Useless Sacrifice
Anna Uddenberg
Useless Sacrifice is a short film created by Berlin-based Swedish artist Anna Uddenberg that contemplates power dynamics, agency, and the pervasive influence of aspiration culture.
December 14, 2023
Holding Pattern
LA Samuelson
A new performance and installation work by LA Samuelson, experimenting with the ways in which narrative functions as topographical phenomena—built up and broken down by bodily experience.
October 13, 2023Pipelines Virtual Artist Talk
Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster
Join us for a Virtual Artist Talk with Pipelines artists Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster.
September 6, 2023Orisons Opening Celebration
Marguerite Humeau
Orisons opens to the public with a celebration at the nearby Frontier Drive-Inn, featuring special programs.
July 29, 2023Orisons
Marguerite Humeau
At 160 acres, Orisons marks one of the largest earthworks created by an individual woman artist to date, paying homage to the fragile ecosystem of Colorado’s San Luis Valley—the world’s largest alpine valley.
July 29, 2023Coryn Kempster + Julia Jamrozik on Pipelines in Downtown Denver
“Passersby have used [Pipelines] as a balance beam, a hangout spot, a parkour playground and a boxing ring, just to name a few. We think it is so important to create art in the public realm so that people from all walks of life have the opportunity to enjoy and interact with it, without going into an institutional space such as a museum."
June 2, 2023Pipelines
Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster
A temporary, outdoor art installation by Canadian artists Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster repurposing over 100 PVC water and sewer pipes commonly used for water infrastructure across the world.
April 25, 2023
Tree Talks (Album Release + Listening Party)
Ben Kinsley
Join us for the album release and listening party for Ben Kinsley's Tree Talks: Populus Tremuloides.
March 24, 2023WE ARE BODIES (The Archaeology Files)
Anuar Maauad
A selection of large-scale 3D-printed sculptures based on expressive, handmade clay self-portraits created by participants in workshops Maauad has led over the past thirteen years.
September 13, 2022La inclusión de mi raza (The inclusion of my race)
Gabriel Rico
A series of outdoor totemic sculptures by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico at Tail Tracks Plaza created using diverse objects donated by the Denver community and layered with an augmented reality (AR) component.
August 8, 2022Gabriel Rico on his Public Art Installation in Downtown Denver
"I think seeing ourselves as one helps us build a better functioning relationship with nature and also to rebuild the damaged relationship that exists among humans."
August 2, 2022Tree Talks (Summer)
Ben Kinsley
Seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree from a multitude of perspectives.
July 27, 2022
Edge Effect
Biennial of the Americas x Black Cube
Presented by the Biennial of the Americas with artistic direction by Black Cube, Edge Effect features a public art installation in Downtown Denver by artist Gabriel Rico and community programming.
July 20, 2022Go Skate Day
Community Forms
Celebrate Go Skate Day with Black Cube, 303 Boards, and TAXI at Community Forms.
May 24, 2022Tree Talks (Spring)
Ben Kinsley
Seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree from a multitude of perspectives.
May 23, 2022
Artist Fellow
Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik
Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. Loeppky-Kolesnik will be working collaboratively with Rindon Johnson throughout the duration of the fellowship.
May 5, 2022Artist Fellow
Rindon Johnson
Rindon Johnson is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. Johnson will be working collaboratively with Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik throughout the duration of the fellowship.
May 5, 2022
Clay Workshop
Anuar Maauad
A special workshop led by Mexico City-based artist and Black Cube Artist Fellow, Anuar Maauad.
March 3, 2022Tree Talks (Winter)
Ben Kinsley
Seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree from a multitude of perspectives.
December 2, 2021Tree Talks (Fall)
Ben Kinsley
Seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree from a multitude of perspectives.
October 8, 2021Historic Site
Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis
An absurdly long, permanent, bronze plaque that chronicles the 600-million-year history of the artists’ studio and new project space, Gallery Closed.
September 18, 2021movement toward the Other
Group Exhibition
Nine artists survey subjects of sex, love, hate, vulnerability, agency, and power dynamics to unveil vignettes of the interrelation between the self and not-self (Other).
August 7, 2021Adam Milner on Public Sculptures in NYC
“For me, the reason to be an artist is to stay open, stay uncertain, to nurture imagination, intuition, and criticality.”
