Exhibitions and Programs
January 2015–February 2016
FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Joan Míro: Instinct & Imagination
In Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism
Castiglione: Lost Genius
Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967–1980
Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder
Starring Linda: A Trio of John DeAndrea Sculptures
Showing Off: Recent Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions
Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz
Francisco Alvarado-Juárez (Precourt Discovery Hall)
Creative Crossroads: The Art of Tapestry
Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch
Kutlug Ataman: The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
Matisse and Friends: Selected Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art
Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century
V3H1CL3: Jason Rogenes (Precourt Discovery Hall)
First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the Denver Art Museum Collection
William Matthews: Trespassing
Rupprecht Matthies: ¿Being Home?
Sovereign: Independent Voices
All That Glistens: A Century of Japanese Lacquer
Fracture: Cubism and After
Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America
Printed and Painted: The Art of Bark Cloth
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
ADULT PROGRAMS AND TOURS
VISITOR INFORMATION
MEDIA RESOURCES
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March 22, 2015–June 28, 2015
July 19, 2015–Oct. 11, 2015
Aug. 9, 2015–Nov. 8, 2015
Oct. 4, 2015–Jan. 17, 2016
Nov. 8, 2015–Feb. 7, 2016
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March 13, 2015–Sept. 20, 2015
April 19, 2015–June 21, 2015
May 17, 2015–Jan. 3, 2016
May 17, 2015–Jan. 10, 2016
May 17, 2015–July 10, 2016
May 31, 2015–March 6, 2016
June 7, 2015–Nov. 29, 2015
July 19, 2015–Oct. 11, 2015
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This exhibition and events calendar is current as of January 2015. Please confirm dates and titles with the museum’s
communications office before publication at 720-913-0000 or [email protected], as information provided here is
subject to change. Contact the communications office for more information, images or exhibition sponsor information. Contact
number and e-mail for print use: 720-865-5000 and [email protected].
FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Joan Miró: Instinct & Imagination
March 22, 2015–June 28, 2015
Bringing together 48 paintings, drawings and sculptures made by Joan Miró
between 1963 and 1983, this exhibition testifies to the Catalan artist’s remarkable
ingenuity and inventiveness to the very end of his life. Although Miró (1893-1983)
had experimented with sculpture earlier in life, it was only in his later years that he
developed such a rich dialogue between painting and sculpture. This direct
dialogue is a key feature of the exhibition. While process was always fundamental
to Miró, in the last two decades of his life he built upon his predilection for
accidental or fortuitous motifs in newly expansive painted fields and in sculptures
that incorporate found objects such as silverware and an empty picture frame.
Together these paintings and sculptures show an inventive personal language of
form and highlight Miró’s lifelong boundless creativity.
Joan Miró: Instinct & Imagination is organized by the Seattle Art Museum and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reina Sofia. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities. It is presented at the Denver Art Museum with the generous support of U.S. Bank, donors to the
Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
(SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4, Comcast Spotlight and The Denver Post.
In Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism
July 19, 2015–Oct. 11, 2015
In Bloom demonstrates how a traditional genre was reinvented by 19th-century
artists, even as the art world's focus was shifting to modernism. Curated locally by
Angelica Daneo, associate curator of painting and sculpture at the DAM, the
exhibition examines the change from meticulous and lush still-life paintings to
paintings with looser brush strokes and fewer, unified subjects. Organized by the
Dallas Museum of Art and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the DAM will be the
last stop for this exhibition.
In Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism is co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities. Local support is provided by Singer Family Foundation, Adolph Coors Foundation Exhibition
Endowment Fund, the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support
the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4,
Comcast Spotlight and The Denver Post.
Castiglione: Lost Genius
Aug. 9, 2015–Nov. 8, 2015
Castiglione: Lost Genius features 90 of the finest examples of drawings, etchings
and monotypes of the master Genoese draftsman, painter and printmaker
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. A forgotten master from the Italian baroque,
Castiglione was a self-proclaimed genius, whose artworks entered the Royal
Collection in 1762. The exhibition explores Castiglione’s mastery of art and how he
produced brilliant works despite his turbulent private life that prevented him from
becoming more widely known. Dr. Timothy Standring, Gates Foundation Curator
of Painting and Sculpture at the DAM, and co-curator of the exhibition, is one of
the world's foremost authorities on Castiglione.
