The decision follows discoveries in the leaked Pandora Papers regarding antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford.
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A Contemporary Take on Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights”
Simphiwe Ndzube masterly weaves Bosch’s iconography into his macabre landscapes that reflect water scarcity.
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Looking at Monet as the Planet Burns
At Giverny, by rendering landscapes of his own creation, Monet was not so much replicating nature as, in a sense, collaborating with it.
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In 1972, Snow Monkeys Were Sent to a Texas Desert. Do They Still Remember Snow?
Curious if the monkeys’ memory of snow remained decades later, artist Shimabuku brought a pile of it to the desert.
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After Teen Smashes Artifacts at Denver Museum, Damages Estimate of $2M Turned Out to Be $100,000
In December, 18-year-old Jake Siebenlist smashed glass containers at the Denver Art Museum, throwing rare ancient artifacts across the exhibition.
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Seeing Ourselves in Animals Throughout Art History
The exhibition Stampede prods the viewer to consider how artists use animals to represent human traits and critique the world we humans live within.
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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.
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Looking Back on the Golden Age of Fashion Illustration with Jim Howard
A showcase of Howard’s work from the 1960s through the ’80s illustrates major shifts in consumer behavior and records an art career that no longer exists today.
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Jeffrey Gibson Challenges the Parameters of Native American Art
Jeffrey Gibson asserts his own creative vision, resulting in a new and exciting dialogue with the future of American art.
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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.
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Reframing the American West Through Latinx Eyes
An exhibit at the Denver Art Museum conceives of the American West according to art history, but also through the lens of our current cultural climate.
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Sexism and the Canon: Three Female Artists Reflect on ‘Women of Abstract Expressionism’
DENVER — The paintings in Women of Abstract Expressionism at the Denver Art Museum are rich with emotion, monumental in scale, and totally original.