July 1, 2021Public Sculptures
Adam Milner
A multi-site exhibition that presented discreet sculptures at thirteen sites across New York City, including a bodega, a cemetery, and a friend’s SUV.
June 7, 2021Matt Barton on his First Permanent Installation in Denver
“I was thinking of semi-permeable membranes, and the transfer of energy between people and things. The distinctions aren’t as rigid as we often think they are.”
May 17, 2021Community Forms
Matt Barton
An outdoor, permanent, sculptural installation that encourages freeform interaction and serves as a novel solution to flood mitigation.
May 10, 2021Artist Fellow
Marguerite Humeau
Marguerite Humeau is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. Humeau's site-specific fellowship project Orisons will open in 2023.
April 19, 2021
clock-watching: Interview w/ 7 Participating Artists
7 artists reflect on their projection-based works for Denver’s historic clock tower and how they perceive time amidst a global pandemic.
April 8, 2021Alejandro Almanza Pereda on the Making of his First Short Film
“Ordinary building seems artificial, homogeneous, so simple and cold that you might not notice it's made by human hands, where each brick is unique.”
January 20, 2021Virtual Book Launch: Black Cube’s First 5 Years
This programming is free and open to all. Registration is required.
November 23, 2020Artist VVrkshop by Paddy Johnson
This programming is free and open to all artists. Registration is required.
November 22, 2020Scott Andrew & Jesse Factor on Chimera
“Fascination with the mythological past, the digital present, and the cybernetic future informed ideas of an illusory, flamboyantly genderless fantasia.”
November 12, 2020Welcoming 2020 Artist Fellows Lenka Clayton & Phillip Andrew Lewis
“How can we tell a story of a site that begins before the land rose out of the ocean, and extends as far as scientists can predict into the future?”
September 22, 2020A Virtual Monument
Jaime Carrejo
Featured in the Garden del Rio Grande during the Ars Electronica Festival, this digital monument dedicated to immigrants could be experienced using VR technology.
September 9, 2020Impossible Sites: A COVID-19 Artist Relief Award
7 artists awarded from our 2nd COVID-19 Artist Relief Award share their concepts for imaginary—or “impossible”—public artworks.
August 7, 2020Alejandro Almanza Pereda Sets Up a New Studio in MX through Alumni Grant
“In my experience, in any moving you go through, you need to go through all your stuff…and you realize that you have a lot of gems that have been put on the side.”
August 5, 2020Interview w/ Philanthropist Sabrina Merage Naim
“Art is boundless and, in my experience, one of the most effective ways to create dialogue of sometimes sensitive or controversial issues.”
April 30, 2020Colorado Artists Answer Questions Posed at Black Cube’s Monthly Artist Brunch
“My hope was to start a larger conversation about how we together as artists can support and help artist-run spaces continue to sustain and grow.”
April 13, 2020Video Art — Open call for submissions
COVID-19 Artist Relief Award
Inviting Colorado-based artists to submit video work for a cash award, in an effort to support those impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
March 20, 2020Big Opening Event
Nina Sarnelle
A satirical video installation intended to puncture fanfare surrounding Amazon's widespread commercial development, presented at the 2020 SPRING/BREAK Art Show.
February 13, 2020Cadet Chapel | Chapel Cadet
Jaimie Henthorn
Filmed at the iconic United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, this video merged subjects of military drill, worship space, and electronic dance music.
January 23, 2020Inside the Cadet Chapel w/ Jaimie Henthorn
“I do think there is a charge to the work in the way it brings up power structures—architecture’s implicit involvement and the cadets’ vulnerability.”
January 21, 2020If once we ever were
Jaime Carrejo
Located in the plaza of the Colorado Convention Center, this sculpture was a temporary monument composed of chain-link fencing in the form of a triumphal arch. The fencing acted as a metaphor for boundaries—the delineation of private and public space, the division of geographical borders, and the separation of rights.
December 6, 2019Andreas Greiner on Monument for the 308
“For me, art is a way of metaphorically pointing out our human condition, the status quo of society at a certain moment in time.”
November 20, 2019Laura Merage on Black Cube’s New Colorado HQ
“I feel that the headquarters is a resource for a stronger art community and enhances our ability to accomplish that much more.”
