“Angelic Trouble Makers”

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This title comes from a piece of art I saw at the Denver Art Museum today (5/13/23) by Nari Ward. The new Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries opened yesterday and I visited the galleries today. I saw many fantastic works and I really love this piece by Ward- an artist based out of NY. I highly recommend, if modern art is your thing, to give the new galleries a look-see. It feels like it has been a while since the more modern part of the museum has been updated but now it has been and with great effect. They have replaced most of the older seen it a million times works with some tried and true pieces from the likes of Joan Mitchell, Elaine de Kooning, Keith Haring, Frank Stella, Dan Flavin and a pretty fantastic wall of small pieces by O’keefe, Picasso, Braque, Miró…you get the picture. There’s some real historical weight to the things on display- pieces that you might want to see again and again. I’m grateful that my local favorite museum- a place that excels at the thoughtfully curated special exhibitions- has put together a modern collection that really is a joy to peruse. https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/modern-and-contemporary-art-galleries

-amy 5/13/23