Tag: Denver Art Museum
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Denver Art Museum’s new unified campus set to welcome public
The Denver Art Museum’s new unified campus, reshaped with a $175 million capital improvement project, opens its new Welcome Center doors to the public Oct. 24 with a free day. It’s a day delayed 17 months by the COVID-19 pandemic business shutdowns, as the museum’s new Martin Building was ready to go in May 2020.…
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Denver Art Museum to create textile art, fashion institute with $25 million donation
An anonymous $25 million donation made to the Denver Art Museum will be used to establish an Institute of Textile Art and Fashion, the museum announced Wednesday. The money will support future staffing, programming, art acquisitions and outreach for the institute, the announcement said. The institute will aim to develop and share the museum’s current…
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Denver Art Museum will unveil north campus in October
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The northern part of the Denver Art Museum will reopen on Oct. 24 after a $150 million construction and renovation project that has taken more than three years. The museum’s renovated campus includes the Gio Ponti-designed Lanny and Sharon Martin Building — the castle-like structure formerly…
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New Denver Art Museum exhibit features high fashion wardrobe of Hollywood, Paris fashionista Véronique Peck
Theirs was a love story that meshed the cinematic glamour of Hollywood with the high couture of Paris. Actor Gregory Peck first met his future wife, Véronique, during an interview for France-Soir, the French newspaper she worked for in Paris. Peck was in Italy at the time, filming “Roman Holiday” with Audrey Hepburn. He was…
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One shot Sunday night in Denver’s Civic Center neighborhood
A man was shot in the hand Sunday night in the Civic Center neighborhood, the Denver Police Department announced. The shooting happened near West 11th Avenue and Acoma Street, police said, blocks from the Denver Art Museum and History Colorado Center. Police announced the shooting at 9:15 p.m. The victim was taken to a hospital…
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New Denver exhibit to feature Whistler, Sargent, Cassatt, others
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Art Museum will bring in more big artistic guns come November. Denver Art Museum to host Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera traveling exhibit (copy) The traveling exhibit, “Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France,” will open Nov. 14 and feature more than 100 works from…
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Many institutions switch up gears with newly added restrictions
Just like restaurants and schools, Denver’s cultural institutions — which can be an escape for families during the winter months — are having to adjust to stricter COVID-19 restrictions which mandates they operate at 25% of capacity. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science currently has two special ticketed exhibits: “Dogs! A Science Tail,” and…
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Denver Art Museum to host Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera traveling exhibit
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are surely one of the art world’s greatest power couples. Denver Art Museum presents works by the wife and husband in the traveling exhibit “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection.” Also featured are works by their contemporaries: Lola Alvarez Bravo, Gunther Gerzso,…
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Denver ballot question would give voters a say on any future Olympic bid
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver voters will have one more referendum to decide this election season when they open their mail ballots for the June 4 runoff. Initiative 302 — titled “Let Denver Vote” — will determine whether voters must be consulted first before any public funds are spent on exploring…