Not only does RTD get you where you need to go, almost every stop features an art installation. At the Colorado light-rail station, you’ll find a gigantic pair of Western boots created by Ries Niemi. In this first of a series on the art at light-rail stations, we asked Niemi…
Last week, the second iteration of the Denver Biennial of the Americas came and went, but its two main exhibits will continue through the beginning of September. Draft Urbanism is made up of architectural intrusions downtown and billboards throughout the city; First Draft, in the McNichols Building, is dominated by…
Rob InderriedenSan Diego Comic-Con is a lot of things to a lot of people. You can bemoan the commercialization and curse the movie studios, but while you’re doing that, be sure to appreciate the magic of thousands upon thousands of super-fans dressing up as their favorite characters for no other…
Liz OhanesianWhen religious protesters showed up at Comic-Con, attendees responded with absurd signs. Comic-Con packed in talent and fans alike in San Diego all weekend. Liz Ohanesian covered the action for L.A. Weekly, one of our partner papers; here’s her fourth report. In Southern California, you can be certain that…
Finding a wall in the city and making it his own is how Gamma Acosta began his career in art. Since then, he has become one of the best-know street artist in the Denver/Longmont area. But it didn’t happen overnight. “It was just through word of mouth,” he says. “I…
Comic-Con has been packing in talent and fans alike in San Diego all weekend. Liz Ohanesian is covering the action for our media group; here’s the third of her reports. Twenty years ago, Emily the Strange first appeared on T-shirts and other odds and ends. Now, the thirteen-year-old girl with…
Courtesy of ArchaiaComic-Con has been packing in talent and fans alike in San Diego all weekend. Liz Ohanesian is covering the action for our media group; here’s the second of her reports. Ben Blacker had just arrived at San Diego Comic-Con when we met. The writer was preparing for a…
Liz OhanesianJ.G. Quintel, creator of Regular Show, left, meets Muscle Man come to life. Comic-Con has been packing in talent and fans alike in San Diego all weekend. Liz Ohanesian is covering the action for our media group; here’s the first of her reports. J.G. Quintel has been going to…
The floating hotel room art installation, “the hotel rehearsal,” was on display Friday morning in the heart of downtown Denver. Created by architectural artist, Alex Schweder, the installation is described as “a floating bounce house”; the inflatable room has a couch that folds out into a bed and a small…
What started simply as a passion led to a career and a way out of a halfway house for Mark Cline, who has become a successful street artist, muralist and chalk artist. It’s a profession, he says, that allows him to do exactly what he was born to do. “I…
Combining his love of pop-iconography with a classical and surrealistic aesthetic, Marcus Renninger’s paintings leave the viewer dizzy from the contrast of their unsettling beauty with their cultural familiarity. Renninger, a guitarist with Fingers of the Sun, is showing a new round of work that will be celebrated with a…
The theme of this year’s Denver County Fair, which begins in only a few weeks, is “The Year of the Win,” and that means blue ribbons, lots of them, in what seems like every possible category under the sun. And the theme will definitely carry over to the fair’s Art…
Want to take a trip to a mystical island that is ruled by the Moon? You only have to go as far the Pepsi Center parking lot for this adventure, because the latest Cirque Du Soleil traveling show, Amaluna, opens there tonight. Celebrating its one-year anniversary — which is young…
Colfax Avenue was once a neon jungle. The longest street in America had an electric vibe that could only come from the bright, smoky glow of true neon. It was more than just signage — it was art. But times have changed. Neon is expensive to maintain and a new…
The Denver Biennial of the Americas is being presented this week in its second rendition — the first having been mounted in the summer of 2010. So, yes, it’s a year late. The curatorial team for the main art event, Draft Urbanism, is headed by Carson Chan, a Berlin-based curator…
Back before the organized bike paths, the boom of posh lofts and even the construction of Elitch’s, downtown Denver painted a very different scene — a scene of abandoned buildings, empty factories and graffiti. Lots and lots of graffiti. “Denver has always had a big scene for (graffiti),” says Jolt,…
Alongside tonight’s flurry of Biennial-sponsored events — a 5:30 p.m. symposium led by Arianna Huffington at the Buell Theatre and a Canada Night shindig at Sustainability Park from 7 to 11 p.m. — MCA Denver will jump into the middle of the action at 5 p.m. with a celebration of…
Though its name would suggest otherwise, the Biennial of the Americas is back in Denver three years after its inaugural edition in 2010. Although the lineup of that event was impressive, it barely made a blip on the local radar. But this time around, Denver’s mayor, Colorado’s governor and the…
While sitting in traffic on 22nd Avenue, it’s hard not to look out the windows at the buildings around you. And that is when you notice it — the large, colorful mural taking up the entire side of an abandoned building on Park and 22nd. The artist behind the piece…
Returning to the Boulder Book Store for the first time since 2006, Chuck Klosterman was a new breed of literary animal on this visit. Now the author of two fiction novels and a new essay collection about the dark truths of self-deception, Klosterman is no longer the dismissable pop nerd…
The curatorial team behind the Biennial’s Draft Urbanism exhibitions wanted to turn the city into an international showcase so people-friendly that it’s accessible by simply walking down the street. In turn, Draft Urbanism’s indoor element, First Draft, was conceived as a welcoming gesture from the local art community to the…
Editor’s note: Artist Charlie Boots is part of the inaugural pair of PAIR residents at Denver’s Powerhaüs Studio. As part of his residency, he and his fashion-designing counterpart will be reporting from the real world via Show and Tell, as they learn the ropes from studio mentors Mona Lucero, Lauri…
