Art
Filming Native American Performance Through a Decolonized Lens
In her three-channel video "Mother Drum," Dara Friedman avoids many of the problematic patterns non-Native artists often fall into when making art about Native American communities.
Kealey Boyd
Kealey Boyd is a writer and art critic. Her writing appears in The L.A. Times, The Art Newspaper, Art Papers, College Art Association, The Belladonna Comedy, Artillery Magazine and elsewhere.
Art
Bringing Our Social Media Spaces and Selves into the Gallery
An exhibition at the University of Denver features installations that substitute digital spaces and images for embodied replicas, and vice versa.
Art
Can Art Lending Libraries Empower a New Generation of Collectors?
Art lending libraries work like any other library: borrow an artwork, enjoy it in your home, and return it by its due date for little to no cost.
Art
The Dazzling Abstractions of a Neglected Taos Artist
An exclusive look inside the archive of the American Museum of Western Art, which contains remarkable artworks and writings by Emil Bisttram.
Art
A New Center in the Mile-High City Elevates Women's Contributions to Colorado History
The Center for Colorado Women’s History, which opened on March 21, is a helpful response to visitor demand for untold stories of local women.
Art
The Chicano Art of a Red-Blooded American
Sangre Colorado, an exhibition by Carlos Frésquez, reminds viewers that "American" is an abstract and malleable concept.
Art
Intricate Artworks Show a Mother's Pain and Persistence
Kaitlyn Tucek draws in an effort to comprehend the failures within her child’s body.
Interview
Commemorating US-Mexico Collaboration on a Farm Where Guest Workers Toiled
Artist Adriana Corral will install a flag that depicts the Mexican golden eagle and the American bald eagle, claws connecting.
Art
Drawing on Memories of Violence and Displacement
Millie Chen suggests that spectacle can be destructive, but the shared act of looking, and looking back, can also build empathy.
Art
How American West Reenactments Restore and Rewrite History
Photographs of historical reenactments by Edie Winograde suggest there is no single narrative of past trauma: the unfinished fight extends its negotiation to the present.
Art
How Books Get Banned
Xiaoze Xie’s humble books and photographs are quiet survivors that still hide in the shadows even when they are bathed in museum light.
Art
Ryan McGinley’s Polaroids of the Uninhibited Youthful Body
Who wouldn’t find the possibilities and uncertainty of youth captivating?