Black Cube projects are a “negotiation,” says Cortney Stell, executive director and chief curator of the nomadic museum. After finding the “sweet spot” with artists who have enough experience to take on projects of this magnitude, the collaborators normally begin brainstorming ideas for a site-specific exhibit. But the process worked…
The heart of the Mayday Experiment has always been about the conversations. The tiny house is the center of them, of course: It is the catalyst, a place to start. But the fact is, I’ve been “practicing” the conversational aspect of this project throughout my life. Innumerable conversations with climate-change…
September should just be called urban art month in the Mile High City because there are so many amazing, mural-centered events over the next few weeks. The biggest and best is always saved for the end of the sunny season: The Crush, the annual repainting of RiNo, this round featuring…
Luis Valle is a Nicaraguan-born, Miami-based artist best known as his muralist alter-ego, El Chan Guri. Tonight Valle himself will be at Alto Gallery for the unveiling of “The Eagle and the Condor in Flight,” his colorful, near-psychedelic installation that pushes the boundaries of our interpretation of the world. “It’s a mix, basically;…
Denver galleries are starting the new season with a clean slate of shows offering something for everyone. Jump-start your fall gallery calendar with these four picks. The Eagle and the Condor: Together in Flight Luis Valle aka “El Chan Guri” Alto Gallery Through September 19 Grand opening reception: 7 p.m…
An ambitious painting solo at Point Gallery, Jennifer Davey: What You Believe Is What You See, features a nice selection of recent abstract paintings by Jennifer Davey, a Loveland-based artist. Davey’s style references classic modernism, in particular abstract expressionism and color-field abstraction. Most of these pieces sport wide swaths of…
You’re standing in front of a room full of people. They’re all staring at you expectantly. You’re naked, of course, and each set of eyes traces your bare body with studious attention. You move. The eyes follow. Your arms, dangling above your head like tree branches, are beginning to grow…
This has been the summer of women’s art in Colorado, with the Denver Art Museum’s heralded Women of Abstract Expressionism already looking like the show of the year and inspiring a number of other exhibits around the area featuring women artists. These events are part of a national re-evaluation of…
Kick-start your Labor Day weekend and roll into September with visits to Denver galleries on First Friday and throughout the month. Here’s a peep at what’s new this weekend. Emilio Lobato and Virgil Ortiz: Evolution William Havu Gallery Through October 8Emilio Lobato and Virgil Ortiz show side-by-side — and in…
Over the summer, the Denver Art Museum has presented shows and events about dance — not something ordinarily associated with fine art, since dance’s defining characteristic is movement, and few fine-art forms move. The programming has all been inspired by Rhythm & Roots: Dance in American Art; mounted on level…
Kayvan Khalatbari is a serial entrepreneur. He first landed on our radar with Sexy Pizza, a venture that helped found more ventures, including Sexpot Comedy, which in turn fed Denver’s growing comedy scene, and Denver Relief, one of Denver’s first dispensaries. This month he sold Denver Relief to Willie Nelson…
Along the Front Range this weekend, you can travel to alternative places and spaces to participate in art that asks questions while leaving the answers up to you. Begin your journey at these three spots. bell & banowetzArt Gym Denver Through September 10 Terri Bell and Nicole Banowetz might seem…
When September rolls around, it’s Colorado Crush month in RiNo. The graffiti and street-art centered event, called Crush for short, will bring local and international artists, live painting, food and drink, b-boys and plenty more to the neighborhood on September 17 and 18. From the 2700 block of Larimer Street, Crush…
Denver artist Michael Brohman is juggling dualities in his solo at Pirate, In a World of Circles and Squares, which closes this Sunday. Not only does each piece express some kind of double meaning, but the show itself comprises two distinct bodies of work. It’s almost as though Brohman is…
Last call for a smart-looking solo, Baroque Selfies: Matthew Harris, at Leon Gallery. Harris is a Denver sculptor who earned an MFA at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2011, and is now head of 3D Fine Arts at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. His work combines…
Exhibits at Point Gallery run for just a month — opening in time for one First Friday on Santa Fe Drive and coming down before the next. So that means there’s only a week left to catch the current offering, Metaphors & Mysteries, a handsome solo with recent paintings by…
I’ve never made more mistakes on a single project than I have on these stairs. From re-cutting wood to watching things warp to learning exactly how unsquare the framed interior hub is, this has been the most challenging part of building the tiny house, the part we started back in…
It’s a beautiful day to get out and see some art in Denver — but you can skip the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. After pipes burst in the building yesterday, the MCA had to close for the weekend. Here’s the message from the museum: MCA Members, Friends & Visitors,…
Third Friday brings a hero of the disabled artist community and a quickie show dedicated to the color red to the Art District on Santa Fe, while Kim Shively’s video about pumas slinks into Forest Room 5 on Saturday. Here’s where to go this weekend to enjoy some artist appreciation…
Among the unpleasant upheavals predicated by Denver’s current boom are the twin problems of soaring rents and the demolition of existing buildings to make room for new ones. Together they’re forcing artists out of their studios and galleries out of their homes. That’s the case with Hinterland, whose location in…
Landscape painter Joellyn Duesberry quickly became a fixture of the Colorado art scene after she first came west from New York in 1986. Now the artist, who lived in Greenwood Village, has died after a long struggle with cancer. Born in 1944 in Richmond, Virginia, Duesberry became interested in art…
Art has been given new life on the wall of Potager, a garden spot of a restaurant in Capitol Hill. After eight years, abstract artist Andrew Hockenberry returned to Denver from New York City to restore his mural on the north-facing wall of the beloved eatery that Teri Rippeto opened in 1997. Hockenberry,…
