Arts & Culture

Expanding the definition

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In his 1969 book, Custer Died For Your Sins, Lakota activist and scholar Vine Delorian Jr. wrote, “One of the best ways to understand...

#InstaNovels

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You may think of Instagram as a platform for images, but it may be the next place you turn to read a novel.  Don’t scoff,...

Arts | Week of July 16, 2015

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Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29. Ansel Adams: Matsterworks. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through Aug. 30. Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum...

Broadening our vocabulary

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Each person in Fazal Sheikh’s photography has a story of survival. The men, women and children have persevered through wars, refugee camps, abuse, social...

No spectators

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Strolling across the property where artist Android Jones lives, it seems fitting that a man whose art is often experienced projected against domes would...

Home is where the art is

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Selling art out of your house has certain virtues. Art in a gallery can look distant and cool, far too impressive for living room walls. But bring paintings home and they seem to change shape, take on greater intimacy, join the family and get comfortable on the ...

Double take

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In Monique Crine’s picture “Jake,” a buff man stands alone in a pool gazing at the viewer. When standing a few feet away from the 6-foot-by-9-foot portrait, it seems as if you’re staring at a photograph. But upon closer inspection of the curve of the jaw or curl ...

‘Carmen’ and ‘Così’ highlight Central City Opera’s summer season

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Central City Opera (CCO) is offering two operatic mainstays in their historic 1878 opera house this summer, Bizet’s Carmen (July 8–Aug. 6) and Mozart’s...

Sandie Yi’s ‘disability-experience art’ now on display at East Window

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Chun-Shan “Sandi” Yi creates fashion you won’t find on any catwalk. The Chicago-based, Taiwanese artist makes wearable art — garments, accessories and footwear — that...

Broad skepticism

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Over the past several years, TED talks have become a staple of everyday life. A coworker or family member emails you a bite-sized piece...

Celebrated professional tango dancers open Boulder Tango Studio

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To hear a person talk about tango is to witness a blushing love affair. They’ll speak of the heart, of an unspoken connection between partners, of passion; they might even go so far as to call it an addiction. To hear tango dancers describe their art is to be a ...