Great Art. Festive activities. Music. Snacks. Bring a friend and join us!
Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras, and Valentine's Day fall within a few days of each other this year. We're adding another reason to celebrate with the opening of three new exhibitions.
Check our website for more details as the date gets closer!
The exhibitions opening February 12 include:
Be Here Now: Conversations Between Objects
Be Here Now is the second exhibition in a series subtitled Conversations Between Objects, which provokes a dialogue between artworks that span different time periods and geographic locations. On view February 12 - March 19, 2016 at the CU Art Museum.
Image credit: Lou Stoumen, American (1917 - 1991), 'Be Here Now', Santa Monica, 1980, from the "Ordinary Miracles" series, gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches, Gift of Robert and Gail Carlsen, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder, 2012.04.17, Photo: Jeff Wells, ©Lou Stoumen Archive/Museum of Photographic Arts
Janelle Iglesias: Even a Simple Call Can Turn Into a Complex Racket
Our inaugural artist-in-residence explores the human impulse to collect and throw things away. On view February 12 - July 9, 2016 at the CU Art Museum.
Image credit: Janelle Iglesias, American (b.1980), detail (of stack mirror) from the space between earth and sky, site-sensitive installation at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2014, Photo courtesy and © Janelle Iglesias
Life and Afterlife: Selections from the King Collection of Ancient Chinese Art
This exhibition showcases artifacts dating to China's prehistoric beginnings through its classic imperial dynasties. On view February 12 - June 25, 2016 at the CU Art Museum.
Image credit: Unidentified artist, Han Dynasty, Figurine (of dog), 3rd century BCE - 3rd century CE, celadon glazed earthenware, 12 1/2 x 13 x 4 1/2 inches, Gift of Warren and Shirley King, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder, 2012.12.08a, Photo: Jeff Wells, © CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder
