It is through monthly partnerships with artists that CelebrARTE really shines. It is exciting to me to be able to scour Denver’s creative community for the next maestro. As it turns out, this month’s artist, Leticia Tanguma, was hidden right under my nose–her other work is as a security guard for the DAM. You are probably familiar with her artwork. She has assisted her father on several projects, including murals at Denver International Airport. I asked her to tell us more about herself, her artwork, and her inspirations.
Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery at the DAM is presented in conjunction with a special exhibition at the Clyfford Still Museum titled 1959: The Albright-Knox Art Gallery Exhibition Recreated, which recreates Still’s landmark 1959 exhibition at Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery. What should visitors know about the Clyfford Still Museum before they go? What exactly IS the Clyfford Still Museum? And who is this guy, Clyfford Still?
The Shop at the Denver Art Museum is proud to announce the opening of an exit shop in conjunction with Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The shop is located at the end of the Modern Masters exhibition, providing guests the opportunity to purchase gifts and souvenirs to commemorate their experiences. In addition to an exhibition catalog, the shop selection includes books, prints, apparel, puzzles, DVDs, magnets, and notecards.
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Here at the DAM, feedback is crucial. In fact, we thrive on it. Lucky for us, Denver families are not shy. Their thoughts inform us every step of the way, making our projects better. We are always surprised by what the museum and our projects mean to them.
The Chambers and Grant Gallery on level three of the Hamilton Building provides great opportunity for a focused presentation. Its intimate size mandates a careful selection of works so that each relates to the others in meaningful ways. Unlike some of our larger galleries, this one offers a quiet conversation between works one can see in a single sweep of vision.
We Denverites are lucky people. We are graced with beautiful scenery, weather much of the country envies, and one of the greatest cultural arts scenes in the United States, with the Denver Art Museum serving as one its anchors. Located just next door to the DAM, on the corner of 13th Avenue and Bannock Street, is the Clyfford Still Museum, the newest addition to the cultural arts district in the Golden Triangle neighborhood and another representation of just what makes Denver so great.
Every year I am wowed not only by the creativity of the young artists in our student showcases but also the hard work and impact of their dedicated teachers. We just deinstalled the fifth annual Denver Public Schools Elementary and Middle School Three-Dimensional showcase. This year’s show includes sculpture, ceramics, fiber, paper, free-standing, mixed media, and installation pieces. Of all the works on display, I am probably the most struck by the powerful art installation by Ms.
Rebranded: Polish Film Posters for the American Western is an impressive collection from the golden age of Polish poster art, the culmination of an art form 100 years in the making.
I’m pictured here in the conservation lab of the Royal Library and Print Room at Windsor Castle where I spent time with the paper conservator to look at some drawings that had been mounted on stiff fiberboard during the nineteenth century. This was considered a superior method of preserving old master drawings such as those on the table by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (called Il Grechetto). Castiglione was a Genoese artist who became famous for his brush drawings in oil pigments on unprimed paper, pen and ink studies, as well as etchings.
In almost every month of the year, staff members at the Denver Art Museum prepare artworks in our collection to be loaned to other museums around the world. It’s part of our mission, and we realize that without loans, exhibitions like Becoming Van Gogh could not happen.
February 26 update: Here is the program (PDF) for this month's Untitled.
Although Valentine's Day may have come and gone, Untitled #64 (Framed) will still be spreading the love on February 28. Dry Creek Gold Leaf, Inc. framers are the DAM's most beloved matchmakers, pairing artworks with their perfect decorative borders for the last 20 years.
Clyfford Still’s relationship with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery began in the mid-1950s and continued until his death, culminating in his unprecedented gift of 31 paintings to the gallery in 1964. On February 26, the Clyfford Still Museum brings together two individuals who worked extensively at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery with the art of Clyfford Still for "Clyfford Still and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery: A Conversation."