Castiglione: Lost Genius is organized by the DAM and the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. It is supported by the
National Endowment for the Arts. It is presented with generous support from the citizens who support the Scientific
and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4, Comcast
Spotlight and The Denver Post.
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Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967-1980
Oct. 4, 2015–Jan. 17, 2016
Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967–1980, is a groundbreaking exhibition of more
than 40 rarely seen, monumental paintings and lithographs by the renowned 20thcentury artist. It is the first to explore how Scholder blended figurative and pop art
influences to create colorful, compelling and revolutionary images. Though he was
influenced by abstract expressionists including Willem de Kooning and Franz
Kline, as well as painters Francis Bacon, Francisco de Goya and Paul Gauguin,
Fritz Scholder’s work was purely his own. His art reveals the raw reality of being
an American Indian. Following its debut at the DAM, the exhibition will travel to the
Phoenix Art Museum (Feb. 26, 2016–June 5, 2016) and the Nerman Museum of
Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas (June 23, 2016–Sept. 18, 2016).
Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967–1980, is organized by the Denver Art Museum. It is supported by the National
Endowment for the Arts. It is presented with generous support from Vicki and Kent Logan, donors to the Annual
Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).
Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4, Comcast Spotlight and The Denver Post.
Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio
Nov. 8, 2015–Feb. 7, 2016
The Denver Art Museum presents a groundbreaking exhibition exploring the art of
Andrew Wyeth and his son Jamie. Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio is
organized by the Denver Art Museum and will feature more than 100 works
created in a variety of media, including pen and ink, graphite, chalk, watercolor,
dry brush, tempera, oil and mixed media. This exhibition explores the connection
between two American artists who shared artistic habits of mind while maintaining
their own unique artistic voices. Never before has an exhibition displayed Andrew
Wyeth's and Jamie Wyeth’s work on this scale and in the shared context of their
autobiographies, studio practices and imaginations.
Tickets to the exhibition will be on sale in fall 2015. An exhibition catalog,
published by the DAM in association with Yale University Press, will be available in
The Shop at the same time. Following its presentation in Colorado, Wyeth travels
to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain.
Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio is organized by the Denver Art Museum. It is presented with the generous
support of Carolyn and Bob Barnett, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who
support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine,
Comcast Spotlight, CBS4 and The Denver Post.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder
March 13, 2015–Sept. 20, 2015
Barbara Bosworth’s photography explores nature and memory through calm
reflection upon places that that hold deep personal and social meaning. Using a
large format 8x10 camera, Bosworth makes exquisite prints that immerse the
viewer in the scene and imbue details with arresting presence. She approaches
her work with a single-mindedness and a sense of adventure, bringing home
images that show both the abundance and the mystery of the world around us.
Through her photographs of places she has known all her life, and through others
about fishing, bird banding and hunting, Bosworth reminds us that the natural
world is tightly woven with the complexities of human existence. Quiet Wonder
will feature 38 photographs she has created over the past two decades.
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Starring Linda: A Trio of John DeAndrea Sculptures
April 19, 2015–June 21, 2015
Colorado artist John DeAndrea is widely known for his realistic nude or dressed
human figure sculptures. Starring Linda: A Trio of John DeAndrea Sculptures
features three of his hyperrealistic sculptures: Linda, Artist and Model and Nude
with Black Drape. A favorite of museum visitors, Linda is a life-like sculpture of a
sleeping woman. As the polyvinyl used in her creation is light sensitive, the
sculpture is not displayed frequently or for long periods of time. Linda was last on
view in 2009.
Showing Off: Recent Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions
May 17, 2015–Jan. 3, 2016
Gifts, promised gifts and works that the museum has purchased over the last
seven years are the focus of the next rotation in the modern and contemporary
galleries on level 4 of the Hamilton Building. The collection is the principal artery
of a museum. It’s here where the idea for the next big show might be sparked,
where artists and visitors alike find inspiration and a museum shapes its identity.
Especially in contemporary art, a continuously and strategically growing collection
becomes the showcase of our time. This new presentation will highlight works by
Nick Cave, James Drake, Leonardo Drew, Eric Fischl, Al Held, Ben Jackel, Sol
LeWitt, Glenn Ligon, Christian Marclay, Agnes Martin, John McEnroe, Amy
Metier, Julian Opie, Nam June Paik, Shinique Smith, Stacey Steers, Mark
Wallinger and many others.
Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz
May 17, 2015–Jan. 10, 2016
Virgil Ortiz (born 1969), an internationally renowned ceramicist, fashion designer
and graphic artist from Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, uses contemporary art to
blend historic events with futuristic elements. Set against Ortiz’s graphic murals,
this exhibition features 31 clay figures and invites visitors to immerse themselves
in a storyline that Ortiz created that begins with the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. This is
the first exhibition of his work to visually tell the whole story. Curated by John
Lukavic, associate curator of Native arts, this exhibition is part of DAM’s initiative
to expand the recognition of contemporary art by American Indian artists.
Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz is a special feature of the new Showing Off: Recent
Modern and Contemporary Acquisitions installation that covers level 4 of the
Hamilton Building.
Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz is organized by the Denver Art Museum. It is presented with generous support from
Vicki and Kent Logan, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support the
Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4,
Comcast Spotlight and The Denver Post.
Francisco Alvarado-Juárez (Precourt Discovery Hall)
May 17, 2015–May 2016
This spring, New York-based artist Francisco Alvarado-Juárez will transform
Precourt Discovery Hall into a whimsical environment for family audiences using
recycled paper from thousands of grocery paper bags, painted and cut by hand.
Created in collaboration with local community groups, the seaweed-like bags will
camouflage paintings of insects—partially hidden by the protruding bags—
creating another opportunity for discovery as visitors move through the
space. The installation will also include two video projections and ambient sounds
from nature as well as a worktable where visitors of all ages can create paper
images to contribute to the piece.
Francisco Alvarado-Juárez is organized by the Denver Art Museum in collaboration with the artist. It is
generously funded by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
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Creative Crossroads: The Art of Tapestry
May 31, 2015–March 6, 2016
From around the world and across centuries, more than 20 tapestry-woven wall
hangings, rugs, furniture covers, garments and sculptural forms illustrate the
creative possibilities of this technique. The selection includes historic European
tapestries made by large ateliers, 20th-century collaborations between artist and
weaver and works by solo artist-weavers who use tapestry as their creative
medium. While some designs are culturally specific, others borrow from,
transform or transcend tradition. Contemporary tapestries join historic weavings
from Europe, Turkey, China, Peru, Mexico and the American Southwest,
complemented by a selection of smaller tapestries in the Thread Studio.
Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch
June 7, 2015–Nov. 29, 2015
Photographer Alec Soth studies the habits and rituals of ordinary Americans,
finding moments of self-absorption and vulnerability that are specific to the people
he photographs, yet somehow common to human experience. Taking cues from
the Depression-era documentary projects of the 1930s, Soth set out to create a
state-by-state record of American life in the early 21st century. Photographed
over the course of a 2013 road trip, Colorado Dispatch presents the core of
Soth’s work from the Centennial State. These photographs of ordinary citizens,
familiar landscapes and puzzling details of local culture offer an unromanticized,
yet affectionate, view of the land and its people.
Kutlug Ataman: The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read
July 19, 2015–Oct. 11, 2015
Opening on the same day as In Bloom, The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read (2002)
is a four-screen video installation by acclaimed filmmaker and contemporary artist
Kutlug Ataman. The work focuses on an English woman who talks over the
course of an entire year about a flower bulb. With over 900 Hippeastrum bulbs in
her two-bedroom house, Veronica Read’s obsession with these flowers is all
consuming. Masquerading as a documentary about the Hippeastrum flower bulb,
the work is actually a portrait of a woman wholly devoted to the care of these
bulbs, which contain the hope of flowering only once a year.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
Matisse and Friends:
Selected Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art
Through February 8, 2015
Matisse and Friends: Selected Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art
showcases 14 paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., by Henri
Matisse, André Derain, Albert Marquet, Maurice de Vlaminck, Raoul Dufy, Georges
Braque and Kees Van Dongen. Working in and around Paris at the turn of the 20th
century, they were part of a creative community that sought to redefine painting,
favoring an expressive style that emphasized loose brushwork and bold colors.
This exhibition is organized by the Denver Art Museum. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the
Arts and Humanities. It is presented with the generous support the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and
the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280
Magazine, CBS4 and The Denver Post. Special thanks to Shaver-Ramsey and Denver Center Theatre Company.
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Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century
Through March 15, 2015
The DAM’s world-exclusive exhibition of Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century features
stunning jewelry, timepieces and precious objects created between 1900 and 1975.
