Some Idiot Vandalized the Denver Art Museum’s Ponti Building

It must have been just a handful of hours before the groundbreaking at the Denver Art Museum’s iconic Gio Ponti building on Wednesday morning that some idiot got inside the protective construction fence surrounding the landmark, and vandalized with idiotic graffiti the west side of the building.

Review: Her Paris Shows More Art Herstory at DAM

Over the past few years, women artists have finally been given their due. The Denver Art Museum has been a leader in the effort to right this wrong: Last year it presented Women of Abstract Expressionism, which rewrote the history of American art in the 1950s, and now it’s hosting the blockbuster Her Paris: Women Artists in the Age of Impressionism.

Review: A Trio of Artists Creates Transmutations at William Havu Gallery

The current offering at William Havu Gallery, Transmutations, brings together three abstractionists — a sculptor, a painter, and an artist who uses smoke on paper to create drawings — for solo shows that masquerade as a group effort. Occupying the floor space are sculptures by well-known Denver artist Michael Clapper,…

Review: Imaginary Takes on Life Forms at Pirate

Pirate Contemporary Art, the city’s flagship artists’ cooperative, found a new home outside of Denver, in Lakewood. These are the wages of gentrification: The city’s alternative art infrastructure is being off-shored to the inner suburbs.

Review: Moving Paint II Gives Ania Gola-Kumor Her Due

Ania Gola-Kumor is one of Colorado’s best abstract painters, but she is inexplicably also one of the most underappreciated. Her latest efforts are on view in Moving Paint II: Ania Gola-Kumor, a handsome and tight solo now at the Sandra Phillips Gallery.