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    Searching for modern cowboys: Every gallery and museum wants to revisit the old West these days

    “Adelitas," by Amanda Lopez, taken during the annual Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza at the National Western Stock Show. (Provided by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center)
    Art curators in Colorado are obsessed with presenting work that reframes traditional views of Western culture through a contemporary lens. It seems that every few months there’s a new exhibit that wants us to remember that local history wasn’t all about white guys with guns, riding horses and callously conquering the inconvenient obstacles of nature -- and existing populations —...
    “Adelitas," by Amanda Lopez, taken during the annual Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza at the National Western Stock Show. (Provided by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center)
    One of Desiree Woody’s finished shoes is displayed at a shoe-making class at the Colorado Shoe School in Bellvue on Feb. 27, 2021. (Eli Imadali, Special to The Denver Post)

    Want to get off your phone? Learn blacksmithing or floral design at these Colorado classes and makerspaces.

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    Ana María Hernando’s "Seguimos cantando (Waterfalls)” fills the large gallery space at the MCA Denver. The monumental work is made from tulle, wood, wire mesh, felt, plastic fasteners and velvet. (Daniel Tseng, Special to The Denver Post)

    Take this arty road trip, and dive into the work of a top Colorado talent

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    Events

    The exhibition “Awful Bigness” at the Clyfford Still Museum in 2023. (Provided by the Clyfford Still Museum)

    What does a painting sound like? The Clyfford Still Museum has lots of ideas.

    By John Wenzel
    May 5, 2026 at 11:37 a.m.
    Denver's renowned Clyfford Still Museum is turning its galleries into immersive sound baths.
    This painting  "Lauren Hill," by the artist Aqua One, is showing at the CHAC gallery space. Image provided by CHAC.

    The best art to see in Denver this spring

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    May 3, 2026 at 5:59 a.m.
    The best art to see in Denver this spring
    “A Cut Above” is on display in the bride leading to the A Concourse at Denver International Airport. (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post)

    The airport isn’t an art gallery, but shows like this woodworking exhibit are worth more than a fly-by

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    April 20, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    Itap easy to overlook the art at Denver International Airport, even though the curators there...
    Artist Mark di Suvero's 16-ton "Lao Tzu" sculpture, as it appeared on Acorn Plaza before it was taken down in 2017. (Provided by University of Denver)

    Iconic Denver sculptures, some in storage for years, moving to DU campus

    By John Wenzel
    April 16, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.
    The re-installation includes seven pieces from the Denver Art Museum that were formerly scattered around...
    A detail from Sammy Seung-min Lee’s wall of dumplings. (Daniel Tseng, Special to The Denver Post)

    Artist’s giant wall of dumplings speaks to Asian diaspora and connections

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    April 13, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.
    She moved to the United States from Korea more than three decades ago, when she...
    The CSF team was impressed with Pippin’s mix of “big personality and zero stage fright” and her fast-learning energy. (Provided by Kim Howell)

    Meet the Boulder dogs cast in this summer’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival

    By Brittany Anas
    April 9, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.
    After a highly competitive canine casting call, two Boulder dogs have been cast in Colorado...
    The exhibit features more than 60 garments from the Denver Art Museum’s permanent collection. (Eric Stephenson / Provided by Denver Art Museum)

    Denver Art Museum digs into its closet for fun fashion show

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    April 6, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    The good news is that “Conversation Pieces” is full of good taste and great examples...
    Trumpeter Shane Endsley joins in a ...

    City Park Jazz reboots quickly after fire, will use mobile stage for 2026

    By John Wenzel
    April 6, 2026 at 3:09 p.m.
    "The rebuilding shouldn't be contingent on the pocketbooks and charity of the neighbors," said CPFAN...
    Marcos Acosta’s oil on canvas painting “Halo,” from 2026. (Provided by K Contemporary)

    The wild, metaphysical West of Marcos Acosta

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    March 30, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    Artist brings a new perspective to an old genre of landscape painting. His new solo...
    This sixth-century marble head was excavated from Turkey in the 1930s. It remained part of the Denver Art Museum's collection until last year, when it was returned to Turkey. (Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum)

    Denver Art Museum returns sixth-century marble head to Turkey

    By Sam Tabachnik
    March 25, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    The museum formally removed the object from its collection in September and returned it to...
    Artist Dmitri Obergfell made four editions of his ceramic chess set, in different finishes (Provided by David B. Smith Gallery) .

