>

Dale Chisman in Retrospect could be the most significant art event of 2011

​As we're heading straight into Christmas, the new-release rack is starting to get more and more bare, but there's still enough worthwhile new media this week to highlight. We can't say the same for next week's releases, but since you'll probably be getting a stockpile of wrapped and delivere ... More >>

Eddie Friedman, Colorado contemporary

Rhoda PollackEddie Friedman, 1948-2011​The Upper Larimer area may be hot today, but for pure aesthetics, it's hard to beat a time in the '80s when the area at 31st and Larimer streets was home to CORE New Art Space, the Sullivan-Bisenius Gallery and, right upstairs, three studios occupied by D ... More >>

Pabst hires some local artists, has them tag the Matchbox

Andrew Hoffman's PBR design will become a mural​The wall on the side of Five Points bar the Matchbox gets tagged. A lot. When it was still the Orange Cat Studios in 2008, it was the site of turf wars during the Democratic National Convention. The new owner of the space on 2625 Larimer Street, ... More >>

15 Colorado Artists explores the state's modernists

Andrew Hoffman's PBR design will become a mural​The wall on the side of Five Points bar the Matchbox gets tagged. A lot. When it was still the Orange Cat Studios in 2008, it was the site of turf wars during the Democratic National Convention. The new owner of the space on 2625 Larimer Street, ... More >>

Street artist Theo on Banksy, Jack Kerouac and running from the cops

Theo's Kerouac stencil, looking pensive.​If he were around today, it's pretty certain that Neal Cassady, immortalized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, would appreciate what the street artist Theo has been up to lately. Cassady was a born rabble-rouser, after all, and in more way ... More >>

Phil Bender among the winners of the Mayor's Award for Excellence

Phil Bender​Seems like just yesterday -- February, actually -- when the last round of the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, with the winners for 2010, was announced. But 2011 will see another group of honorees, because the next awards presentation has been moved up to November 3, the ... More >>

A gang of cartoon characters landed these students in trouble

Slide show: Meet the Slang Gang

Buzz Kill: The Knapper twins' favorite street artists

​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

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​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

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​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

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​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

The Clyfford Still Museum's Inaugural Exhibition tells the artist's story

​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

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​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

Paint The Town Red

​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

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​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

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​Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is remin ... More >>

Gamma Acosta on Street Cred, graffiti and the importance of street art

Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

Colorado Abstract Expressionism and Al Wynne: A to Z show off the state's abstract-expressionist gems

Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

You Are Where You Work

Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

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Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

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Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

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Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

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Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

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Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

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Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

Writing on the Wall

Longmont street artist Gamma Acosta finishing up a commissioned mural.​The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise ... More >>

Impossible Winterbourne's unsanctioned public art goes steampunk

Photo by Impossible WinterbourneSteamBot, outside Bicycle Cafe​The Impossible Winterbourne, a Denver artist, doesn't consider himself a "street artist" because his art isn't limited to the streets. But like street artists, Winterbourne's installations appear quietly, waiting to be noticed. He' ... More >>

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Photo by Impossible WinterbourneSteamBot, outside Bicycle Cafe​The Impossible Winterbourne, a Denver artist, doesn't consider himself a "street artist" because his art isn't limited to the streets. But like street artists, Winterbourne's installations appear quietly, waiting to be noticed. He' ... More >>

Hand-Painted China

Photo by Impossible WinterbourneSteamBot, outside Bicycle Cafe​The Impossible Winterbourne, a Denver artist, doesn't consider himself a "street artist" because his art isn't limited to the streets. But like street artists, Winterbourne's installations appear quietly, waiting to be noticed. He' ... More >>

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Photo by Impossible WinterbourneSteamBot, outside Bicycle Cafe​The Impossible Winterbourne, a Denver artist, doesn't consider himself a "street artist" because his art isn't limited to the streets. But like street artists, Winterbourne's installations appear quietly, waiting to be noticed. He' ... More >>