A 3D art installation was approved by Aspen City Council on Tuesday to take over the northern face of the Aspen Art Museum next summer.The installation will pay homage to Aspen’s mountain landscape while allowing museum visitors the option of viewing the piece without entering the building. It was created by Italian artist Gaetano Pesce, 81, who visited Aspen the first time he came ...
A rendering of what the facade of the front of the Aspen Art Museum will look like next summer.Courtesy image The entire façade of the front side of the Aspen Art Museum will be covered next summer with an inflated vinyl and nylon wrap and LED lights to illuminate the imagery of a mountain landscape.Aspen City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the museum’s application ...
The Powers Art Center will host an Andy Warhol exhibition opening in late November. Courtesy photo The Powers Art Center in Carbondale will open an exhibit of Andy Warhol portraits and portfolios from the artist’s “Marilyn” and “Flowers” series.It will run from Nov. 30 through April 2022, running concurrently with the recently announced Aspen Art Museum show “Andy Warhol: Lifetimes” running Dec. 3 to ...
The Powers Art Center will host an Andy Warhol exhibition opening in late November. Courtesy photo The Powers Art Center in Carbondale will open an exhibit of Andy Warhol portraits and portfolios from the artist’s “Marilyn” and “Flowers” series. It will run from Nov. 30 through April 2022, running concurrently with the recently announced Aspen Art Museum show “Andy Warhol: Lifetimes” running Dec. 3 ...
Aspen Art Museum director Nicola Lees presents Mary Weatherford with the Aspen Award for Art at the ArtCrush gala on Aug. 6. Courtesy Aspen Art Museum The Aspen Art Museum’s ArtCrush auctions raised close to $4 million for the institution, according to a release sent Thursday.The tally set a record total for the annual fundraising event and gala, which had been canceled in 2019 ...
The Aspen Art Museum will be the sole venue in the U.S. for a unique Andy Warhol exhibition this winter, which will focus on the biographical underpinnings of the artist’s practice and expanding on lesser-known aspects of his work and persona. The announcement comes on the same day of the museum’s annual fundraiser ArtCrush and Warhol’s date of birth, Aug. 6. Warhol, who died ...
Becca Hoffman, managing director for Intersect Art and Design, would normally have at least a year to plan and prepare for an illustrious art fair like Intersect Aspen.Instead, she had three months.From Aug. 1 to Aug. 5, Intersect Aspen will return to town for a special pop-up edition, taking place in person at the Aspen Ice Garden. The contemporary art fair will showcase 30 galleries ...
The Aspen Thrift Shop’s artwork is prepared for the art sale at the Red Brick Center for the Arts in Aspen on Thursday, July 22, 2021. The sale is a culmination of two years of artwork and will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with a preview from 4-6 p.m. Friday. The sale has signed art and quirky finds, some of ...