This exhibition highlights Cartier’s rise to preeminence—and the historical events
pushing the brand’s evolution—as it transformed itself into one of the world’s most
prestigious names in jewelry and luxurious accessories. Brilliant brings together a
spectacular assortment of Cartier’s greatest works, including pieces owned by
Princess Grace, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Elizabeth Taylor, J.P. Morgan and
the Aga Khan, amongst other aristocrats, royalty and international celebrities. In
addition to items loaned by the Cartier Collection, the exhibition includes loans from
museums and private collections in the United States and Europe. A fully illustrated
publication accompanying the show is available at The Shop at the Denver Art
Museum. A special dated and timed exhibition ticket is required for Brilliant.
Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century is presented by Bank of Colorado. This exhibition is organized by the Denver Art
Museum. Exhibition support is also provided by Jet Linx Denver, Sill-TerHar Motors, Fine Arts Foundation, John Brooks
Incorporated, the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support the Scientific
and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4 and The Denver Post.
V3H1CL3: Jason Rogenes (Precourt Discovery Hall)
Through April 12, 2015
Jason Rogenes uses primarily reclaimed packing materials such as cardboard and
Styrofoam to create fantastic sculptural environments that ignite the viewer’s
imagination. Rogenes transformed Precourt Discovery Hall into a magical immersive
environment where families can play with custom cast “asteroids” to create
otherworldly soundscapes. The installation encourages visitors to reconsider familiar
and typically discarded materials for their artmaking possibilities.
First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the Denver Art Museum
Collection
Through April 19, 2015
This exhibition features more than 20 quilts arranged in nine thematic groupings. Each
section invites viewers to look closely at the different themes and variations. Visitors
can discover common roots for motifs and patterns and creative differences in
materials and techniques. More than half of the objects are recent acquisitions on view
for the first time, while others, including The Matterhorn quilt, are well-known treasures
of the collection. A companion guide is available in The Shop at the Denver Art
Museum. Complementing the exhibition is Contemporary Takes on Traditional
Patterns, a display by 10 members of Studio Art Quilt Associates whose quilts
illustrate how traditions continue, evolve and inspire.
William Matthews: Trespassing
Through May 17, 2015
William Matthews: Trespassing presents selected works from his early career to his
most recent paintings. Matthews began working as a graphic designer, but dedicated
himself to watercolor painting in 1990. The 27 artworks on view exemplify his expertise
and sophisticated understanding of watercolor technique. His main focus has been
subjects found in the American West: working cowboys, ranches, rural architecture
and the landscape. While primarily known for his cowboy paintings, Matthews is not
himself a cowboy. Instead, he is an interloper—a trespasser—viewing their world from
the outside. He is not, however, a stranger to the West. Matthews is a westerner who
lives and works in Denver.
William Matthews: Trespassing is presented by Wells Fargo. This exhibition is organized by the Petrie Institute of
Western American Art, Denver Art Museum. It is supported by donors to the Petrie Institute of Western American Art
endowment, the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support the Scientific
and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4, Comcast Spotlight and
The Denver Post.
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Rupprecht Matthies: ¿Being Home?
Through Aug. 2, 2015
Rupprecht Matthies’ ¿Being Home? is a community-inspired, interactive artwork that
grows with each installation. In 2009 and 2011, Matthies collaborated with immigrants
at Denver-area community organizations, including the African Community Center,
Emily Griffith Opportunity School and Centro San Juan Diego, to gather words
evocative of notions of home. Those words—transformed into mobiles, pillows and
wall pieces—are in 13 languages including English, Spanish, Arabic and Kareni.
Combining contributions from the two previous installations, ¿Being Home? reflects
the life experiences of the artist’s co-creators as well as commonalities shared among
people across the world.
Sovereign: Independent Voices
Through Aug. 16, 2015
Sovereign: Independent Voices highlights the work of three leading American Indian
contemporary artists whose art has received international acclaim: Kent Monkman,
Rose Simpson and Virgil Ortiz. These artists challenge viewers to think more broadly
about the place of Native artists in the contemporary art world through a fusion of
historic techniques with contemporary styles and ideas. The works reflect meditations
on the self and Native histories in media including painting, sculptural ceramics and
multimedia.
