{denver} art around town
April 20, 2012
One of the things I really appreciate about cities is their public art programs. Denver has quite a few statues and sculptures on display right on the street including the incredibly huge “The Dancers” in front of the Denver Performing Arts Complex. It’s not just a ginormous sculpture though, in fact, speakers surrounding the 25-ton steel and fiberglass figures continuously blast the song “Let’s Dance”.
Aside from all the colorful graffeti, I think my favorite out of all the free art I saw on the street (mostly along the 16th Street Mall) was the herd of colorful metal Buffalo lined up outside Market Station.
An artfully Denver photo adventure:
Dig the mural especially.
Me too. That would look good on my bedroom wall. Haha
I loved the angle u took on some of pictures. The second picture is one I would love to put up on my wall. The colors are so simple, but very beautiful.
You should check out the mural in Denver International Airport
The question is…. is it art?
STUNNING! My favorite is third from the bottom — such motion and grace. Love these all…
Great post. You took great pictures of the art around Denver.
love the kids on stilts! urban art is so fascinating
I love street art too (and street performance art). The grace of the first figures is quite something, isn’t it? Many thanks for sharing these
Amazing pictures! (;
These are brilliant works of art and you captured them in a very captivating way, thank you!
love the pictures. Thanks for posting.
I especially like the “upskirt” photo of the dancer; a nice touch. Love the woman whose hair turns into the crescent moon and the chess pieces as well. Very nice.
Niceeeeee…give urself a pat on the back, great photography!!! Peace from the otherside of the pond.
Love the pictures. I’d recently been thinking of moving to the Denver area. Thanks for sharing the pics.
Public art — the wildflowers of the art world. Nothing compares to it. Nicely composed photos. Congrats on Fresh Press.
Great Photos…Denver is one place I would love to visit. Thanks for sharing.
Love the photo’s, great shot’s…
Andy O.
My hometown! It’s awesome to see it through someone else’s eyes and remember just why I love this city so much.
amazing city! hope to visit soon!!
I adore street art, it’s so important to making a vibrant city.
Really great post! Brilliant photos. Good for Denver! So say we all
My favorite is the one where they’re on stilts, lthough I am a big fan of graffeti art.
i love graffetti, too!
I’ve always wanted to visit Denver! I’m even looking for jobs there, so that I have a reason to move…. but this is making me want to come out there even more! Ah!
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Hopefully this time next year I’ll be living in Denver!
The chess benches look pretty cool.
I haven’t been on the 16th St mall in awhile. Looks like I need to take a stroll! Thanks for posting…
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Dude you should check out some of the other great public art in Denver — the giant blue bear (convention center), the scary stallion on the way to the airport (which actually killed the guy who made it…no joke), the giant broom (downtown), and my personal favorite, the tiny palomino on a big red chair (on Bannock St).
GREAT pictures! I have a blog on WordPress @ heatcubreporter.com. Hope to go to Denver one day
Wow, those are really cool! I love me some MoDeRn ArT!!
Beautiful street art, A great place for art to be seen, art for all to see! Thanks for sharing the city, it looks great from ‘down under’.
Ohhh, you are making me miss Denver!
Haven’t seen her in 10 years and she is just getting more beautiful.
*sigh*
Thanks for sharing,
Laura
I am completed impressed by your shooting angle. You are absolutely an excellent photographer. Congrats on the FP. I would definitely love to live in a city where there is public art programs.
Great pictures!!! These make me miss Denver.
I am moving to Denver this summer! This just made me that more excited! I love the third one from the bottom as well as the Dancers! Can’t wait to see them in person!
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These are great
Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting camera angle on the second photo!
Introvegirl
You are right street art is great. I especially like pieces commissioned for central metro areas.
Hey, I also love public art and it’s something Bangkok really needs more of! Nice post, thank you!
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AWESOME photos! #LiveLoveLearn
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great photos, i really dig the second one.
Makes me want to visit Denver. I’m from the Philippines.
Amazing photos.
Fantastic
Awesome Art!!
Gratuitous sculpture and art sets a city aside as something special. Thanks for sharing these shots.
I’m going to Denver soon. Will have to chrck these out.
Your photos are pure poetry. Denver deserves a such fabulous clicks. Success and congratulations!
Wow! These are some very cool structures. Thanks for sharing. BTW, congrats on getting Pressed!!!
Wow cool pics
Love those sculptures. I hope to visit the Mile High City one day.
I have several friends who live in Denver…for them I am re-blogging! Wonderful visuals of why creative people love to live there!!!
I love your photo of the dancers looking up at them! I like the wee wall mural too, very funky and cute
I don’t see that much art in the streets from where I live, that’s why I’m always fascinated by cities who never fail to look artistic. Maybe the people there are so used to it that they don’t really notice it that much anymore, I’m not sure.
