When a BFA student exhibited an artwork that uses the image of a noose, he didn’t realize the impact it would have on the college community.
Kealey Boyd
Kealey Boyd is an art historian and writer based in Denver.
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Clyfford Still, as Seen Through His Daughter’s Eyes
Sandra Still offers sharp judgments on celebrated paintings and brilliant details about her father during his most reclusive period.
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The Andy Warhol Foundation Is Expanding Its National Reach
The Andy Warhol Foundation will distribute $1.4 million to organizations for artist-driven projects across 14 cities.
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Porous Definitions of Home and Belonging at the Santa Fe SITE Biennial
This year, the biennial has carved a conversation about displacement in the Americas, using art to question whose history we revisit.
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Spellbound by a Live Painting Performance on Election Night
Tashi Norbu, who draws on Buddhist thangka painting, recited mantras between bursts of activity at a crowded gallery.
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A Sculptor Conjures Up a Parade for the American Midterm Elections
John Buck’s intricate wooden sculptures encourage us to find a cohesive thread among follies.
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How Nuclear Testing Transformed the Land in Nevada and New Mexico
Artists document, imagine, and investigate how the testing sites of Nevada and New Mexico scar our soil and harass romantic images of the American West.
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The Auctioning of an 11th-Century Chinese Scroll Points to the Complex Tradition of Copying
As Su Shi’s “Wood and Rock” goes to auction, we are reminded that the discussion of genuine and fake paintings is ever-present in Chinese art history.
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A Postmortem on Trump’s Proposed Chinese Art Tariff
Art dealers and economists weigh in on why Chinese art narrowly evaded a new 10% tariff on Chinese goods.
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A Denver Art Project Envisions Alleys as Social Spaces
Between Us amplifies how we move through cities with small, but surprising interruptions to routines.
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A Beer Festival Inspires Visitors to Craft Inventive Pretzel Necklaces as Snacks
Who has the time to sit down and eat? Visitors to the Great American Beer Festival bake their own pretzels and make stylish food pendants.
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Charting New Territory in Landscape Photography
Most surprising in the Denver Art Museum’s current landscape photography show is the number of photographers who never enter the landscape, introducing new relationships within the genre and medium.