A public intervention at the General John Alexander Logan Monument in Chicago's Grant Park that challenges the limited historical narratives of conventional monuments.

Brendan Fernandes is a 2022 Black Cube Artist Fellow. New Monuments | Chicago is a public intervention at Grant Park's General John Alexander Logan Monument, featuring a sculptural installation, a durational performance, and an interactive community component. Part of EXPO CHICAGO's IN/SITU Outside program. Free + open to the public.

Public Hours: April 10—13, 11:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. daily

Performance: April 12, 7:00 p.m.—10:00 p.m.
This evening performance is durational, meaning visitors can come and go any time during this window. Please dress accordingly for the weather.

Project Walkthrough: April 13, 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.
Featuring Brendan Fernandes in conversation with Cortney Lane Stell (Black Cube) and Victor Mongin (AIM Architecture).

Getting to the Monument (S Michigan Ave & E 9th St, Chicago, IL 60605)

Nearest public transit: Roosevelt Station (CTA Red, Orange, Green Lines); Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren (CTA Brown Line); Michigan & 9th St (1, 3, 4, X4 Buses); Divvy Bike docking station at Wabash Ave & 9th St

Metered street parking is available on E 9th St.

General John Alexander Logan Monument, S Michigan Ave & E 9th St, Chicago, IL 60605

Whitney Lynn is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. 

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Black Cube is a tax-deductible, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All our programming is free and open to the public, which wouldn’t be possible without our generous supporters. All tax-deductible donations go towards furthering our mission to produce ambitious art in the public realm. Help us to create access to art outside of museum walls by making a gift today. 

In-kind donations, also known as non-cash donations, can provide significant support to our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. These donations may involve the contribution of goods, services, or other non-monetary resources rather than cash. Reach out to us at hello@blackcube.art if you would like to support our nomadic art museum through an in-kind gift. 

As a museum without walls, collaboration is the only way our ambitious projects come to life. Each of our site-specific projects require key support from a host of collaborative partners, meaning we continually seek new communities to engage and interesting locations to site new art. If you are a community member that has a unique location in mind or are a mission-aligned organization that would like to team up, then email us at hello@blackcube.art. 

Anna Uddenberg is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. 

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. 

Online Film Premiere: December 14, 2023, 7:00 p.m. MT 
via Black Cube’s YouTube Channel 
Free, registration not required. 

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Useless Sacrifice was co-commissioned by Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum, The Perimeter (London), and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler (Berlin). The film marks the culmination of Anna Uddenberg’s Black Cube Artist Fellowship. 

2023 Marketing + Communications Internship  
 
Part-Time, Temporary, Paid

Application Deadline: January 15, 2023, 11:59 p.m. MT

Join us for a Virtual Artist Talk with Pipelines artists Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster.

September 6, 2023, 12:00 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. MT
Online via Zoom
Free + open to the public
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Join us for a Virtual Artist Talk with Pipelines artists Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster. Pipelines is presented by the Biennial of the Americas with artistic direction by Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum.

Orisons opens to the public with a celebration at the nearby Frontier Drive-Inn, featuring special programs.

July 29, 2023, 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. MT

4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Complimentary, rotating shuttles to Hooper, CO to see Orisons / Vinyl + Cocktails by ESP HiFi / Local Food Vendors from the San Luis Valley

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Walking Tours of Skylos with Ronald Rael (Architect)

6:00 p.m. | "The Making of Orisons" Panel Discussion with Sarah Jones (Jones Farms Organics), Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk (Montezuma Land Conservancy), and Cathy O'Neill (National Resources Conservation Service), moderated by Angella d'Avignon (Black Cube ArtTable Fellow)

7:00 p.m. | Artist Talk with Marguerite Humeau (Artist), moderated by Cortney Lane Stell (Black Cube ED + Chief Curator)

Frontier Drive-Inn, 105 E County Road 11 North Center, CO 81125

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.

On View: April 25—September 10, 2023
Opening Reception: April 25, 4:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. MT

Outdoors and on view 24/7. Free and open to the public.
This temporary artwork is presented by the Biennial of the Americas with artistic direction by Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum.

Plaza of the Americas, 1550 Wewatta St, Denver, CO 80202

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.

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 29, 2023
On View: July 2023—June 2025
Currently closed for the winter season

Marguerite Humeau is a 2021 Black Cube Artist Fellow. 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.

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. 

