Denver Art Museum Building for the Future With Then, Now, Next

The Denver Art Museum’s North Building — more commonly known as the Ponti building, in honor of its chief designer, Gio Ponti — will shut down on November 19 and remain closed for the next three years. The exhibit Then, Now, Next: Evolution of an Architectural Icon takes a look at the Ponti’s past and future.

Lawrence Argent, Legendary Denver Sculptor, Has Died

Lawrence Argent, one of Colorado’s most successful and well-established artists, died suddenly in Denver on October 4, 2017. Argent’s most famous local commission is “I See What You Mean,” on the 14th Street side of the Colorado Convention Center. The piece, which was done in 2005, immediately earned an endearing…

Review: Art Star William Stockman Shines at Gildar Gallery

William Stockman became a star in Denver’s art scene in the 1990s via ambitious solos filled with beautifully crafted, nominally representational works with enigmatic subject matter. And he’s still at it, as seen in the marvelous William Stockman: After Thought, now at Gildar Gallery. The paintings here represent a straightforward…

Pirate’s Move to Lakewood Launches a New Era

Some naysayers were concerned that Pirate’s move to Lakewood would mark the end of the artists’ co-op as a place to see cutting-edge art by some of the city’s most interesting artists, but the current shows by Eric Anderson and Charles Livingston should put those fears firmly to rest.

Review: Jenny Morgan: Skin Deep Goes Beneath the Surface at MCA Denver

Born and raised in Utah, contemporary-realist painter Jenny Morgan now lives in New York, where she received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2008. But before that, she spent several years in Colorado, where she got her BFA at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in 2003. Now she’s back with a show at MCA Denver.

Review: Downshifting Shows Less Is More at RedLine

There’s an unbelievably ambitious exhibition with an unbelievably short run at RedLine right now: Downshifting, which was curated by Ramón Bonilla, a RedLine resident. Bonilla was interested in highlighting the international trend of reductive art, which is art that employs some kind of less-is-more approach.