Photographer Terri Weifenbach finds inspiration in the natural world. From noble trees and elegant flowers to powerful clouds and the twirling acrobatics of birds, her work shows reverence for nature. The interplay of crisp focus and dissolving forms in her poetic pictures illuminate details we can clearly understand while also reminding us nature is filled with mystery and wonder.
Bookmaking has always been central to Weifenbach’s work—throughout her career, she has published over twenty photobooks. She was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2015 and her photographs have been widely exhibited internationally. Terri Weifenbach was born in New York City, raised in Washington D.C., and now lives and works in France. (less)
Photographer Terri Weifenbach finds inspiration in the natural world. From noble trees and elegant flowers to powerful clouds and the twirling acrobatics of birds, her work shows reverence for nature. The interplay of crisp focus and dissolvi (more)
In his work, which is part-autobiography and part-fantasy, photographer Tommy Kha explores fragmentation, the immigrant experience, and the evolving nature of identity. He reflects on family history, his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, his own life, and how the past reverberates in the present. Often infused with a sense of humor, Kha’s performative photographs playfully include himself, or extensions of himself in the forms of a mask or cutouts, in scenes before the camera, questioning what shapes identity and challenging the ways it can be represented in photography.
He is the 2021 recipient of the Next Step Award and his monograph Tommy Kha: Half, Full, Quarter was published by Aperture in 2023. Tommy Kha lives and works between Brooklyn, NY and Memphis, TN and currently teaches at Yale University. (less)
In his work, which is part-autobiography and part-fantasy, photographer Tommy Kha explores fragmentation, the immigrant experience, and the evolving nature of identity. He reflects on family history, his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, his ow (more)
Art, Grand Narratives, and Lived Histories: A Conversation with Kent Monkman
Join artist Kent Monkman and curator John Lukavic for a conversation about Monkman’s new exhibition, “History is Painted By the Victors,” at the Denver Art Museum. For the first time ever, Monkman’s work is presented in the United States on a grand scale. His work brings history firmly into the present, using sly humor and flair to look critically at the stories that shape our society. Listen as they discuss Monkman’s artistic practice, his use of visual citations that draw from global art histories, the importance of learning more complete histories that are inclusive of intentionally marginalized voices, and how this exhibition came together. (less)
Join artist Kent Monkman and curator John Lukavic for a conversation about Monkman’s new exhibition, “History is Painted By the Victors,” at the Denver Art Museum. For the first time ever, Monkman’s work is presented in the United States on a (more)
Join us for a thought-provoking lecture on how art played a crucial role in shaping the nationalization of the East India Company between 1813 and 1858. Tom Young will examine how new artistic production in colonial India—driven by emerging technologies like lithography and steam navigation, as well as middle-class print formats such as periodicals, scrapbooks, and literary annuals—contributed to the destabilization of the Company’s political legitimacy. Young will also explore the influence of amateur sketching among Company employees and the broader impact of visual culture on British colonial governance. (less)
Join us for a thought-provoking lecture on how art played a crucial role in shaping the nationalization of the East India Company between 1813 and 1858. Tom Young will examine how new artistic production in colonial India—driven by emerging t (more)
Insight: Honoring Kirkland, Celebrating the Future
Join museum staff in a behind-the-scenes look at the Kirkland and DAM merger. Celebrate the Kirkland's unique history and collections, and get a glimpse at what's in store for the future.
Shiva Ahmadi orchestrates exquisitely crafted scenes of beauty and terror. Her vibrant fantasy realms are, upon closer inspection, macabre theaters of conflict where faceless figures engage in endless cycles of struggle and pain. Combining luminous colors and mystical beings with violent imagery, Ahmadi creates watercolor paintings, sculptures, and digital animations that illuminate global issues of migration, war, and brutality against marginalized peoples. Her work is informed by current events in the Middle East and the US, and inspired by Iranian, Turkish, and Indian book and miniature painting traditions.
In 2016, Ahmadi received the Anonymous Was A Woman Award and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her work is in the collections of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Dallas Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. (less)
Shiva Ahmadi orchestrates exquisitely crafted scenes of beauty and terror. Her vibrant fantasy realms are, upon closer inspection, macabre theaters of conflict where faceless figures engage in endless cycles of struggle and pain. Combining lu (more)
Stephen Prina is an art polymath. Since the late 1970s, Prina has moved nimbly between the disciplines of painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and music. His projects reference art history, personal biography, and musical compositions that shift and change depending on the context in which they are presented. Prina often appropriates the work of other artists, exploring the post-studio afterlife of objects and recordings presented in galleries and museums, and received by critics and historians of art. Through his engagement with these works, Prina highlights the shifting nature of art’s reception and interpretation across time. (less)
Stephen Prina is an art polymath. Since the late 1970s, Prina has moved nimbly between the disciplines of painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and music. His projects reference art history, personal biography, and musical compositi (more)
Looking Out, Looking In: Legacies of the Masuda Collection
The Provenance Research Department is excited to present Looking Out, Looking In: Legacies of the Masuda Collection. Provenance Research Fellow Mac Coyle will highlight works at the Denver Art Museum from the collection of Baron Masuda Takashi (1848-1938). President of Mitsu Company, Masuda was an avid collector during Japan’s transformative Meiji period (1868-1912) who assembled one of the most impressive and influential holdings of Japanese art—the legacy of which can still be felt in Japan’s cultural patrimony laws and in Japanese art collections worldwide. (less)
The Provenance Research Department is excited to present Looking Out, Looking In: Legacies of the Masuda Collection. Provenance Research Fellow Mac Coyle will highlight works at the Denver Art Museum from the collection of Baron Masuda Takash (more)
As a form of communication, art has the power to provoke, ask important questions, and call for change. In this we’ll look at artists as observers of and participants in contemporary life. Explore their visual interrogation of politics, identity, and history and celebrate their diverse creative voices. We’ll also ask what happens to the human creative voice and agency with the rise of AI. (less)
As a form of communication, art has the power to provoke, ask important questions, and call for change. In this we’ll look at artists as observers of and participants in contemporary life. Explore their visual interrogation of politics, ident (more)