On View: September 1 – November 13, 2022

Opening Reception: September 1, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 

Presented by the Biennial of the Americas with artistic direction by Black Cube, Edge Effect features a temporary, public art installation by Gabriel Rico and community programming. 

Tail Tracks Plaza, 1550 Wewatta St, Denver, CO 80202

An underground, fictional archeological discovery for an imaginary lost city that entangled written histories and perceived truths. 

SANGREE were 2016 Black Cube Artist Fellows. In Unclassified Site Museum, the artists appropriated an abandoned, ground-level public plaza of a former bus station by fabricating an archeological excavation for an imaginary lost city. 

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.

Performances: October 13 & 14, 2023
Location: A-Lodge Boulder, 91 Fourmile Canyon Dr, Boulder, CO 80302

Nightly Schedule of Events:
7:00 p.m. | Doors Open
7:30 p.m. | Performance (40 minutes long)
8:30 p.m. | Artist Talk
10:00 p.m. | Close

Free + open to the public. Registration required due to limited seating capacity. Register →

A-Lodge Boulder, 91 Fourmile Canyon Dr, Boulder, CO 80302

Marguerite Humeau is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. Humeau's site-specific fellowship project Orisons will open in 2023.

Seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree from a multitude of perspectives.

August 5, 2022, 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. MT

The final of four seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree. The Summer talk features lectures by guest speakers Iddo Aharony, Brandon Vogt, and Gregory Ragland. 

Free, registration required. Register here →

Kenosha Pass, Colorado Trail Section #6 Trailhead, Forest Rd 849, Jefferson, CO 80456

June 5, 2022, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MT

The third of four seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree. The Spring talk features lectures by guest speakers De Lane Bredvik, Jaime Kopke, and Walt Pourier (Oglala Lakota). 

Free, registration required. Register here →

October 15, 2021, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MT

One of four seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree. Registration required. 

Kenosha Pass, Colorado Trail Section #6 Trailhead, Forest Rd 849, Jefferson, CO 80456 

January 16, 2022, 12:00 - 2:30 p.m. MT

The second of four seasonal talks organized by artist Ben Kinsley focused on understanding the Quaking Aspen tree. The Winter talk features lectures by guest speakers Marilyn A. Martorano, Christine Biermann, and Brian Linkhart. 

Free, registration required. Register here →

Our HQ is currently closed to the public. 

2925 S. Umatilla Street, Fl 2, 
Englewood CO, 80110

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“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."

An interview with Toronto-based artists Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik on the opening of Pipelines, a temporary, outdoor installation of over 100 PVC water and sewer pipes located in the newly renamed Plaza of the Americas in Downtown Denver.

Pipelines is presented by the Biennial of the Americas with artistic direction by Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum.

Coryn Kempster + Julia Jamrozik on Pipelines in Downtown Denver

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.

On View: October 7, 2022 - February 10, 2023

Visitor Hours: Open by appointment, Thursday - Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

WE ARE BODIES (The Archaeology Files) is curated by Cortney Lane Stell, Executive Director + Chief Curator of Black Cube. 

Black Cube Headquarters, 2925 S Umatilla St, Fl 2, Englewood, CO, 80110

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. 

On View: September 1 – November 13, 2022

Opening Reception: September 1, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Public Shipping Container Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Outdoors and on view 24/7. Free and open to the public. 

This artwork is a part of Edge Effect, a wider program presented by the Biennial of the Americas with artistic direction by Black Cube.  

La inclusión de mi raza (The inclusion of my race) 

"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."

An interview with Guadalajara-based artist Gabriel Rico on the opening of La inclusión de mi raza, a temporary, outdoor exhibition of 5 totemic sculptures in downtown Denver's Tail Tracks Plaza.

Gabriel Rico on his Public Art Installation in Downtown Denver

Join us for the album release and listening party for Ben Kinsley's Tree Talks: Populus Tremuloides.

March 24, 2023, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. MT

6:00 p.m. | Doors open
6:30 p.m. | Remarks from Black Cube and the artist
6:45 p.m. | Listening session begins (36 min.)

Save the date! Black Cube is releasing a sound work in vinyl record form with artist Ben Kinsley. Join us for the album release and listening party at the Black Cube Headquarters on March 24. 

Tree Talks (Album Release + Listening Party)

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. 

