Celebrate bees, botanicals, and creative inspiration itself at Untitled: Cross-Pollinate on August 28, 2015. We have a slew of exciting talks, tours, workshops, and demonstrations lined up. (Download a PDF of the program.)
Experience Arthur Williams' Grand Finale
Note: Floral arrangements inspired by In Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism will be featured at the Denver Art Museum in the atrium of the Hamilton Building through October 11. This blog post is about the arrangement created by Birdsall & Co., which will be on display August 13-19.
This arrangement speaks to the simple idea flowing through almost all impressionist paintings of flowers—celebrating the beauty of flowers without harnessing them.
The Denver Art Museum is saying “farewell” to Fox Games, an installation by Sandy Skoglund that has been on view since 2008. The de-installation will be no easy feat—Fox Games has over 700 pieces, each of which must be carefully catalogued and stored. In addition to the 28 foxes, dozens of tables and chairs, and custom vinyl flooring, the installation includes items that must be monitored for preservation: a mink stole, a taxidermy squirrel, and real bread painted by Skoglund to match the ruby red color palette of Fox Games.
As part of our Untitled Final Friday summer series, we are cooking up a slew of flower programming with the Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG). At each Untitled from July through September, the DBG will be on the scene doing both demos and workshops about botanical illustration. The DBG has a robust illustration program and we wanted to tap into their creative power to link botanical illustration with the DAM collections.
NOTE: Use promo code RIVER3 for $3 off the general admission price.
On July 18, Denver residents and visitors will have the unique opportunity to see Matthew Barney’s latest cinematic work, River of Fundament. Screened extensively in Europe but shown in the U.S. only in New York, Los Angeles, and Detroit (the three locations where the film was shot), River of Fundament is being presented in Denver by the Clyfford Still Museum and the Denver Art Museum, in conjunction with Denver’s Biennial of the Americas.
Joan Miró: Instinct & Imagination closes June 28. Don’t miss this chance to see 50 paintings and sculptures that are on loan from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain. Below are a few fun facts we culled in celebration of the exhibition:
He was in his seventies and eighties when he created the paintings and sculptures on view. At 82 he started painting with his finger. You can watch a video of him at work in his studio in the exhibition.
Are you ready to see something new and exciting? Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz on view at the Denver Art Museum invites visitors to immerse themselves in a storyline that begins with the actual Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and then continues into a futuristic world imagined by the artist. In this exhibition Virgil Ortiz blends ceramics and graphic murals to visually tell a story based on freedom and revolt.
At Untitled: Some Assembly Required we’re opening up the museum machine to reveal the cogs and gears that make art tick. Get a glimpse into different creative processes, learn the ins and outs of savvy art collecting, and go behind-the-scenes of smart exhibition design at the Denver Art Museum. (Download a PDF of the program.)
Ringing telephones beckon museum visitors who reach level 4 of the Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building. Though tucked around a wall, Christian Marclay’s video Telephones (1995), one of our recent modern and contemporary acquisitions, is nearly impossible to miss because of the familiar sounds it emits.
On Sunday, April 26, 2015, the Denver Art Museum will celebrate the 14th annual Día del Niño (Day of the Child) festival. Día del Niño is a partnership with the Denver Public Library, Clyfford Still Museum, History Colorado Center, and the Byers-Evans House Museum. During Día del Niño all five institutions will offer free general admission and a variety of fun activities and performances for the whole family. Bilingual volunteers will be available at all participating locations.
Untitled: Fake Out (download the program PDF) at the Denver Art Museum on April 24 is no joke. We’re taking all methods of trickery and deception—from sleight of hand to lying—very seriously. Starting with polyvinyl, the true illusionist’s material of choice. Denver’s favorite hyper-realistic sculpture, Linda, is coming back on view after a six-year vacation in the DAM’s collections storage (in a completely dark, climate-controlled locker—not everyone’s idea of a day at the beach).
Joan Miró began painting Woman, Bird, and Star (Homage to Pablo Picasso) in 1966. In 1973, the day Pablo Picasso died, he signed it. In a recent Nooner Tour at the Denver Art Museum, visitors learned that Picasso had been an inspiration and mentor to Miró. How did the two men meet? Through their mothers and cake.