Tag Archives: Denver Art Museum

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Blanket Statement: 10 Textile Shows, One Museum

By Posted 05/08/13

Denver Art Museum unites Navajo weavings, Victorian needlework, the original denim, Chinese robes, skinned teddy bears, and a lot more Read More

Mochica, North Coast, possibly La Mina, Forehead Ornament with Feline Head and Octopus Tentacles Ending in Catfish Heads, 100 – 800 A.D., gold, chrysocolla, and shells. MUSEO DE LA NACIÓN, LIMA, PHOTO ©DANIEL GIANNONI.
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The Art That Made Peru Peru

By Posted 03/21/13

Three millennia, 350 objects, and one national identity are featured in an ambitious show at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts Read More

Tord Boontje, Table Stories Dinnerware Plate, 2005, porcelain, underglaze blue. From "Blue and White: A Ceramic Journey." DENVER ART MUSEUM, GIFT OF JILL A. WILTSE AND H. KIRK BROWN III
Looking at Art

The Clay’s the Thing

By Posted 08/15/11

At the Denver Art Museum, mud is ‘marvelous’. Read More

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Clothes Connections

By Posted 01/01/10

Shinique Smith transforms piles of garments destined for export into eye– and thought–provoking installations. Read More

The facade of the Art Institute of Chicago in the expansion designed by Renzo Piano. According to museum director James Cuno, it is not intended to compete with Frank Gehry’s band shell across the street. COURTESY ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
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The New Serenity

By Posted 03/01/05

Architects who design museums have been retreating from explosive innovation to favor classicism, tranquillity, and a more restrained Modernism. Read More