Adriana Corral was a 2017 Black Cube Artist Fellow. Unearthed: Desenterrado was an outdoor, site-specific work that spoke to the deeply rooted history between the U.S. and Mexico. Located within the historic grounds of the Rio Vista Farm, the installation featured a solitary 60-foot flagpole hoisting a large-scale white, cotton flag visible from El Paso and Juárez. 

Rio Vista Farm, 800 N Rio Vista Rd, El Paso, TX 79927

An absurdly long, permanent, bronze plaque that chronicles the 600-million-year history of the artists’ studio and new project space, Gallery Closed.  

Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis were 2020 Sabrina Merage Foundation Artist Fellows. The culmination of their fellowship consisted of three interrelated projects: an 8-foot-tall cast bronze plaque, an artist-run gallery space, and a year-long rotating group exhibition. Historic Site is a permanent art installation that is always on view. 

1733 Lowrie Street, Troy Hill, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Our ever growing list of fellows and alumni. 

Celebrate Go Skate Day with Black Cube, 303 Boards, and TAXI at Community Forms. 

 Located adjacent to the pool and volleyball court. Visitor parking available on site. Free, open to the public.

TAXI Campus, 3455 Ringsby Ct, Denver, CO 80216

A short film that examines the artisanal manufacturing of fired clay bricks in western Mexico. 

Black Cube premiered the film followed by an interview with the artist and José Esparza Chong Cuy, the Executive Director of the Storefront of Art and Architecture. The film was featured in the 2021 Guanajuato International Film Festival. To schedule a screening or view the film, contact us at hello@blackcube.art.  

Lauren Halsey is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. 

This programming is free and open to all. Registration is required.

Thursday, December 3, 2020 — 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. MT

Virtual Book Launch: Black Cube’s First 5 Years

Julie Béna is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. 

Join us for a delightfully iconoclastic evening with the artist, musician, and Turner Prize-winner.

Join us for a delightfully iconoclastic evening with artist, musician, and Turner Prize-winner Martin Creed.

RSVPs are required, the event is free but donations will be accepted at the door. All donations will help directly fund the event. RSVP here.

Black Cube Headquarters, 2925 S Umatilla St, Englewood, CO 80110

“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?” 

Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis, 2020 Artist Fellows, spoke to us about their plans to work collaboratively to create a site-specific artwork that embodies diverse perspectives in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.

Welcoming 2020 Artist Fellows Lenka Clayton & Phillip Andrew Lewis

Inviting Colorado-based artists to submit video work for a cash award, in an effort to support those impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

“Fascination with the mythological past, the digital present, and the cybernetic future informed ideas of an illusory, flamboyantly genderless fantasia.”

Scott Andrew was a 2017 Artist Fellow (as part of the collective Institute for New Feeling) and one of four artists to receive our 2020 Alumni Grant. Scott shares how he used the funding to develop a collaborative project, Chimera, with dancer Jesse Factor. 

“For me, the reason to be an artist is to stay open, stay uncertain, to nurture imagination, intuition, and criticality.” 

An interview with 2019 Artist Fellow, Adam Milner, on the opening of Public Sculptures, a dispersed exhibition featuring thirteen sculptures sited throughout NYC.

“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.” 

Black Cube’s Executive Director + Chief Curator, Cortney Lane Stell, interviewed 2018 Artist Fellow, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, about his fellowship project that took the form of a short film entitled De esos polvos estos barros. The film was produced in Magdelena, Mexico in 2020 and released in February 2021.

Alejandro Almanza Pereda on the Making of his First Short Film 

7 artists reflect on their projection-based works for Denver’s historic clock tower and how they perceive time amidst a global pandemic. 

An interview with 7 artists about their projection-based video work on Denver’s historic clock tower and how they perceive time amidst a global pandemic.  An interview with 7 artists about their projection-based video work on Denver’s historic clock tower and how they perceive time amidst a global pandemic.

clock-watching: Interview w/ 7 Participating Artists 

Rindon Johnson is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. Johnson will be working collaboratively with Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik throughout the duration of the fellowship. 

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. 

A special workshop led by Mexico City-based artist and Black Cube Artist Fellow, Anuar Maauad. 

Monday, March 21, 2022 
5:00 – 8:00 p.m. MST 

This indoor workshop is free and open to all ages. Due to limited capacity, registration is required. Masks are optional. Register here →

Black Cube Headquarters, 2925 S. Umatilla St., Floor 2, Englewood, CO 80110

Brendan Fernandes is a current Black Cube Artist Fellow. 

An outdoor, permanent, sculptural installation that encourages freeform interaction and serves as a novel solution to flood mitigation. 

Matt Barton was a 2021 Black Cube Artist Fellow. This project is an outdoor, permanent, sculptural installation that encourages freeform interaction, creative play, and exploration. In addition to its playful use, Barton’s abstract forms also serve as a novel solution for flood mitigation. Community Forms is permanent and always open. 

TAXI, 3455 Ringsby Ct, Denver, CO 80216 

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.

Taking its cue from recent shifts in Denver’s creative landscape, with new artist-run spaces opening and the closing of a number of well-respected venues, the Artist-Run Spaces symposium in Denver, Colorado addresses the various trajectories of artist-run spaces alongside their evolving communities.

A four-day symposium, Alternatives in Higher Arts Education in Denver focused on the topic of higher educational models generated by artists. 

In the midst of a higher educational atmosphere, characterized by cycles of often insurmountable debt for both students and professors, as well as an increasingly homogenized system of professionalization, developing alternative approaches to arts education becomes all the more relevant.

Do-it-Yourself MFA: Alternatives in Higher Arts Education

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. 

Adam Milner was a 2019 Black Cube Artist Fellow. Public Sculptures was a public, multi-site exhibition in New York City across Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. The exhibition presented thirteen sculptures at thirteen sites, including a bodega, a cemetery, and a friend’s SUV. 

“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.” 

Black Cube’s Curatorial Intern, Livy Snyder, interviews Black Cube’s Executive Director + Chief Curator, Cortney Lane Stell, about MONUMENTAL—a temporary rotating exhibition of monuments in Denver, Colorado.  

Black Cube’s ED Discusses the Concept of MONUMENTAL 

“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.” 

Black Cube interviews Adriana Corral about her fellowship project sited at the historic Rio Vista Farm in Texas that speaks to the deeply rooted history between the United States and Mexico. 

Adriana Corral on Producing a Counter Monument along the U.S.—Mexico Border

“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.”

We interviewed four artists who participated in the 2nd Drive-In: Car Culture—Graham Eschen, Donald Fodness, Chrissy Espinoza, and Theresa Anderson—who each provided insight about the vehicle they used in the one-night experimental exhibition. 

4 Artists Share about the Relationship with their Cars

“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.” 

We spoke with 2018 Artist Fellow, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, about how he used his Alumni Grant to set up a new studio in Guadalajara, MX.

Alejandro Almanza Pereda Sets Up a New Studio in MX through Alumni Grant 

Czech artist shares his residency experience in Mexico City via a voice typing assistant.

Mariana Mañón caught up with Czech artist Martin Kohout about his residency in Mexico City, which was part of an international residency exchange program organized by Black Cube and Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA. 

Martin Kohout on his International Residency in Mexico City

“For me, art is a way of metaphorically pointing out our human condition, the status quo of society at a certain moment in time.” 

Black Cube’s Executive Director + Chief Curator Cortney Lane Stell interviews German artist Andreas Greiner about his work Monument for the 308—a 24-foot-tall sculpture of a broiler chicken skeleton now on view at the Denver Public Library. 

Andreas Greiner on Monument for the 308 

“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.” 

Cortney Lane Stell, Black Cube’s Executive Director + Chief Curator, interviews Colorado Springs artist, Matt Barton, on his interactive aquaponics installation Soft Something at Understudy, as part of a city-wide project with the Denver Theatre District. 

Matt Barton on his Aquaponics Installation at Understudy

‘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.’ 

We interviewed Black Cube Alum, Jon Geiger, on his Alumni Project that opened at RedLine Contemporary Art Center. 

“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.” 

Laura Merage is an artist, philanthropist, and the Founder of Black Cube. For over a decade, she has made a profound impact on Denver’s visual arts community, including launching RedLine Contemporary Art Center in 2008. 

Interview w/ Black Cube’s Founder Laura Merage

“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.” 

Black Cube interviews Kelly Monico on her site-specific installation comprised of 300 cat figurines installed throughout an alleyway in downtown Denver. 

Kelly Monico on Installing Over 300 Cat Tchotchkes in Downtown 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.” 

We spoke with Denver-based artist Nikki Pike about her work WE, a commission for Black Cube’s Special Project, Temporary Monuments to Denver.

Nikki Pike on her Temporary Monument to Denver

“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.” 

Black Cube interviews John Roemer on his triptych billboard installation in downtown Denver and the significance of the color called Baker-Miller Pink. 

John Roemer on his Billboard Installation in Baker-Miller Pink

7 artists awarded from our 2nd COVID-19 Artist Relief Award share their concepts for imaginary—or “impossible”—public artworks.

Impossible Sites was Black Cube’s 2nd COVID-19 relief award intended to support artists living and working in the U.S. financially impacted by the pandemic. Impossible Sites invited artists to share sketches of ambitious, imaginary, or “impossible” public artworks for existing, unique sites anywhere in the world.

Impossible Sites: A COVID-19 Artist Relief Award

“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.”

Black Cube interviewed 2018 Artist Fellow Jaimie Henthorn about her experience producing a film inside Colorado’s iconic United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. 

Inside the Cadet Chapel w/ Jaimie Henthorn

“Art is boundless and, in my experience, one of the most effective ways to create dialogue of sometimes sensitive or controversial issues.” 

We interviewed philanthropist Sabrina Merage Naim about supporting Black Cube’s first named fellowship, the Sabrina Merage Foundation Artist Fellowship, which will focus on artists exploring the expansive area of diversity and inclusivity. 

Interview w/ Philanthropist Sabrina Merage Naim

“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.” 

Curators, Cortney Lane Stell and Ruth Bruno, ask the artists in the first Drive-In: Personal Space exhibition to give insight into their “personal space” and discuss the relationship to the car they are exhibiting. 

Car Talk w/ Artists in Drive-In: Personal Space

“The conversations allowed us to open up as artists and tear down the facade we often see via social media.” 

Black Cube’s Curatorial Intern, Livy Snyder, interviews Denver artist, Amber Cobb, on participating in the org’s monthly artist brunch. 

Amber Cobb on Participating in Black Cube’s Talk With Your Mouth Full

“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.”

Black Cube organized an international residency exchange in Prague for our Alumni SANGREE. Black Cube’s Program Manager, Hannah James, interviews the artist duo on their time in Prague and how it influenced their practice.  

SANGREE on their Residency Abroad in Prague

“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.” 

Black Cube’s brunches for Denver-based artists focus on fostering artist generated conversation. The program was paused due to the pandemic, so we circled back with many of the featured artists to get their responses to the questions they had posed at previous brunches. 

Colorado Artists Answer Questions Posed at Black Cube’s Monthly Artist Brunch

An interview with 2020 Artist Fellow, Matt Barton, about realizing Community Forms—the Colorado Springs-based artist’s first outdoor permanent artwork designed for a mixed-use community space within Denver’s Globeville neighborhood. 

Matt Barton on his First Permanent Installation in Denver 

“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.” 

An excerpt by Andrew Berardini originally published in Issue One of WVW. 

“Veiled and Unfurled” an essay by Andrew Berardini on Laura Shill’s 

This interview is written by Hayley Richardson and excerpted from Zing Magazine. The interview touches on Devon Dikeou’s solo exhibition in Prague and her Black Cube Artist Fellowship. 

Devon Dikeou on her Black Cube Fellowship Exhibition in Prague

“I feel that the headquarters is a resource for a stronger art community and enhances our ability to accomplish that much more.”

Cortney Lane Stell, Black Cube’s Executive Director + Chief Curator, interviews Laura Merage, Black Cube’s Founder, about the nomadic art museum’s new HQ in Colorado. 

Laura Merage on Black Cube’s New Colorado HQ    

“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.” 

We spoke with artists Christopher Coleman, Joseph Coniff, Megan Gafford, Jaimie Henthorn, Marsha Mack, and Sophie Lynn Morris about the artworks they produced for Drive-In: House of Cars, Black Cube’s third exhibition in a series that employed vehicles as a basis for experimental contemporary art. 

6 Artists Discuss Using their Cars as Basis for Contemporary Artworks

“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.” 

Black Cube’s Executive Director + Chief Curator, Cortney Lane Stell, sat down with artist collective Institute for New Feeling to discuss their wider practice and fellowship project Avalanche.  

“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.” 

Black Cube’s Curatorial Intern, Stephanie Edwards, interviewed 2017 Artist Fellow, Joel Swanson, on his Alumni Project Conjugation of Being. 

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