The reviews are in and the consensus is: you don't want to miss Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The exhibition, which closes June 8, features so many important masterworks that exhibition curator Dean Sobel likens it to Art History 101.
It showcases works by a who's who of twentieth-century artists—such as Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henri Matisse, and Paul Gauguin—and has garnered a litany of superlatives.
On May 10 creative strategist Brian Corrigan will bring his current project, OhHeckYeah: Denver’s Immersive Street Arcade, to Banner: The Art of Light, DAM support group CultureHaus’s annual fundraiser and themed party. This year's event will highlight artistic interpretations of light through music, performance art, and design and feature a silent auction.
Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery celebrates the era of modern art, the roughly 100-year period of artistic revolution, based mostly in western Europe and the United States, which began around 1870. The story of the exhibition, which opens March 2, is told exclusively through examples from the superlative collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
The Super Bowl-bound Broncos' name celebrates the city's Wild West heritage. The Denver Art Museum also honors it with its western American art collection. More than one dozen works in the collection feature the fierce animal from which the team derived its name.
We took a look in the galleries on level seven of the North Building and level two of the Hamilton Building to see what's on view right now. This slideshow highlights five captivating broncho depictions in the collection.
The first time I saw the Lumière brothers’ films I was mesmerized. Silent, flickering black and white, and each less than a minute long, they give quick glimpses into moments of everyday life in France at the end of the nineteenth century. The people in them are at once both faraway and familiar. Men sport bowler hats and vests; women wear exaggerated, puffy sleeves and decorative hats. But as the films play on, it becomes clear that not much has changed in the nearly 120 years since these movies were made.
The museum now has its own shiny, new Tumblr account, managed by our adult and college programs team at the DAM. Those of you who have been loyal followers may remember The Collective website, where we posted stories, creative challenges, pics, and more. That site lives on in a new (more nimble) form as the Denver Art Museum Collective. We’re excited to be able to bring you the very latest of what’s happening at the DAM and also interesting finds from artists and museums around the world.
Untitled #62 (Shady) on October 25 is the final final Friday of the season, which means it’s also the season finale of Buntport Theater’s Joan and Charlie Discuss Tonight’s Theme. This particular show is a much anticipated event since Joan and Charlie will be there, but not in their usual spot. The October 25 Untitled is taking place only in the DAM’s North Building. So, for just the third time in their 52-show history, Joan and Charlie will have to relocate from the Freight Elevator Pool. What could that possibly mean?
Update: Click here (PDF) for Untitled #61 (Harvest) program.
We are honored to be included on USA Today’s list of museums that are great for families. Our top-notch education department has been an industry leader for years creating innovative ways to connect families with art. That means the Denver Art Museum is not a place where kids have to be quiet and keep their hands in their pockets. We ARE a place for kids and families to explore new topics together, get messy and create works of art, learn about different cultures around the world, and spark creativity.
Our Pop-up Dye Garden (part of Spun: Adventures in Textiles) has weathered the Colorado summer and is still growing and blooming on the Martin Plaza! The colorful plaza oasis will be up until September 27, so there is still time to take a peek at what has sprouted over the past few months. You may be surprised to see that many of the dye plants in the DAM’s dye garden are already growing in your backyard. If you’re feeling adventurous, now may be the time to harvest some leaves, stems, and flowers and get creative with natural color.
As you may have heard, the Denver Art Museum is gearing up to present Passport to Paris, a group of three exhibitions focusing on French art opening this fall. Several landscape paintings currently on view (including Claude Monet’s Waterloo Bridge) will be incorporated in this special exhibition. Although the DAM’s most treasured impressionist works will be temporarily relocated, do not fear. You can still see fantastic examples of impressionist art in our permanent collection galleries on Level 6 of the North Building.
Spun: Adventures in Textiles features an examination of textiles from pre-Columbian weavings to Navajo blankets. In honor of this campus-wide exhibition, the Museum Shop has launched a new line of textile-related merchandise at the North Building shop. Whether you want to take a piece of the exhibition home or try to create your own textile art, the Museum Shop has the perfect selection of merchandise for you.