
Posts tagged with art

One piece of British artist Stuart Semple's "Happy City" is already causing a stir in Denver, and it hasn't even officially debuted yet.

The artist behind Denver’s familiar pixels gets due recognition in solo show at the Botanic Gardens
Contemporary artists are rarely given such a display, said local art mover Ivar Zeile. "You only get the credit when you're dead."

This Denver artist used street signs and art to meet all his hip-hop icons
What started as a failed college art project has become one man's artistic persona.
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You can now submit your music to play in tiny magic doors in Denver trees
"People don't need to hear pop music, they need to hear what's happening in their neighborhood," said artist Nikki Pike, who has put up now five singing portals in five Denver parks.

Plan to get beer into Colorado grocery stores and gas stations expected in coming weeks
Colorado officials are being encouraged not to do anything rash ahead of supermarkets and gas stations starting full-strength beer sales in 2019.

Report: Lawrence Argent, creator of Denver’s big blue bear, has died
Earlier this year, artist Lawrence Argent told Denverite that his famed bear's blue color was something of an accident.

Ai Weiwei’s “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads” is coming to Denver’s Civic Center Park
It's exactly what it sounds like.

Denver just put most of its gorgeous Clyfford Still collection online for free
It's a remarkable transformation for work that once was hidden away, with more than 1,200 never-before-seen works available on the free website.

The “golden age” of Mexican cinema shines again at new McNichols exhibit
A visual feast for photo and movie lovers, this traveling show gains new meaning when paired with the Biennial of the Americas.



What’s a giant bear worth? The price tags of everything in Denver’s $35 million art collection
This is what happens when Denver hands out millions of dollars and invites artists to have a field day.

What’s next for getting beer into Colorado grocery stores and gas stations
Key players behind Colorado's supermarkets, liquor stores and other alcohol purveyors need to come up with new rules for phasing out 3.2 beer before year's end.

Rep. Scott Tipton is bringing Kendrick Lamar to the U.S. Capitol
Sadly, this is not the delightful odd couple antics of Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart.

LOOK: Alexander Calder’s work amid the Denver Botanic Gardens’ natural beauty
In terms of materials as well as a sculpture’s abstract, visual success, curator Alfred Pacquement says Calder has created pieces that stand up to anything.

WATCH: Step inside the Denver Art Museum’s archive
Take a peek behind the scenes at the Denver Art Museum where far more art than is ever curated lives in their archives. In our modern digital world their collection includes far more than paint-and-canvas works. Keeping modern art, especially digital work, is much more difficult to maintain over a long period of time. That's why the museum applied and won a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, to help them manage the growing number of pixel-based pieces.

LOOK: Refugees tell their own stories in new McNichols exhibit
"It was a message," Carmel told Denverite. “Anything’s possible. You can become somebody too.”

Here’s what the “exciting,” “unpredictable” Black Cube is up to in 2017
Black Cube’s list of 2017 artist fellows is out and it has some familiar names, plus a few imports who promise to make it a very interesting year.

Odd Spots: The Articulated Wall, better known as the I-25 french fries
How now! What's that yellow beacon on the horizon?

The first four shows you should see in 2017
2017 has started and you should, too. Here are four interesting choices.