    Colorado artist Dmitri Obergfell has some deep ideas about chess

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    March 23, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    “The Idiotap Defense,” currently at David. B. Smith Gallery, is an homage to chess, and...
    People pack center stage during Denver PrideFest at Civic Center Park on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)

    Here’s what 4/20 Fest, PrideFest and other events are doing while Civic Center park is under construction

    By John Wenzel
    March 18, 2026 at 1:32 p.m.
    A $50 million renovation of the park is underway and huge events must adapt, producers...
    Denverse Magazine, founded in 2024, publishes quarterly issues that include savvy writing on the city's arts and culture. Pictured here: the Winter 2026 issue, with a cover by Karl Christian Krumpholz. (Provided by Denverse)

    Denver arts magazine takes strong anti-AI stance | ap

    By John Wenzel
    March 17, 2026 at 9:19 a.m.
    The local arts publication is packed with original writing, art and love for the Mile...
    The Arvada Center’s tagline is “Home of Colorado Artists.” (Provided by the Arvada Center)

    How the Arvada Center shaped — and supported — Colorado art over the last 50 years

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    March 12, 2026 at 1:47 p.m.
    Over the past two decades, the Arvada Center galleries have emerged as the most important...
    Guliana Petrie adjusts her tiara during the Youth America Grand Prix at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts & June Swaner Gates Concert Hall in Denver on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

    PHOTOS: Youth America Grand Prix ballet auditions at University of Denver

    By AAron Ontiveroz
    February 23, 2026 at 10:47 a.m.
    The Youth America Grand Prix took place at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts...
    The view from the stage at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. (Provided by Opera Colorado)

    Opera is not a cheap ticket, but a special performance this week is different

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    February 23, 2026 at 8:35 a.m.
    Opera Colorado marks the 20th anniversary of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House with a fundraising...
    The aerial sculpture "Off the Beaten Path" undulates in the wind in summer 2025 in Green Mountain Falls in El Paso County. (Jeff Kearney / TDC Photography for Green Box)

    Colorful floating sculptures will fly over downtown Denver this summer

    By John Wenzel
    February 19, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.
    A city agency is paying artist Patrick Shearn $625,000 to design the kinetic installations.
    History Colorado chose the 50 most important events in U.S. history for “Moments that Made US.” (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post)

    New Colorado exhibit doesn’t whitewash history — a novel approach in today’s political climate

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    April 7, 2026 at 1:49 p.m.
    History Colorado has named its newest exhibition “Moments that Made US,” but the most important...
    Gladys Caldwell Fisher’s limestone rams. (Caroline Miller, provided by Elizabeth Schlosser)

    New book: Denver’s public art is more than blue bears and mustangs

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    February 9, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    Author Elizabeth Schlosser names the art masterpieces of the city’s early years.
    A print by Evan Colbert, who is Jim Colbertap son. (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post)

    Artistic families make for multigenerational works in new exhibit

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    February 2, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    “Family Ties” at Arvada Center includes names like Lobato, Strawn, Bayer, Baer, Sink
    From left: Skyler Bible, Lucy Boynton, Oliver Diego Silva, David Duchovny, Hope Davis, Ariela Barer and Cooper Raiff appear in See You When I See You," written by Adam Cayton-Holland. The narrative feature is an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. (Provided by Jim Frohna/Sundance Institute)

    Two new Colorado films garner Oscars, Sundance buzz this week

    By John Wenzel
    January 22, 2026 at 3:11 p.m.
    Andrea Gibson doc "Come See Me in the Good Light" and Adam Cayton-Holland's "See You...
    Cleo Parker Robinson, front, watches a rehearsal in the Marcelline Freeman Studio at the Cleo Parker Robinson Center for the Healing Arts in Denver on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

    Step inside Cleo Parker Robinson’s $25 million new addition, a state-of-the-arts utopia

    By John Wenzel
    January 21, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.
    The Denver dance legend just opened a 25,000-square-foot addition in Five Points
    "Springtime in the Rockies," 34” x 34," oil on canvas by Logan Maxwell Hagege. (Provided by the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale)