October 25, 2019SANGREE on their Residency Abroad in Prague
“What we really liked about Prague’s art scene was its infrastructure. Specifically, the studio facilities that don’t, or barely, exist in Mexico City.”
October 6, 2019Our House
Noah Manos
Designed to gradually erode over time, this salt cast monument focused on concepts of memory, entropy, sense of place, and built environments.
September 27, 2019The Fulfillment Center
Group Exhibition
Eighteen artists presented a global perspective on the swiftly expanding subjects of digital economy, global transit, automation, and human labor ethics.
September 18, 2019Martin Kohout on his International Residency in Mexico City
Czech artist shares his residency experience in Mexico City via a voice typing assistant.
September 6, 2019Monument for the 308
Andreas Greiner
Comprised of 3D-printed bones, this 24-ft-tall sculpture of a Ross 308 broiler chicken skeleton stood as a symbol of the Anthropocene.
September 2, 2019WE
Nikki Pike
A temporary monument that opened with a series of live performances by nine cultural laborers who responded to aspects of power dynamics and underrepresentation.
July 12, 2019For Freedoms
Freedom of Speech
A large triptych of billboards that reinterpreted Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1943 Freedom of Speech painting to reflect the diversity of American identities today.
July 12, 2019Nikki Pike on her Temporary Monument to Denver
“The challenge comes with a hope that each person in their order of privilege will reconsider their prosperity and leverage privilege toward others who are fighting to survive.”
June 15, 2019Unearthed/Desenterrado
Adriana Corral
A traveling exhibition that called attention to historical and present-day human rights violations along the U.S.—Mexico border.
April 15, 2019Amber Cobb on Participating in Black Cube’s Talk With Your Mouth Full
“The conversations allowed us to open up as artists and tear down the facade we often see via social media.”
April 12, 2019All the Birds of North America
Jiří Kovanda
An intervention of objects turned sculptures meticulously placed within a 30’ RV and parking lot across from the Colorado State Capitol.
September 10, 2018Jon Geiger on Valley Boy
‘I’ve come to refer to the valley as my adopted home…I felt focusing my attention to this region of the state was the right avenue to explore.’
August 26, 2018Valley Boy
Jon Geiger
An exhibition comprised of whimsical sculptures and 2D assemblages that continued the artist’s interest in meditative Western landscapes.
August 17, 20186 Artists Discuss Using their Cars as Basis for Contemporary Artworks
“Even though my car is a very practical and common vehicle, I was still able to draw inspiration from it regarding a topic that I care about—namely, ethics in technology.”
August 13, 2018Drive-In: House of Cars
Group Exhibition
Located in a parking garage, the third Drive-In exhibition featured installations by 11 artists who explored the association between parked cars and their built environment.
August 1, 2018Interview w/ Black Cube’s Founder Laura Merage
“Black Cube has helped not only the public have more encounters with art, but has also encouraged artists to think differently and construct art using a new lens.”
July 9, 2018Matt Barton on his Aquaponics Installation at Understudy
“I was thinking of semi-permeable membranes, and the transfer of energy between people and things. The distinctions aren’t as rigid as we often think they are.”
July 6, 2018Devon Dikeou on her Black Cube Fellowship Exhibition in Prague
“There is something inspiring about things you don’t know that well, but can appreciate, and if that can enter your practice, so much the better.”
June 27, 2018Tricia Nixon: Summer of 1973
Devon Dikeou
Visually sparse, this exhibition held a ghost-like recollection of history, story, personal experience, and perceptions of American culture.
June 21, 2018John Roemer on his Billboard Installation in Baker-Miller Pink
“This work was always meant as an intervention. It was meant to replace advertisements and images that are meant to have influence on their viewers like billboards.”
June 18, 2018Between Us: The Downtown Denver Alleyways Project
Group Exhibition
Four artists produce public art installations for alleyways in downtown Denver, encouraging viewers to observe the overlooked parts of our urban environment.
June 15, 2018Kelly Monico on Installing Over 300 Cat Tchotchkes in Downtown Denver
“There is something inspiring about things you don’t know that well, but can appreciate, and if that can enter your practice, so much the better.”
