Feld Thoughts (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
I have seen my lifetime supply of slides like the following: My good friend Bruce Wyman - the Director of Technology at the Denver Art Museum - has a thoughtful post up this morning titled Simplification of Things, Part 1 of Some . In it, he shows us a better way to communicate what this slide doesn't.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Staying hydrated is especially important when temperatures are as high as they are now.
Hack A Day (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Filed under: news Bubbloo is an interactive display at the Denver Art Museum. They appear to be embracing a more interactive approach to displaying some of their art and information. One of their displays, shown above, features a pair of projection systems working together to make a game. As you pop the bubbles, the artwork is displayed. You can see it definitely helps keep the kids amused. While...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Companies and industry groups plan to use the Democratic National Convention to showcase issues and promote themselves while others are counting on the schmoozing opportunities.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Most restaurateurs in town are hoping to lure the politicos, delegates, superdelegates and bold names to their mess halls during the Democratic National Convention.
Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The ABA Section of Employment and Labor Law will be having its second annual CLE conference in Denver September 10-13, 2008. And the host committee writes: As the Denver Host Committee, we would like to encourage you to register for...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Dems are coming! The Dems are coming!
peterme.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
At FOO Camp I met Bruce Wyman, the Director of Technology at the Denver Art Museum (He occasionally blogs on the Museum’s site.). For the past few years at UX Week, we’ve had museums (first in D.C., now in SF) share with us how they design for experience. Had I met Bruce a few months [...]
UPTOWNflavor (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
July 17-October 26, 2008 The World Stage: Africa, Lagos ~ Dakar is Kehinde Wiley’s (b. 1977) first solo exhibition at The Studio Museum in Harlem and features ten new paintings from his multinational “The World Stage” series. Wiley is known for his stylized paintings of young, urban African-American men in poses borrowed from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The Association of Art Museum Directors is investigating the Denver Art Museum’s purchase of an 1892 painting by Thomas Eakins in April.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
"Two committees of the Association of Art Museum Directors are looking into ethical issues surrounding the Denver Art Museum's April purchase of an 1892 painting by famed American painter Thomas Eakins. To fund the acquisition, the museum struck an unorthodox deal with billionaire Denver collector Philip Anschutz. In return for a financial donation, he received 50 percent ownership in the painting...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
The latest: Yesterday I reported that the Association of Art Museum Directors is examining the Denver Art Museum's recent Eakins-Deas-Anschutz transaction. Today the Denver Post picked up the story: Kyle MacMillan says that AAMD's focus will be discussed today at a previously-scheduled meeting of the museum's board. In yesterday's post I wrote that AAMD is examining Denver's arrangement in the context...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
This morning MAN reported that AAMD was looking into the unusual arrangement between the Denver Art Museum and local billionaire businessman Philip Anschutz. Continuing discussion thereof... One of the most unusual aspects of the Anschutz-DAM arrangement is that a cloudy non-profit associated with Anschutz has bought 50 percent of a painting that's been in DAM's collection since 1999. So when a museum...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Two committees of the Association of Art Museum Directors are investigating the Denver Art Museum's recent partial deaccessioning of Charles Deas' Long Jakes [right] to a nebulous non-profit controlled by Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz, MAN has learned. At question is whether the DAM-Anschutz arrangement is in compliance with AAMD guidelines as outlined in AAMD's "Professional Practices in Art...
et alli. (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Speaking Personally Just returned from the 2008 US Mensa Annual Gathering in Denver. It was my third AG in thirty years. The others were 1978 in Kansas City and 1995 in St. Louis. It was four and one half days...
