Posted by leannegoebel on February 27, 2013 · 1 Comment
Looking back over the year that was 2012 what strikes me is the resiliency and determination of artists, makers and creators to continue doing what matters, what has meaning and follow (for lack of a less clichéd word) their passion. While Colorado seemed to spin out of control with tragic forest fires and horrific shootings … Read more
Filed under Art Criticism, Boulder, Colorado Springs, contemporary art, Denver · Tagged with Arts Incubator of the Rockies, Becoming Van Gogh, Clark Richert, Clyfford Still Museum, David Anfam, Denver Art Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens, DeWain Valentine, Dikeou Collection, Ed Ruscha, Edie Winograde, Judy Pfaff, Laleh Mehran, Lordy Rodriquea, M12, Nils Folke Anderson, Richard Tuttle, Robert Mangold, Scott Johnson, Stan Brakhage, Theodore Waddell, Vochol, William Betts, Yves Saint Laurent
Posted by leannegoebel on May 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Fashion as art is nothing new. The first exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for a living artist happened in 1983 when Diana Vreeland organized Yves Saint Laurent for the Costume Institute. In 2011, Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beautybecame the best attended exhibition in the Met’s history. The populism of fashion … Read more
Filed under Art Criticism, Art Museum, Culture, Denver, Design · Tagged with Denver Art Museum, Diana Vreeland, Florence Muller, Miuccia Prada, Pierre Berge, Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent
Posted by leannegoebel on March 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Denver Art Museum is the only scheduled U.S. venue in 2012 for two exhibitions imagined as crowd-sources: Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective, and Becoming Van Gogh. One of these exhibitions will be the most well attended in DAM history. My prediction? Yves Saint Laurent, which opens March 25 and runs through July 8, 2012, will … Read more
Posted by leannegoebel on December 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts were awarded November 3 to kick off Denver Arts Week. Mayor Michael Hancock honored the American Indian Galleries at the Denver Art Museum and Phil Bender with the Excellence awards and Veronica Barela with the Legacy Award. Arts Weekends November 12, but it’s not too late to participate. Here’s a selection of things to do as Arts Week comes to a close.
Filed under ART, Denver · Tagged with Clyfford Still Museum, Denver Arts Week, Don Stinson, Duke Beardsley, Ed Connors, H&M, Jeffrey Schrader, Kirkland Museum, Kyle McMillan, Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, Phil Bender, Pirate Contemporary, Slider, Starz Denver Film Festival, Steven Naifeh, The Other Side Arts, Thomas Smith, Van Gogh: The Life, Veronica Barela, Visions West Gallery, West of Center, Yves Saint Laurent