All That Glistens: A Century of Japanese Lacquer
Through Sept. 27, 2015
The 30 artworks in this exhibition reveal the versatility of lacquer as a medium used by
Japanese artists to create containers, trays, plaques, braziers and screens made by
applying lacquer to wood, bamboo, cloth, paper and other materials. A wide range of
techniques are represented, demonstrating how lacquer was used during the last
century to create objects of enduring beauty. The selected artworks reflect the
changing styles and tastes of successive generations of lacquer artists who produced
designs incorporating plants, animals and elements of nature.
Fracture: Cubism and After
Through Jan. 10, 2016
Cubist artists in the early 20th century showed objects in fragmented ways: by
presenting them from multiple viewpoints and by combining an assortment of fused
parts to describe them. The cubists’ radical departure from traditional styles honored
paintings as flat objects, rather than as vehicles for showing illusions of depth. Cubist
abstraction, with its fractured surfaces, influenced future generations of painters,
whose work built upon and extended its ground-breaking methods. Fracture includes
13 paintings, ranging from Nature Morte, a 1914 work by Pablo Picasso, to Roy
Lichtenstein’s The Violin from 1976.
Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America
Through Nov. 27, 2016
During the Spanish colonial period in Latin America (1521–1850) precious gold and
silver were crafted into elegant jewelry then embellished with emeralds from Colombia,
coral from Mexico and pearls from Venezuela. Wanting to demonstrate their wealth
and status, people were painted wearing their finest dress and elaborate jewelry.
Women were adorned with tiaras, necklaces with pendants and prominent earrings.
Men proudly displayed hat ornaments, rings, watch fobs and chatelaines with small
tools similar to the modern Swiss Army knife. Priests wore gold crucifixes and rosaries
while nuns had miniature paintings of the Virgin Mary and saints crafted into brooches,
called nun’s badges. Inlaid and lacquered chests and boxes were used to store these
luxury goods. The portraits, furniture and jewelry that are exhibited in Glitterati are from
the DAM’s world-renowned Spanish colonial collection and tell the fascinating story of
people and luxury possessions in the New World.
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Printed and Painted: The Art of Bark Cloth
Through Aug. 27, 2017
This reinstallation of the Joan & George Anderman Gallery of Oceanic Art offers a
glimpse at the variety of creative design and ingenious construction possible through
the unique medium of bark cloth (or tapa) used across the Pacific. Techniques and
styles for decorating varied from island group to island group. Painted, printed and
beaten patterns decorate supple and sometimes expansive bark cloths. Elaborate
masks made with tapa stretch over rigid stick or cane frames. In addition to cloth, in
New Guinea, coils of solid bark were used to create belts embellished with intricate
carvings of figurative and abstract forms. A companion guide to the DAM’s Oceanic
collection is available in The Shop at the Denver Art Museum.
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
All programs below are included in museum admission.
Free First Saturdays, sponsored by Target – first Saturday of the month
Free general admission tickets available onsite starting at 10 a.m. (Special ticketed exhibitions are not included.)
Sponsored by Target and made possible by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
(SCFD).
CelebrARTE on Free First Saturdays – new program
At CelebrARTE on Free First Saturdays, enjoy bilingual fun for everyone, with a 2 p.m. Collection Highlights tour in
Spanish, Create-n-Takes and a new storytelling program. Listen to cuentistas tell the tales of artworks through
music, movement and art during Cuentos del Arte with stories para todos—for everyone—at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.
Fox Tale Sunday – second Sunday of the month, 10 a.m.–noon
Enjoy in-gallery performances by Buntport Theater and other family activities.
Create Playdates – second Wednesday of the month, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Artmaking, story time and looking games in the galleries for ages 3-5 and their grownups.
Daily during museum hours – family activities are available on every floor
Just for Fun Center, Kids Corner, Eye Spy games, artmaking stations, dress up costumes, make-a-postcard,
Western and American Indian bingo games, puzzles, an African music mixing station and more.
Weekend Fun
Family Backpacks and Art Tubes – daily in the summer, during spring and winter school breaks and on
weekends year-round, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Family Backpacks are filled with hands-on games and activities and include three Backpacks for 3-, 4- and 5yearolds and six bilingual (English/Spanish) Backpacks. Bilingual Art Tubes offer a bite-sized art-making activity.
Free check out at the Family Activity Cart with photo I.D.
Create-n-Takes – weekends, 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. (summer schedule, weekdays 11 a.m. –3:30 p.m.)
