In building the Mayday Experiment, I have to be constantly aware that I am not only building a home, but a quasi-public space. The house itself is also the art, and many of my design choices (such as devoting a large area to seating) reflect those needs more than my…
In certain circles, fantastic facial hair is an art-form, resulting in carefully groomed, waxed, spit-shined and, in some cases, patiently grown whiskers that swirl around in curliques, are shaved into magnificent muttonchops or braided into beautiful plaits. Some of the region’s best-bearded and mustachioed men — and a few imaginative women —…
This weekend, we welcome the highly-anticipated Western The Magnificent Seven and watch Andy Samberg as a bizarre bird in Storks and Zac Efron dive into bully-hazing rituals in Goat. All will be showing just down the street from you, Denver! Here are the five best film openings to indulge in this weekend. Click the movie…
New beginnings — a new space, a new arts festival, sculptures forged in fire — pop up on the Denver arts scene this weekend. Here are some spots where you should pop in, too. Scott Young: Wish You Were Here Rule Gallery 530 Santa Fe Drive September 23 through November…
Colorado Crush 2016 may be over, but the murals that recently bloomed in the RiNo Art District aren’t going anywhere. Nearly eighty artists made this year’s event the most successful ever. Since Crush balances street-art and graffiti, it can sometimes feel as though the event’s at odds with itself, given…
It’s a bizarre bazaar, a mashup of mental might, a creative caravan. The second annual Jaipur Literature Festival starts September 23 in Boulder, throwing seventy writers from around the world together in fifty overlapping conversations over two days — and it’s all free. The festival reflects the predilections of its founder,…
The handsome Transforming Milk Into Milk, now installed in the Project Space at RedLine, is a loosely conceived group show that’s as enigmatic in places as its name. The exhibit was put together by former RedLine resident Derrick Velasquez; he took the title from an Allen Ginsberg quote related to…
A few weeks ago the Museum of Contemporary Art had to close for a few days to mop up after a pipe break. Now it has to close for a few weeks to finish the repairs. And so MCA will be closed from now until Friday, October 7, when it will…
It’s Friday, and that means the weekend awaits in all of its colorful glory. And events don’t get more colorful than Colorado Crush 2016. In case you missed our previous coverage, RiNo is hosting a huge street-art event over the next two days with 75 artists, 55 of which are…
This Third Friday brings new exhibits all over metro Denver, at co-ops and commercial galleries alike. Here are five of the most promising: No Go Home Gildar Gallery September 16 through October 15 Opening reception: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, September 16 Adam Gildar’s respected Broadway gallery returns from a…
This is your last chance to see Drawing Never Dies at RedLine, which closes at 7 p.m. today, August 5. Keep reading for my capsule review of that show, as well as other exhibits you can still catch along the Front Range. — including Performance on Paper, which I review…
Space Gallery director Michael Burnett is contributing to the current women’s art craze here in Denver by mounting the elegant group show Expanding the Dialogue: Part One. At a time when some Denver galleries have only a handful of women in their stable, female artists account for fully half the…
DIY haven Rhinoceropolis and neighboring spaces Glob and Club Scum turned on the arts and music for an immersive experience at Fantasia 2016, two nights of psychedelic fun. All photos by Ken Hamblin III. Now see the full Fantasia 2016 slide show…
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…
