Ray Mark Rinaldi
The Denver Post
Denver, CO, United States
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Colorado Symphony will mix standard fare with new sounds — and few celebrity appearances
The lead-off concerts, scheduled for Sept. 15-17, are a little splashier than the norm, though they sum up the something-old, something-new, something-flashy strategy that defines the playbook. → Read More
March is the best month to be a photography fan in Colorado
It shows off the art form in all of its creative ways, landscape and nature photography, portraits, photojournalism and street photography, right through to its more experimental incarnations. → Read More
Mighty little Leon: Denver gallery is a crucial piece of art ecosystem
A key to its success is director Eric Nord, who has ushered Leon through the ups and downs that all small galleries have to endure to survive. → Read More
History Colorado tries again to get the story of the Sand Creek Massacre right
Back in 2013, when the History Colorado Center shut down its first Sand Creek Massacre exhibition due to protests from Native Americans, it was more than a local scandal and an enduring embarrassment for the museum. → Read More
Artist Brady Dollyhigh presents an otherworldly, and sometimes violent, narrative
Here is Dollyhigh doing what artists without a lot of age or means do: getting clever, being resourceful, turning cheap materials into something interesting. → Read More
At Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, three shows examine the evolution of memory
With its trio of concise and sharply focused exhibitions featuring regional talents, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art stretches its run as the most interesting place to see fresh and important work from Colorado artists. → Read More
7 Denver art shows to look forward to in the new year
The visual arts calendar is loaded with promising exhibitions in 2023, including big moves from the Clyfford Still Museum the Denver Art Museum, and a major collab between the MCA and RedLine. → Read More
Denver’s RedLine gallery showcases big vistas with a humble attitude
The two artists in the exhibition are among the region’s most prolific and popular painters and it is a chuckle that their names combined recall the late actress Carrie Fisher. → Read More
An optimistic and purposely unpretentious show questions the very function of art
Is it art? Is it a functional object? Why not both? → Read More
Walker Fine Art offers a lesson in how the art business can survive and thrive in the 21st century
"Fractional Confluence" at Walker Fine Art in Denver is an example of how Gallery owner Bobbi Walker has an eye for quality art with commercial appeal → Read More
“Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools” lives up to its name at the Denver Art Museum
Happy holidays, Coloradans looking for a solid outing on your December days off; this traveling exhibition is your gift. → Read More
The ceramic showcase “Sweaty Wedding” examines connections between bodies and behavior
The dozens of ceramic, human-ish figures sweat vigorously with huge, colorful, clay droplets emanating from their beings. → Read More
“Like Like” tells the story of Tank Studios’ 10-year history in Denver
When the history of 21st century Colorado art is written, Tank Studios is sure to appear in the first few pages. → Read More
A touring exhibition uses the hip-hop movement to explore 100 years of Black art
“The Dirty South” was a landmark in every way. It not only altered the expected geography of contemporary art exhibitions, it also expanded their usual in-the-moment timeframe. → Read More
In a challenging exhibition, artist Joel Swanson and New Collection take down words, and raise the level of art-making in Denver
Joel Swanson’s “The Distance Between Words” is a complicated body of conceptual art expressed though a daunting variety of media, from drawings and prints to video, sound pieces and monumental installations. → Read More
These artists challenge our comfort with our bodies and our emotions
Sometimes art takes you to strange places. And it can happen when you least anticipate it -- when you walk into a gallery or museum expecting something ordinary and, instead, get pulled into the imaginative world of an artist with something unique and amusing to say. → Read More
Artists tackle the serious side of bananas and other food-related issues
The Center for Visual Art is showing two ambitious exhibitions — each diving deep into the topic of food — that together take visitors across the hemisphere and back home again. → Read More
The 8 most promising fall shows in art, classical music, opera and dance
Fine-arts fans love the fall. The new season inspires Denver’s biggest venues to bring out their best attractions, and the late 2022 lineup of offerings holds serious potential. These top picks deserve your consideration. → Read More
RiNo keeps the murals coming with a new festival that rounds out the arts
It’s not necessarily a smaller event, but it will likely attract a crowd different than the folks who showed up in the past for edgy, urban art. → Read More
Opera Colorado jumps into its 40th season ready to celebrate surviving the pandemic
Opera Colorado begins its 40th season on Sept. 10 with a staged concert version of the popular “Cavalleria rusticana” Here's a look at what the rest of this season will hold. → Read More