Colleen Smith

Anyone familiar with the Midas touch of Philip F. Anschutz won’t be surprised that the magnate has amassed one of the most impressive and important private Western art collections in the world.
Amy Laugesen sculpts horses and mules in homage to their roles in the history of Colorado. However, her rustic yet elegant ceramic and mixed-media equine sculptures look as if they could have been…
“All the components together without the term ‘impressionism’ in the title is significant. We’re recognizing American art history for its complexity and richness.” Timothy Standring coined a…
Artists, a Gallerist, & a Historian Weigh in on the Merits of the Style
The largest, most prevalent treasures of the Denver Art Museum are the DAM’s buildings designed by renowned architects: Gio Ponti and Daniel Libeskind. Ponti’s tile-covered high-rise with unusually…
In a perfectly paired yin-yang juxtaposition of exhibitions, two artists—Ana María Hernando and Yoshitomo Saito—show works inspired by nature, yet rendered in extremely different media.…
MCA Denver's lively response to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and 2021 demonstrates the saving grace of creativity in a crisis.
Salvador Dali’s oeuvre often brings to mind images of melting clocks, lobster telephones, or crucifixion depictions, but late in his career the artist also created three floral suites.