Category: Denver

  • What can we learn from Denver’s Blue Mustang on Adobe Airstream

    Read about the controversy surrounding Luis Jimenez’ seminal work at DIA here. Copyright Leanne Goebel. May not be used without permission.

  • New Art & Culture Magazine Launches

    Dear friends, For the past few months I have been working with Ellen Berkovitch on an exciting new media project. Adobe Airstream will be a state-of-the-art new media website providing unique content about art, culture and design in the West and Southwest. Independently, Ellen and I came up with very similar ideas and decided to…

  • Carson van Straaten Gallery showcasing the work of Julia Fernandez-Pol

    Carson van Straaten Gallery showcasing the work of Julia Fernandez-Pol. Carson van Straaten Gallery sent me two recent reviews by Kyle MacMillan and Michael Paglia of their current exhibit of work by Julia Fernandez-Pol. I find it interesting that the van Straatens are using the Carson gallery as a retail outlet for artists discovered during…

  • Democratizing Culture an exclusive online feature in Trend magazine

    Here is a link to a feature article I wrote for Trend magazine. It was published exclusively online. Trend is a beautiful magazine. I hope the publisher is able to resume print publication in the Spring. Copyright Leanne Goebel. May not be used without permission.

  • Economic Meltdown–Literally

    An ice sculpture entitled “Main Street Meltdown,” the work of artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, made it’s debut on the 79th anniversary of Black Tuesday, the stock market crash that caused the Great Depression. As the day wore on, the sculpture melted. Watch a time-lapsed video here. The monument measures 15 feet long, 5…

  • MCA/Denver hits 50,000 visitor mark in first year.

    Press Release received from the ever delightful Daniele Robson, communications manager for MCA/Denver. Denver, October 27, 2008 – Marking a hugely successful first year in the new building, MCADENVER welcomed its 50,000th visitor on Friday October 24. The Museum set thisunprecedented goal of first year attendance seeking to welcome 50,000 visitors from Denverand around the…

  • Poets, Artists and the Market

    A long must read from John Perreault’s diary about his recent experiences in Denver.Click here. Perreault is part of an exhibit that opened this past weekend at The LAB of art and ideas at Belmar. In Plain Sight: Street Works and Performances 1968-1971. Check out the BLAB for photos from the opening. Perreault is a…

  • Damien Hirst at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

    Opening Friday, October 10! Above: Damien Hirst, Saint Sebastian, Exquisite Pain, 2007 (detail), glass, steel, bullock, arrows, crossbow bolts and formaldehyde solution, 126 3/4 x 61 1/4 x 61 1/4 inches. Courtesy of the Goss-Michael Foundation.Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates. © Damien Hirst. MCA DENVER presents Damien Hirst’s signature works, including Saint Sebastian, Exquisite Pain,…

  • Soldiers Faces

    I saw Suzanne Opton’s “Soldier’s Face” billboard in Denver during the DNC. It was a powerful statement. The photographer has captured these soldier’s with their guard down. We all get to peer into their eyes and their souls. “I wanted to look into the face of someone who had seen something unforgettable.” Suzanne Opton said.…

  • Color as field, Durango Herald, Dec. 28, 2007

    Top: Frankenthaler’s “Flood, 1967” is synthetic polymer on canvas (124 by 140 inches). Middle: Mark Rothko’s oil “Number 18, 1951,” is 81 by 69 inches. Bottom: Helen Frankenthaler’s 1973 acrylic on canvas”Off White Square” (79 by 235 inches) is in the Denver Art Museum show “Color as Field: American Painting 1950-1975.” All photographs are courtesy…