Behind the Scenes

Despite its size, this clever little table seems to defy logic with its moving parts and what it can do. Acquired by the museum in 2005, it is now on view for the first time in the David W.

If weekend traffic to the Colorado mountains feels like an inconvenience to the modern traveler, put yourself in the shoes of American landscape painter Charles Partridge Adams.

Being prepared for an emergency requires forethought, communication, and resources.

Now that the painting has gotten a thourough check-up and health assesment by the curatorial and conservation teams, it is time to decide how best to treat it.

How does a painter begin to paint the impossible?

This fall, The Museum Associates, and other museum patrons and sponsors gathered to celebrate the opening of Becoming Van Gogh, this year’s beacon exhibition.

Lindsey Housel, Denver Art Museum manager of digital engagement programs and master teacher for architecture, design, and graphics, Q&A's with Madalena Salazar, Latino programs coordinator.

The story of Vincent van Gogh’s artistic journey has inspired everyone on the Denver Art Museum campus, including Palettes

Dana Schutz is considered one of the most influential young artists right now. On top of that, she can be funny, unfiltered but respectful, and self-deprecating in person.

Sleight of Hand will close on November 25. This visually interactive exhibition presents 14 contemporary artists, born between the 1930s and 1960s.

For a traveling exhibition like El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa, the pre

In the galleries on level seven of the North Building hangs a large oval canvas titled Shoshone Indians at a Mountain Lake.

In the beginning of the summer, I began working at the DAM.

If you’ve stopped by the photography gallery since the end of September only to find the doors closed, you’ve probably been awaiting the next exhibition:

Every CelebrARTE, the Taller is the spot to make art with a maestro (master artist).  A taller, prono

The final Untitled of 2012 has arrived and we’re going out with a big one.  Get your Untitled fix filled on October 26 before our annual two-month hiatus. 

Working at the Denver Art Museum is pretty darn cool.

Local artist and University of Denver professor Laleh Mehran said she first started thinking about her installation at the Denver Art Museum in 2009.

The slanted walls and ceilings of the Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum call for some creativity when it comes to hanging certain kinds of artworks.

Vincent Van Gogh loved to experiment with his materials, creating works on paper, canvas, and pasteboard with paints, ink, chalk, and watercolor among many other media.