The University of Colorado Art Museum has grown in meaningful ways since Sandra Q. Firmin took over as director not so long ago, and the most potent example is the new exhibit by Janelle Iglesias, which runs through July 9.
The museum’s first-ever artist-in-residence, Iglesias explores our natural instinct to collect things and builds her show with an unimaginable resource: the university’s massive collections of natural and historic objects. There are thousands of items crammed into this sprawling installation, and each makes viewers consider the values that help decide the things we save and the things we throw away.
The exhibit continues through July 9, and it’s free. CU Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder. 303-492-8300 or colorado.edu/cuartmuseum.