Paintings
Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project
The Fine Arts Center has transformed 1,500 square feet of gallery into a space designed to highlight the often unseen, behind-the-scenes collections-based work of the museum. Guests can engage with […]
Read the full articleClarence Shivers: Experimenting with Form
Over the course of his career, Clarence Shivers (1923-2007) demonstrated a commitment to artistic experimentation, working across different media—both two- and three-dimensional—and cultivating a range of stylistic approaches. A Tuskegee […]
Read the full articleAgents of Care: The Lives of Objects
Artworks in a museum’s care can lead exciting and sometimes unexpected lives. From the maker(s), artworks then travel through time and across the world. Even after they enter the museum’s […]
Read the full articleFrom Source to Mouth: a creative survey of Monument Creek
Monument Creek is a 27.2 mile stream that flows along Colorado’s Front Range. Cutting through the heart of Colorado Springs, this small but essential waterway is a source of local drinking […]
Read the full articleDetour: Two Can Play That Game
Thomas “Detour” Evans is a Denver-based painter, muralist, and installation artist, internationally renowned for his brightly colored portraits and large-scale artworks. Inspired by breakdancing and hip hop, Evans often exists […]
Read the full articleUnder the Big Top: Cindy Sherman, Marc Chagall, and more
Captivating audiences of all ages for two centuries, the spectacle of the circus has also inspired visual artists to capture the sensational experience that transcends language and nationality. Animals, acrobats, […]
Read the full articleCollections Surréaliste: Rene Magritte and his Contemporaries
Collections Surrealiste features three paintings by René Magritte, and works on paper by other significant European artists including Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Kay Sage, Herbert Bayer, and Roberto […]
Read the full articleIn the Garden of the Gods
In celebration of our majestic Colorado landscape and the 20th anniversary of the Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center, this exhibition includes images by Thomas Moran, Birger Sandzen, […]
Read the full articleA Reservoir of Occurrences: Stephen Batura
Stephen Batura has become well-known as a Colorado artist whose subject matter has remained close to home. His exquisite paintings are based upon the historical images of little-known Denver photographer […]
Read the full articleDon Coen: The Migrant Series
Colorado artist Don Coen’s The Migrant Series is a magnificent group of 15 large-scale realistic portraits of migrant farm workers. The series was painted between 1992 and 2012 and seeks […]
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