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  • Mind the Gap–Or Not

    Review of recent exhibit at Eight Modern Gallery in Santa Fe, NM Katherine Lee, “Exterior 13, New Mexico” “Mind the Gap” is a warning phrase and a reminder to passengers in the London Underground of the significant—and potentially dangerous—space between the train door and the station platform. To “Mind the Gap” means that one does…

  • Media, heritage mix in show, Durango Herald, February 10, 2009

    I am hoping through research and experimentation to glean some understanding of our own tribally specific painting traditions. – Artist America Meredith Review “From the Woodlands,” paintings, drawings and prints by America Meredith and Sallyann Paschall, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday, through Feb. 27, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, 247-7167 Swedish-Cherokee America Meredith’s “Wingspan” is acrylic…

  • Locals resist arts cuts, Durango Herald, February 6, 2009

    State proposes slashing budget by Leanne Goebel Imagine Durango without the arts. No music festivals, no dance, no theater, no art galleries, no children’s programs, no singing, no film festivals, no sculpture, no debates in the newspaper about differing perspectives, and probably no opportunity to read this article, because without the arts, there’s no need…

  • Pianist will open recital program, Durango Herald, January 06, 2009

    The American Record Guide calls Ian Hobson, who will play in Durango on Jan. 18, “oneof the finest pianists of his generation.” Hobson will perform at the Community Concert Hall as part of the Adams Foundation PianoRecital program of the San Juan Symphony. In 1981, Hobson won first prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition,…

  • Le Cadeau Du Cheval in Cowboys & Indians, Jan. 2009

    Copyright Leanne Goebel. May not be used without permission.

  • The Art Market, Philistinism and the NEA

    Art sales figures show interesting declines in the markets. A Feb. 16, 2009 article in The Telegraph stated that Sotheby’s ($5.3 billion) inched ahead of Christie’s ($5.1 billion) in global art sales last year. Both figures, however, are down from the previous year, when Christie’s was ahead by $6.3 billion to Sotheby’s $6.2 billion. “At…

  • Art Takes Root in Greater Colorado, from Public Art Review, issue 39 fall/winter 2008

    What Goes Around Comes Around Artist Ken Lindstrom wanted to create a temporary public art piece—sixteen plastic spirals to honor sixteen years of Art Walk, an annual event showcasing the visual and performing arts in Salida, Colorado. But when Lindstrom contacted the city planning office, he learned he couldn’t erect art on city property without…

  • Jeremy Blake-“In and Out of Time”

    Jeremy BlakeWinchester Redux, 2004still from DVD with sound for plasma or projection5 minute continuous loopGift of Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder. 2006.42.1a-cImage courtesy of Kinz, Tillou + Feigen Gallery, NY The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art recently exhibited a selection of…

  • Alchemical uncertainty at Boulder MOCA

    Erika WanenmacherThe Science Club: The Boy’s Room, Now, Forever, Then, Part 1” Sept. 26-Dec. 27, 2008Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art1750 13th StreetBoulder, CO80302303.443.2122 Entering the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art I am unsure what to expect from an exhibition about scientific experiments conducted on American citizens during the cold war and the age of nuclear…

  • Damien Hirst–hypocrit

    From two recent stories: one from The Independent in the UK and one from Artinfo.com. It seems that Damien Hirst is demanding recompense from a teenage artist who used images of Hirst’s diamond encrusted skull titled For the Love of God in collage paintings he sells on his website. Below is from The Independent: 16-year-old’s…

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