BTW, you take really good pictures. I love every one of them.
It really showed your admiration for the art found in the city and it made us admire the city too, even if some of haven’t been personally there yet. 
Thanks for your nice words! I totally agree. I think often times when we live in places for a long time or in our “own city” we don’t open our eyes and look around at all the art around us and truly admire where we live!
Yes. I’ve met some people who came from places with great art etc and when I tell them how lucky they must have been to be there and see it often, they’d just tell me they don’t really see it in that way. If I were in their place, I’d appreciate it all the more and be proud of it.
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Lovely pics
loving the mural the characters are so cute!!!! 
great post keep blogging!!! 
The angles and perspective of the photography is fantastic!
Wow nice mural painting! The rest of the art is also very interesting
The Mural painting is so awesome…i love the chess pieces and the children on stilts….Really great stuff
I was in Denver and Peublo two years ago…I still have yet to post some pictures, but now I really feel compelled to. They do have some marvelously artful public spaces.
Thanks for sharing.
You are right, this is what makes Denver so great! On future outings, make sure to capture the Blue Bear at the Convention Center! And thank you in advance for not taking a pic of the blue horse at the airport! Seriously, that sculpture is as horrific as the tragic story behind how it was made. Suffice to say, it was a sacrifice. Thanks for sharing your view of our town!
Congrats on being FP – I live in Denver at the moment and do lots of shots around town and many food reviews. If you are here for a bit longer I would be glad to suggest some great stuff. In fact here you go. I just made this list yesterday
I hope to see you around
Coffee-
1. Crema 2862 Larimer (downtown-ish) best coffee and coffee shop food in the city. Killer if a bit overrun with “walkers” (hipsters)
2. Happy Coffee – 1 South Broaway (opening soon and I have been to a preview) This place will do it right
Sushi
1. Sushi Den Denver 14?? South Pearl – A top 10 sushi experience in America – sit at the bar ask for Yasu or Toshi (owners) blow off the kitchen food and go for the fish only)
Asian
1. Cholon Bistro (blake street downtown) – may be best restaurant in Denver. Chef Lon Symensma’s shrine to the Singapore scene. Healthy, small plates, killer sake, and top flight people watching along with knockout food
2. Pho Duy – (Federal Blvd) best Pho I have had in USA (this coming from a serious Vietnam geek)
3. Lao Wang Noodle House – same shopping center as Pho Duy- best soup dumplings in city. slow service and not cheap but world class food
People Watching – plenty of douchery but great joints
1. Linger (highlands near DT) – Happy hour and sunset view of city is unmatched. Small plates of street foods arranged by Geography..killer small and affordable wine list
2. Euclid Hall – killer take on gastropub..awesome beers and great downtown location. This is a Denver staple
3. Falling Rock Tap House – best array of taps in the city
4. Wynkoop Brewing – the traditional Denver brew pub…great DT location
5, The Cheeky Monk – Belgian Ale House on Colfax – best fries in the city and wonderful Beligians on tap and bottle
6. El Camino – some solid New Mexican style cuisine and easily best Margaritas in the city
7. Pinche Tacos – (not kidding) upscale tacos and tequila bar..fun place and part of town
Great Food
1. Bittersweet – a remodeled gas station with really excellent food and nice wine list (best $100 meal in town)
2. The Kitchen – a Boulder transplant and a killer wine on tap program (killer and I mean killer brunch)
3. (Boulder) If you want to drive and if you can, you should – Frasca – easily the finest restaurant in Colorado. One of the top Italian restaurants in America and one of the most amazing wine lists. Worth the drive (seriously expensive..like NYC but incredible)
Let me know if you have any questions at all or if you need some more casual joints. I think most of these are not overpriced and most have lunch as well.
For breakfast people eat lots of Breakfast burritos (Huge and with Green chili)
Oh my God, I’m really impressed.
I’ve never been to Denver… Now I wanna visit!
Great photos. Good art too. Really Liked your shot from below in img -’Denver -art2′ – the white shapes/curves against the blue.
really like these!
I’m a Denver native and loved the pieces you featured.
Love the photos, especially the first one. And congrats foe being on freshly pressed.
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Wow! Denver’s got some pretty art city art!
My favourite in Vancouver were the laughing guys by the beach:
WOW, these are great photos!
That graffiti street art was siick. Good shots!
I love public art. We have a lot of public art in the city of 75,000 where I live. These are fun photographs.
thanks some interesting art
would be nice if I got to see some this one day soon, prehaps next year.
Wow! Denver’s got some pretty art city art!
Beautiful sculptures and you really shot them well.
