Ray Mark Rinaldi

Seoyoen Min, the Colorado Symphony鈥檚 principal cello, and Chloe Hong, the assistant principal. Photo by From The Hip Photography, provided by the Colorado Symphony.

Colorado Symphony will mix standard fare with new sounds 鈥� and few celebrity appearances

March 13, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The lead-off concerts, scheduled for Sept. 15-17, are a little splashier than the norm, though they sum up the something-old, something-new, something-flashy strategy that defines the playbook.

Opera Colorado鈥檚 2022 production of 鈥淐armen.鈥� (Matthew Staver, provided by Opera Colorado)

For opera, ballet and orchestral music 鈥� the holy trio of high art 鈥� it’s the same old thing

March 6, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

鈥楾is the season for season announcements for the country鈥檚 fine arts purveyors, the annual February-to-March moment when opera and ballet companies, symphony orchestras and performance venues tell us what they...

At Denver Botanic Gardens, Melanie Yazzie鈥檚鈥淧eace Walking鈥� continues through May 29. Image provided by Denver Botanic Gardens.

8 crucial places to see art right now on the Front Range

February 27, 2023 at 7:58 a.m.

New galleries, new exhibition trends, and plenty of fresh artists trying to make their mark.

Ansel Adam鈥檚鈥淢irror Lake鈥� will be on display at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. Provided by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center

March is the best month to be a photography fan in Colorado

February 20, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

It shows off the art form in all of its creative ways, landscape and nature photography, portraits, photojournalism and street photography, right through to its more experimental incarnations.

An artist抖阴ap studio is the elegant setting for Opera Colorado鈥檚 upcoming production of 鈥淒ie Tote Stadt.鈥� (Provided by Opera Colorado)

Opera Colorado resurrects composer Erich Korngold鈥檚鈥淒ie tote Stadt鈥�

February 13, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The company's presentation will be the only U.S. production of the piece this year

Artist Travis Hetman installed a series of photos that ran along the wall and onto the floor at the Leon Gallery. (Provided by Leon Gallery)

Mighty little Leon: Denver gallery is a crucial piece of art ecosystem

February 6, 2023 at 9:28 a.m.

A key to its success is director Eric Nord, who has ushered Leon through the ups and downs that all small galleries have to endure to survive.

A still from a video capturing a present-day morning at Sand Creek. (Provided by History Colorado Center)

History Colorado tries again to get the story of the Sand Creek Massacre right

January 30, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Back in 2013, when the History Colorado Center shut down its first Sand Creek Massacre exhibition due to protests from Native Americans, it was more than a local scandal and...

For 鈥淎 Hunter Named Truth,鈥� Brady Dollyhigh painted panels depicting scenes from an allegory he created. (Daniel Tseng, Special to The Denver Post)

Artist Brady Dollyhigh presents an otherworldly, and sometimes violent, narrative

January 23, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Here is Dollyhigh doing what artists without a lot of age or means do: getting clever, being resourceful, turning cheap materials into something interesting.

Karen Rohl鈥檚鈥淔loral Gears鈥� is an acrylic painting on canvas. (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post)

National Western Stock Show’s Coors Western Art Exhibit provides comfort in consistency

January 16, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The annual Coors Western Art Exhibit has been going on for a good 30 years now and, like a lot of things at the National Western Stock Show, its value...

Kristopher Wright抖阴ap 鈥淪ummer Cypress,鈥� one of his large-scale pieces installed on the walls at BMoCA. Photo by Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post

At Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, three shows examine the evolution of memory

January 9, 2023 at 7:27 a.m.

With its trio of concise and sharply focused exhibitions featuring regional talents, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art stretches its run as the most interesting place to see fresh and...

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