June 15, 2018Soft Something
Matt Barton
An immersive multimedia installation that blurred the boundaries between gallery, greenhouse, and sanctuary.
June 8, 2018Animated Screens
Group Exhibition
Displayed on outdoor advertising screens, these videos subverted the traditional commercial use of digital billboards and confronted technology’s daily influence on our well-being.
June 1, 2018Adriana Corral on Producing a Counter Monument along the U.S.—Mexico Border
“My wish is for the memory of those who have come before us to be seen from the horizon line, which has defined them for so long.”
March 12, 2018Joel Swanson on Conjugation of Being
“They are a symbol—perhaps a symptom—of urban life and car culture, but they also make me think of the ways that power and control is exercised on people in direct ways.”
February 14, 20184 Artists Share about the Relationship with their Cars
“My car is my office, my first impression, my emotional sponge, and an extension of my body itself. It is a physical place that allows my thoughts to manifest outside my mind and where I can speak them aloud.”
December 15, 2017Drive-In: Car Culture
Group Exhibition
In the second Drive-In exhibition, 12 artists respond to the theme of vehicles as a form of escape or freedom—a marketing tactic commonly used in the automobile industry.
December 8, 2017Joel Swanson & Laura Shill on Exhibiting during the 57th Venice Biennale
“Initially, it was intimidating to think about whether my work would translate across cultures, but once we got there and started working, I remembered that people, at their cores, are essentially the same everywhere—motivated by similar desires and fears.”
November 3, 2017Avalanche
Institute for New Feeling
A multifaceted project that included a performance, sound installation, and the invention of an enhanced water brand.
October 10, 2017Institute for New Feeling on Avalanche
“The primary question we get asked—with Avalanche, as with many of our other projects—is: Is it real? Is the filtration process depicted and the avalanche that results actually happening? We believe this type of scrutiny could be applied to any bottled water product if consumers dug deeply enough.”
September 5, 2017Car Talk w/ Artists in Drive-In: Personal Space
“I tend to sentimentalize many things, but I am also a realist, so I understand that nothing is forever, and objects are just things. This car has a lot of memories to it.”
August 17, 2017Drive-In: Personal Space
Group Exhibition
Located in a dirt construction lot, the first Drive-In exhibition invited 13 artists to expand on the concept of cars as an extension of personal identity.
August 13, 2017“Veiled and Unfurled” an essay by Andrew Berardini on Laura Shill’s
“The fabric folds and drapes, cinched it flows in straight lines and cascades into loose soft puddles. The curtain closes the stage, protects the magic of the ritual until the ceremony begins.”
May 7, 2017Unclassified Site Museum
SANGREE
An underground, fictional archeological discovery for an imaginary lost city that entangled written histories and perceived truths.
September 20, 2016Unearthed: Desenterrado
Adriana Corral
Located within the historic grounds of the Rio Vista Farm, this outdoor, counter-monument spoke to the deeply rooted history between the U.S. and Mexico.
March 9, 2018De esos polvos estos barros
Alejandro Almanza Pereda
A short film that examines the artisanal manufacturing of fired clay bricks in western Mexico.
February 26, 2021Words and Music
Martin Creed
Join us for a delightfully iconoclastic evening with the artist, musician, and Turner Prize-winner.
February 19, 2019Black Cube’s ED Discusses the Concept of MONUMENTAL
“By engaging artists and visual culture with this subject, the politics of remembering can unveil how we see public space and how we see ourselves fitting within it.”
November 21, 2019Artist-Run Space
Symposium
Taking its cue from recent shifts in Denver’s creative landscape, the Artist-Run Spaces symposium addresses the various trajectories of artist-run spaces alongside their evolving communities.
January 12, 2018Do-it-Yourself MFA: Alternatives in Higher Arts Education
Symposium
A four-day symposium, Alternatives in Higher Arts Education in Denver focused on the topic of higher educational models generated by artists.
January 11, 2017The Sometimes Pop Up Kiosk
Stephanie Kantor
A ceramic souvenir shop installation that repurposed an outdoor kiosk on Denver’s 16th Street Mall.
January 1, 2017Gold Hill Art Project
Molly Berger, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, and Eric Stewart
Situated in the historic Colorado mining town of Gold Hill, this outdoor exhibition responded to the local history and surrounding landscape through three diverse lenses.
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