Fine Arts Critic
Ray Mark Rinaldi
Ray Mark Rinaldi (media@rayrinaldi.com) is a veteran arts writer and critic based in Denver.
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5 ways to cash in on Denver Arts Week deals
The event is an opportunity for fans of local culture to find some of the best deals of the year.

Rinaldi: In a male-dominated art world, women can still be showcased without being segregated
Exhibits like "Her Paris" try to make up for history's unfairness by showing evidence that the way we remember things isn't the way they really were. This exhibit doesn't break...

Denver Art Song Project a “vital little genre” of Colorado’s cultural scene
The group, formed in 2015, is now presenting a regular season of concerts aimed at audiences who prefer their Schubert, Strauss and Schumann pared down to its basics.

“Water Line” art attraction bridges the divides of the planet’s water issues
"Water Line: A Creative Exchange" is engaging in a critical -- and political -- conversation about water.

“Water Line” bridges the divides of the planetap water issues
"Water Line: A Creative Exchange" is engaging in a critical -- and political -- conversation about water.

The ART Hotel brings “An Ocean View” to one of Denver’s busiest traffic corridors
The only thing the ART Hotel was missing was an ocean view. A Denver art curator fixed that.

Opera’s road to the future just might start in Philadelphia
The city’s O17 festival gave audiences an immersive and experiential new way to see the art form.

Hemispheric views on display in Denver galleries thanks to Biennial
This year's Biennial of the Americas, which wrapped up Sept. 16, got a lot of knocks for its visual arts programming -- and it's easy to see why: It took...

Rinaldi: Crush Walls expanding with bigger artists and layout could signal even bigger change for RiNo
There's something spectacular -- and something solemn -- about this year's official "relaunch" of the mural fest known as Crush Walls in Denver's RiNo neighborhood.

Havana nightclub, mayoral symposium highlight Denver’s Biennial of the Americas 2017
The event will recreate Fábrica de Arte Cubano, a Havana hotspot, in Denver this month.