Make art in the galleries with hands-on activities.
ADULT PROGRAMS AND TOURS
Adaptive and interpretive services for adult programs can be arranged with advance notice. Programs listed below are free with
museum admission and no reservations are required. For the most up-to-date information on adult programs, visit
www.denverartmuseum.org/adultprograms
Untitled Final Fridays – final Friday of the month, January–October 2015, 6–10 p.m.
At the DAM’s Untitled Final Fridays, visitors can enjoy unique behind-the-scenes tours, performances by local artists,
opportunities to make and create, cash bar, munchies and more. Included in museum admission; college students
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with valid ID receive 2-for-1 tickets during the event. Untitled is sponsored by Macy’s and CultureHaus, the DAM’s young
professionals support group, and made possible by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Catering by Kevin Taylor.
PreVIEW Open Window - Thursdays, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Observe and interact with conservation staff as they work with textile art objects.
Drop-In Drawing – Second Tuesday of the month, 1–3 p.m.
All experience levels are welcome at these informal sketching sessions focusing on a different topic each month.
Drop-In Writing – Fourth Tuesday of the month, 1–3 pm
All experience levels are welcome at these informal writing sessions focusing on a different topic each month.
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Architecture Tour – daily at 10:15 a.m.
Collection Highlights Tour – daily at 11 a.m.
Spanish Language Collection Highlight Tour – first Saturday of the month at 2 p.m.
Nooner Tours – Wednesdays and Fridays at noon (30-minute tour focused on a different topic every week)
School Tours – available for students in kindergarten through college
Special Request Tours – private tours (minimum 10 people) or tours in Spanish available with two weeks’
notice.
Access Programs and Tours
Various programs and services are available, either regularly or on request, to serve visitors with additional needs. Included with
museum admission.
• DAM Tactile Tours, offered on request, feature touchable materials and description for visitors who are blind or
have low vision. Custom Access Tours are available with prior notice, and sign language interpretation can
be scheduled for any museum tour, program or event. At least two weeks’ notice required for these three
programs.
• Tactile Tables, with touchable materials for visitors who are blind or have low-vision, also are offered regularly.
• New program – ASL Tours are offered on the third Saturday of each month. This 45-minute, docent-led tour
includes a selection of the museum’s most noteworthy objects in both the North and Hamilton buildings.
• Art & About Tours, designed for visitors with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia and their care partners, are
offered every other month. Museum admission and the tour are free; space must be reserved through the
Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter; call 303-813-1669 for details.
• Special in-gallery and select exhibition materials, including transcription, Braille and large-print options, are
available for low-vision visitors.
• Wheelchairs are available on a first-come basis at no charge at the welcome desk.
VISITOR INFORMATION
The Denver Art Museum is located in downtown Denver on 13th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock. The
museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
(until 10 p.m. during Untitled Final Fridays); closed Mondays, July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Enter the Cultural
Complex Garage from 12th Avenue just west of Broadway or check the DAM website for up-to-date parking
information. For information in Spanish, call 720-913-0169. For ticket prices, general museum information and
registration, call 720-865-5000 or visit the museum’s website at www.denverartmuseum.org. General admission is
free on the first Saturday of each month. Free First Saturdays are sponsored by Target and made possible by the
citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).
DENVER ART MUSEUM
The Denver Art Museum is an educational, nonprofit resource that sparks creative thinking and expression through
transformative experiences with art. Its holdings reflect the city and region—and provide invaluable ways for the
community to learn about cultures from around the world. Denver metro citizens support the Scientific and Cultural
Facilities District (SCFD), a unique funding source serving hundreds of metro Denver arts, culture and scientific
organizations. For museum information, call 720-865-5000 or visit www.denverartmuseum.org.
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Page 1 (l-r): William Matthews (American, b. 1949), Hard Candy, 1995. Watercolor on paper; 29-1/2 x 21-1/2 in. Lent by Graeme and Norah Bretall, Ketchum, Idaho./ Vincent Van Gogh, (Dutch, 1853–
1890; active in France), Vase with Cornflowers and Poppies, 1887. Oil on canvas, 31-1⁄2 × 26-3⁄8 in. Triton Collection Foundation. / Andrew Wyeth, Faraway (detail), 1952. Drybrush. © Andrew Wyeth.
Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection / Joan Miró, Woman, Bird, and Star (Homage to Pablo Picasso (Femme, oiseau, étoile [Homenatge a Pablo Picasso]), Feb. 15, 1966/April 3-8, 1973. Oil paint on
canvas; overall: 96-7/16 × 66-15/16 in., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris, 2015. / Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione,
A presumed self-portrait, 1640s. Etching, platemark; overall: 188 x 138 mm. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2015. / Fritz Scholder, Super Indian No. 2, 1971. Oil on canvas.
Promised gift of Vicki and Kent Logan to the Denver Art Museum. ©Estate of Fritz Scholder.
Joan Miró, Woman Entranced by the Escape of Shooting Stars (Femme en transe par la fuite des étoiles filantes), 1969. Acrylic paint on canvas; overall: 76-3/4 × 51-3/16 in. Museo Nacional Centro de
Arte Reina Sofía, © Successio Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, ADAGP, Paris, 2015.
Jamie Wyeth, Portrait of Lady, 1968. Oil on canvas. Alexander M. Laughlin Family Trust. ©Jamie Wyeth.
Man viewing Ben Jackel’s Pay Attention, 2012. Pine wood and graphite; 162 x 64 x 11 in. (411.5 x 162.6 x 27.9 cm). Copyright Ben Jackel. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
Barbara Bosworth, Rosemary’s cut, Lochsa River Valley, 1996. ©Barbara Bosworth.
John DeAndrea, Linda, 1983. Oil polychrome paint on polyvinyl. Denver Art Museum.
Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti, 1969), Tahu Figure (Revolt Series), 2012. Clay, slip, leather and wild spinach paint. Promised gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the collection of the Denver Art Museum.
Francisco Alvarado-Juárez, Beetle #2, acrylic on paper, 2014-2015. Courtesy of the artist.
Mark Adams (American, 1925–2006), Flight of Angels, woven by M. and Mme. Paul Avignon, 1962. Wool and cotton tapestry. Denver Art Museum, Neusteter Textile Collection: Gift of the E. Mark
Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust .
Alec Soth, Katelyn, Marine Recruit, Westminster, 2013. © Alec Soth
Kutlug Ataman, The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read, installation view Istanbul Modern, 2010. Photo courtesy and ©the artist.
Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954), Open Window, Collioure, 1905. Oil on canvas; overall: 55.3 x 46 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.), framed: 71.1 x 62.2 x 5.1 cm (28 x 24 1/2 x 2 in.). Collection of Mr. and Mrs.
John Hay Whitney, 1998.74.7. © 2014 Succession H. Matisse / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Flamingo brooch worn by the Duchess of Windsor. Cartier Paris, special order, 1940. Platinum, diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, citrine; 9.65 x 9.59 cm. Cartier Collection. Photo: Nils Herrmann,
Cartier Collection © Cartier.
Jason Rogenes, V3H1CL3, 2014. V3H1CL3 is organized by the DAM in collaboration with the artist. Sound elements created in collaboration with musical engineer Don Fierro.
School House and Pine Trees quilt, Virginia, about 1900. Cotton. Denver Art Museum, Neusteter Textile Collection: Gift of Guido Goldman.
Kent Monkman, Fisher River Band Cree, Lot’s Wife, 2012. Fiberglass, Styrofoam, wood, taxidermy deer, artificial grass, and video projection. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the
Denver Art Museum.
Tsuishu Yozei XX (Tsuishu Toyogoro), 1880–1952, Incense Container (kogo) with Vine and Berries (sanekazura). Kyoto; Taisho period, about 1916–26. Lacquer. Denver Art Museum; Sam F. and
Freda R. Davis Charitable Trust.
Rupprecht Matthies, Being Home?, 2009 and 2011. Foam, Plexiglas, wood, fabric, Styrofoam, and acrylic paint. Denver Art Museum; Museum purchase with funds from Nancy Benson. © The artist.
Juan Gris, Nature morte à la bouteille de Bordeaux (Still life with a bottle of Bordeaux), 1919. Oil paint on canvas. Denver Art Museum; Gift of Marion G. Hendrie.
Juan Rodríguez Juárez, St. Rose of Lima with Christ Child and Donor (detail). Mexico, circa 1700. Oil on canvas. Denver Art Museum, Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer.
Sepik River Region artist, Papua New Guinea, Loincloth (detail), early 1900s. Bark and paint. Denver Art Museum; Native Arts acquisition fund.
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