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Saying Goodbye to Big Blue at the Clyfford Still Museum

Ever since I moved to Denver, I’d wanted to go to the Clyfford Still Museum, yet never managed to go until recently. I made an effort because I heard that Big Blue was being put away. I didn’t know what or (maybe) who was Big Blue, with some digging into the Still Museum website IContinue reading “Saying Goodbye to Big Blue at the Clyfford Still Museum”

Kirkland Museum of Decorative Art Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright -Inside the Walls

As small as Kirkland is, it carries a large amount of character and class. It’s known for housing works by artist and educator Vance Kirkland, Colorado and other regional art, and international works. Set inside half of Kirkland’s original studio (there’s a fascinating clip showing how it was moved), and half of a modern building.Continue reading “Kirkland Museum of Decorative Art Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright -Inside the Walls”

Death of a Pop Art Legend: Claes Oldenburg

You’ve probably seen Claes Oldenburg’s sculptures in a picture or in your town. They’re hard to miss. A giant spoon with a cherry? Maybe a bow and arrow? Or a lipstick on a caterpillar track? Oldenburg was a Swedish-born artist with a degree from Yale, who started off creating plaster reliefs of food and clothingContinue reading “Death of a Pop Art Legend: Claes Oldenburg”

Denver Art Museum: Georgia O’ Keeffe, Photographer Exhibit

Known mostly for her paintings of flowers, Georgia O’ Keeffe also took up the medium of photography in her later years. With no prior knowledge of taking pictures and two cameras in hand, she spent 30 years practicing with her good friend, Alfred Stieglitz. O’ Keeffe used the backdrop of her home in New MexicoContinue reading “Denver Art Museum: Georgia O’ Keeffe, Photographer Exhibit”

Meow Wolf Denver: A Dizzying Trip Through Memories

Not too long ago I wrote about my experience riding the Meow Wolf ride at Elitch Gardens in Denver and the evolving climate of immersive art. Immersive art has mutated into a way to draw people who didn’t even give art a glance a chance to see what art is about. About a month ago,Continue reading “Meow Wolf Denver: A Dizzying Trip Through Memories”

My Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Search for Water

Recently I took a five-day trip to Chicago, Illinois with my husband and one of our stops was to the Art Institute of Chicago. It was a highlight for me during the trip, for my husband – not so much. It balanced out because the week before I had to commit two hours straight ofContinue reading “My Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Search for Water”