If the success of the Denver Modernism Show is any indication, Denver loves mid-century Modernism and its ruling principles of clean lines and futuristic thinking. All across the front range, we’re suddenly frozen in the headlights of Mad Men and all that rad retro style that comes with it, and…
It was damn hot on Saturday, but it felt like a good day to wander, so my friend Cathy and I moseyed over to Tennyson Street to see what we could see. More than just about any other neighborhood shopping district in Denver, Tennyson seems to retain that sleepy, retro…
Get a double-dip of culture tonight when Illiterate’s ongoing Ill Film Series gives up the screen to five emerging artists participating in the gallery’s current show, Down with the Sickness Too, which was put together by Rhinoceropolis founder Travis Egedy. Mario Zoots, Zach Reini, Alicia Ordal, Milton Melvin Croissant III…
There are many jobs in this world. Some are so bizarre you probably don’t know they exist; some you might have had no idea people actually make a living at. In an effort to highlight some of these jobs we’ve started a new series detailing the origins of people actually…
Back in 1968, a group of mostly local sculptors, with administrative support from painter Beverly Rosen and financial support from her husband, Bernie Rosen, staged the first and only Denver Sculpture Symposium. For this special event, they chose a then-vacant lot in the triangle formed by the intersections of Colorado…
It wasn’t a complete surprise to TACtile Textile Arts Center director Dianne Denholm (and the rest of the nonprofit’s board) when she learned a few weeks ago that TACtile would have to vacate its current home in the ailing mall Tamarac Square on August 31 rather than early next year…
When the Aurora History Museum moved to its current location in 1991, the debut exhibition was dedicated to Native American art collected by Bill and Sue Hensler. Now, almost twenty years later, a group of pieces donated to the museum by those same Henslers goes on display on August 17…
Depictions of Jesus in pop culture have exploded with fanatical speed with the Internet. Religion does that to people. Because Jesus is awesome (as the photos attest) here are about 27 of the best depictions of Jesus on the Internet…
There are many jobs in this world. Some are so bizarre you probably don’t know they exist; some you might have had no idea people actually make a living at. In an effort to highlight some of these jobs we’ve started a new series detailing the origins of people actually…
More than at any time in my memory, Denver’s art exhibition scene has taken a broad view, turning its collective sights on work from around the world. There’s the tip of the hat to Egypt with the King Tut show; a look at England with the Henry Moore exhibit; and…
Craft meets genius in the work of master artisan William Morris, a one-time student of glass god Dale Chihuly who is also well-versed in native cultures and archeology. Both weave their ways into his technically advanced vessels and forms, which evoke the spirit of ancient artifacts and civilizations. That noted,…
What happens each First Friday on Santa Fe Drive never fails to amaze me: The whole street becomes this living, animal thing, as culture-goers snake this way and that on the overflowing sidewalks in long, organic conga lines of humanity. It’s a thing, Denver! Be proud. This past Friday, we…
It was an ingenious idea — so straightforward it was almost forehead-slappingly intuitive: Comment on the dysmorphic appearance of extensive plastic surgery patients by monoprinting realist portraits of them on Silly Putty. “I can’t believe nobody’s done it before,” says Lori Kanary, the artist responsible. But as far as she…
The nonprofit advocacy group, Women in Design, is sponsoring a lecture tonight at Walker Fine Art called “Work is Freedom.” The topic is the work of three significant 20th century modernist designers: Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand and Lilly Reich…
Denver made international architecture news last week when Spanish-born Santiago Calatrava came to town to unveil his designs for the expansion of Denver International Airport. An engineer and an architect, Calatrava gained fame — and respect — with his designs of bridges, transportation stations and buildings. There was so much…
After years of anticipation, construction of a new Clyfford Still Museum at the corner of West 13th Avenue and Bannock Street is finally moving forward. Last week, Dean Sobel, the CSM’s founding director, and Brad Cloepfil, the head of Allied Works Architecture, unveiled the final design for the museum, which…
Public art has always been vigorously controversial Denver. Whether it’s the blue devil “Mustang” at Denver International Airport, the (naked alien?) Borovsky “Dancers” in front of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Big Blue Bear or “National Velvet” — a sculpture that some say looks like a stack…
Earlier today, we told you about our top five favorite ridiculous King Tut tie-ins, one of which was moving Anubis, the jackal-headed Egyptian death-god, to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. But we were wrong. Anubis didn’t get moved; Anubis moves when he wants, wherever he wants — and he moves some…
After years of planning, Union Station is finally transforming into a modern transit hub — which means a big chunk of downtown is a fenced-off construction zone. To spruce things up, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs has turned to local yard bombers the Ladies Fancywork Society (LFS) and sound…
There’s been a lot of talk about whether Denver can afford to build the set of designs by Santiago Calatrava done for the expansion of Denver International Airport. The reason? Times are hard, and the Calatrava pieces are projected to cost around $650 million. The Spanish-born, New York-based architectural genius…
Twenty years ago, Metropolitan State College of Denver opened an off-campus gallery to serve as an outlet for students, professors and the community. Over those two decades, it has gone through a number of changes, the most recent of which took place this year. First dubbed the Center for the…
There’s no question that Santa Fe Drive is the art district in Denver, and yet it’s also true that most of the galleries along the row leave something to be desired. To make matters worse, in the last year or so, the street essentially lost two of its flagships: Gallery…
