Author: Colleen Smith Special to The Denver Gazette
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Out of Africa to Denver: An art collection exhibits history, mystery and identity
Paul Hamilton’s 1905 house near Denver’s City Park exhibits African art in every room except the bathroom. And Hamilton has not just two or three pieces, or 10 or 12, but scores of African artworks in every room. The Paul L. Hamilton Collection of African art includes more than 1,300 traditional artworks — mostly wooden…
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What began as Denver street art became a worldwide phenomenon
Koko Bayer, born in France, was unaware of the American traditions of Valentine’s Day until moving to Evergreen, Colorado at age 7. As an adult, she more than made up for lost Valentine time by creating her nearly 1,000 large, eye-catching, yellow-and-magenta-pinstriped hearts. She pasted the big hearts publicly starting in Denver, then in various…
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‘Detour’ bags public art project at Denver International Airport
Thomas Evans, known as Detour, is a popular Denver street artist known for his vibrant colors in the 50 murals he’s created around the city.
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Raj Chaudhuri paintings bridge Colorado and Calcutta
In 2024, an oil painting by Raj Chaudhuri won the Best in Show award at the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale. The honor would have been unimaginable to the artist as an Eastern Indian boy growing up in Calcutta, yet even during his childhood in India, Chaudhuri was drawn to images of the American…
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How a colorful woman’s death gives life to Denver arts
Anybody involved with almost any aspect of Denver’s arts and culture scene likely has noticed the name of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Since 1981, the small foundation has made an enormous impact by granting more than $90 million to Colorado causes. Yet few people have more than a passing familiarity with the foundation’s namesake philanthropist, Mary…
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President Carter granted Denver woman’s wish to fund Babi Yar Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During President Jimmy Carter’s term, Helen J. Ginsburg traveled with a small delegation from Denver to Washington D.C., to meet with the president at the White House. Ginsburg sought funding to complete the first phase of Babi Yar Park, a Denver memorial honoring 33,771 Jewish…
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Westminster woman’s exquisite sugar cookies, featured in Vogue and Forbes, delight the eyes and taste buds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Owing to “A Visit from St. Nicholas” — the widely read Christmas classic by Clement Clark Moore — many Americans have heard of a sugar plum, but never tasted one. But almost everyone knows the sweet-spot glucose spike of a frosted sugar cookie. In today’s…
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Patrick Marold’s dreamy Denver sculptures
Patrick Marold’s site-specific sculptural installation titled “Shadow and Light” will be on exhibit at Denver Botanic Gardens through Jan. 5. The abstract work could call to mind a floating, coppery rib cage of a dinosaur. For Marold, showing at the botanic gardens is a career plum. But even after the installation comes down, Marold’s large-scale…
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Blossoms of Lights generates joy and revenue for Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver is the birthplace of colored lights for outdoor winter holiday displays. The tradition began as a lightbulb moment for David Dwight Sturgeon, a Denver electrician, who in 1914 dipped light bulbs in red and green paint and strung them in a tree outside his family’s home to delight his ill, housebound son. Befittingly, 110…
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Curator says Denver Art Museum will exhibit new AI art
Rory Padeken talks about AI as an artist’s tool, like oil paint or graphite.