Denver Art Museum (Denver, USA)

Description: Address: 100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy / Denver / Colorado / 80204 USA / It houses an enormous collection of American Indian ... more

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Newest Review: ... by really famous British artists included in this collection. My personal favourite was a floating man by Anthony Gormley and a giant blue wall-mounted bowl by Anish Kapoor. There was even a jokey Damien Hirst giant ashtray to giggle over though looking back I can't help but think it's a bit less stylish after something very similar was used in last year's Big Brother. We also found several ... more

... brightly coloured 'bar code' sculptures that were very interesting. The slightly less modern part of the modern and contemporary collection included lots of Andy Warhols. We were a bit irritated by all the 'Pah! Call that art!' comments from some o...more

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Denver Art Museum (Denver, USA): Something for Everyone - it's DAM good (1275 words)
by - written on 30/04/09 (Very useful, 136 readings)
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Last May we went to Colorado on holiday but were pitifully poor about spending any time in Denver despite staying nearby. So we set off to blitz the major attractions in one day before we ran out of holiday. After leaving the Colorado State Capitol building, we headed off for some lunch and then to the Denver Art Museum nearby. My friend Kris who we were staying with had shown me lots of photos of the museum but all taken from the outside - he was clearly more interested in the architecture than in the art inside. So I knew to expect some pretty funky architecture but nothing about the art collection. If you live in the UK where most of the major state museums ... Read the complete review