    Painting the old West in new ways at the National Western

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    January 20, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    Logan Maxwell Hagege is this year’s featured artist at the Coors Western Art Exhibit &...
    Country singer Adda Boyd will play Number Thirty Eights annual Bison Days series that coincides with the National Western Stock Show. (Photo by Mackenzie Karoline Myers, via Adda Boyd)

    Country Western crooners, IMAX otters and more things to do in Denver this week

    By John Wenzel
    January 15, 2026 at 7:05 a.m.
    Plus: a protest-music workshop and immersive theater and art from The Impliers.
    USPS mailboxes are seen outside the Longmont Post Office. (File photo)

    Photographer John Fielder’s work featured on new U.S. stamp honoring Colorado’s 150th birthday

    By John Wenzel
    January 15, 2026 at 10:12 a.m.
    The late photographer, who shot across Colorado for 50 years, donated much of his work...
    Paula Castillo’s “Trestle" is part of a trio of new public art pieces in the Golden Triangle. (Daniel Tseng, Special to The Denver Post)

    Review: Public art can be a waste of time. Three new sculptures downtown are worth yours.

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    January 15, 2026 at 10:18 a.m.
    The challenge for successful public art is that it needs to stay interesting over the...
    Meghan Anderson Doyle makes costumes using found objects, such as by thrifted dresses, catalogs, magazines, toilet paper wrappers and newspaper. The exhibit is at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. (Daniel Tseng, Special to The Denver Post)

    ‘Dressing Out Loud’ is the perfect opening act for DCPA shows

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    January 5, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    It is tempting to talk about this art gallery in the language used to discuss...
    The Denver Art Museum presented the first major museum solo show by painter Kent Monkman.  (Provided by the Denver Art Museum)

    The best Denver art exhibits of 2025 (including four you can still see)

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    January 8, 2026 at 6:57 a.m.
    Painters Kent Monkman and Pissarro, forest-inspired works, photography and more highlights from the art world...
    "Pain, Prayer and Perseverance" by Denver artist Dwayne Glapion calls upon themes from Kwanzaa. The holiday has influenced Glapion's work. (Provided by Dwayne Glapion)

    Denver artist celebrates the principles of Kwanzaa through his art

    By James Burky
    December 26, 2025 at 4:07 p.m.
    For artist Dwayne Glapion, art and Kwanzaa are intertwined.
    "Todd Siler’s "Ascension” is 15 feet tall and 58 feet wide — as long as a bowling alley. (Provided by the Museum of Outdoor Arts)

    Todd Siler’s paintings start with science and end in swirling fields of colors

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    December 22, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.
    “Metaphorming Time” continues through Feb. 13 at the Museum of Outdoor Arts in Greenwood Village.
    JayCee Beyale’s "Sháńdíín (Sun),” a sand painting installed directly on the floor at Union Hall.  (Raymundo Muñoz, provided by Union Hall)

    A family of indigenous artists depicts healing ceremony in fascinating show at Union Hall

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    December 16, 2025 at 11:21 a.m.
    Atmospheric, elegant, spiritual and enlightening, “Biyáál” is intriguing at every turn.
    The south facade of Pondbank, the house that Robert and Judi Newman built in Cherry Hills Village. (Provided by Robert and Judi Newman)

    Construction of 21,500-square-foot Cherry Hills mansion detailed in 172-page book

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    December 13, 2025 at 5:52 p.m.
    "Pondbank" pays tribute to architects, artisans, designers and others involved in the multimillion-dollar project.
    The Bunker Gallery section of the Denver Art Museum's Southeast Asian art galleries at the Martin Building is pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Emma C. Bunker's name was removed from the gallery in the wake of an investigation by The Denver Post. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

    Cambodia seeks records from family of late Denver Art Museum consultant Emma Bunker

    By Sam Tabachnik
    December 4, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.
    Bradley Gordon, an American attorney who serves as a legal adviser to the Cambodian Ministry...
    Bruce Price’s “Valley/Mound,” from 2009, mixes acrylic paint and gingham-patterned fabric. (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post)

    Is this Colorado’s most important living painter?

    By Ray Mark Rinaldi
    December 2, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.
    “Harmonious Dissonance” is the kind of career retrospective that painter Bruce Price has long deserved...
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