Art on the Edge
WHEN ARTIST REBECCA RICH looks at a blank canvas, she sees anything but empty space. “I spend a lot of time writing and thinking, and my art evolves from an umbrella idea. The canvas is a continuum of those thoughts,”…
Art & Design
Fresh Perspectives
FOR THE 29TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR at Denver’s National Western Stock Show, the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale is brewing. The show presents creative contemporary Western art and raises philanthropic funds, to boot. "Old John" sculpture…
Museum Makeover
THE MILE HIGH CITY’S art scene reached a new height as the Denver Art Museum unveiled the boldly reimagined $150 million transformation of the north campus in late October. Christoph Heinrich, the museum’s director, and his staff of 400 happily anticipated the…
Curating Community
Photography By From the Hip Photo NORA BURNETT ABRAMS spent close to a decade working at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver before being named its Mark G. Falcone Director in 2019. Now, as the museum prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary in…
Ready to Dance
THERE’S SOMETHING MAGICAL about ballet: The soaring music. The opulent sets and costumes. The sheer athleticism that is key to the grace with which the dancers move. For 60 years—but especially since the 2006-07 season, when Gil Boggs was named artistic…
Taking Flight
ANA MARÍA HERNANDO lucked out in lock-down. The artist spent much of COVID-19 quarantine in the south of France, where she was an artist-in-residence at the La Napoule Art Foundation. “I was very lucky to be there, in the phenomenal chateau…
Views From the Top
Beyond the threshold of Betsy and George Wiegers’ Denver penthouse, the first captivating visual is the expansive bird’s-eye view. Colorado’s snow-capped Rocky Mountains form a dramatic background. The Mile High City skyline looms in mid-distance. And 12 stories below, Cherry Creek North bustles. This…
Landscaping is Healthy and Growing in Colorado
Gardening was not canceled by the pandemic in 2020. Neither did the coronavirus cancel landscaping in Colorado. Quite the contrary. Gov. Jared Polis deemed landscaping crews essential workers, and landscaping is one branch of the state’s economy that has flourished.…
The Elegance of Old Hollywood
The show of more than 100 couture outfits, sketches, photographs, documents and film clips from the wardrobe of French writer, philanthropist and style icon Veronique Peck reveals not only one woman’s life but also the evolution of global high fashion…