Thanks for Sharing beautiful art
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What remarkable works of art and sculpture! I loved the mural…
Very beautiful sculptures thanx for sharing
Thank you. I really love these sculptures
I loved the Graffiti one! Such an amazing form of art. I don’t get why some people say that graffiti is a form of vandalizing, and someone who sticked newspapers together is called a piece art! I think people got it all wrong.
thanks for this lovely in sight into a city I don’t know anything about. Love the kids
Brings back memories of riding into town on the lightrail! I particularly like the woman and the circle.
Some great photos of the public art in Denver. I love the dancers.
I really love the sixth one. Great tribute to Denver!
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wow greats looks Denver!! The third from the top has my full attention!! love that one! Philly has some great mural, statues & sculptures too.
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I’ve only flown into Denver to go snowboarding! Now I must come when the weather is warm to feast my eyes on the public artwork! Thanks for sharing!
I plan on being in the Denver area in June, Aurora to be exact, can’t wait to check out the scene.
reminded me of this post written by a friend. similar art scenes from denver in winter time!
http://www.guney.org/things-to-do-in-denver-when-youre-alive/
great photos!
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Love seeing the city I love and know so well! Nice photos!
i love the graffiti
Cool pics! I love Colorado and was considering moving there one day, until I found out that Denver is radioactive :/
great photography!
Where was the graffiti? I was just in Denver taking pictures around town a few months ago and would’ve loved to have seen the mural in real life!
I don’t remember exactly … somewhere between the convention center and 16th Street Mall. Sorry!
No problemo. Thanks! I’ll try to hunt it down next time I’m there
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My home town is so fun! Love to see beautiful pics of the places I see every day
great photos!
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Love ‘em! The sixth pic particularly, of the girl balanced on a ball holding a ring… very Art Nouveau without being Art Nouveau, if you see what I mean. Does it have some special local significance?
Honestly, I’m not sure. I was just taking pictures of the cool art I saw around the city.
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Perhaps you are one of the kids on stilts…
Nice:DDDD
WoW…. What a creative statues … i love all those… they say some thing
These are amazing! Love the lady with the circle and the first 2. Really cool
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I love the sixth one down. I’ll have to look for that next time I’m in Denver.
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Some cool art downtown Denver.
wow…..
very impressive
Thanks so much for your post. For some reason we often thing about the “collectible” art object, but I think public space is a much more compelling way for art and community to interact!
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love the art06 image, beautiful. Never considered visiting Denver but you’ve put it on the map for me!
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Beautiful sculptures and thanks for Sharing beautiful art.
Such talent! It’s amazing how one person can think something up and turn it into a masterpiece like that! Very cool.
wow these are very awesome. My favorite is the third one from the bottom. Very beautiful. Love it!
Wow, that is some amazing art! If my family takes a vacation to Colorado, I should definitely talk everyone into going on an art hunt in Denver.
What gnarly art work! I stared at the mural for a solid minute trying to figure out where the artist even started. ha Great pictures (:
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I love these! Especially the female dancer sculpture. I love public art particularly sculpture. There needs to be more work like this in Southampton! (England)
Really lovely photo taking by the way.
wow those pieces are magnificent! My favourite has to be the russian doll style graffiti. I also have a graffiti gallery of a couple pieces around London, so maybe you’d be interesting in taking a quick look? backstreetbirds.wordpress.com
This looks amazing. Can’t wait to visit.
That mural is rad
You should check out the pics of this mural in Columbus, Ohio I took -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/hipsterapproved/sets/72157629138032103/
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Denver looks just as clean and neat as I remember it. Love the dancer sculptures. Just beautiful!
Nice shots. I love the public art here. The clouds on the way to the airport are my favorite.
Congrats on your post!
I love street art as well.
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Incredible! Makes me want to visit!!!! Thank you for sharing!
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i love the mural, love it for my wallpaper…
You have beautifully captured the amazing street art…Loved it…
The picture with the two sculptures dancing really got me. Thanks for posting this up.
I am assuming you didn’t mention the 2- or 3-story BLUE BEAR peeking into the convention center because that was not part of your walkabout Denver. Visitors curious as that bear should check it out! Fun to see the big CO city on yr blog…thx.
Beautiful Sculptures
Would def. love to visit this city some day. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
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i like the 2nd photo very much! its like art!
gorgeous blog. love the vibe and the artwork. fantastic work! i’m an artist myself so i really appreciate those who appreciate us
thank you!
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Beautiful pictures of the art in Denver. Real culture. Oh I’m dying for some beside myself. I live in a small town. Missing St. Louis and the Art museum…been to a few first fridays…in Philadelphia, Chicago & Kansas City. Hooray for ART!
Lovely statues feel like they can dance.
Wow, I simply can’t get enough of that picture with the woman on the ball with the wings! Beautiful.
I love my denver <3
Love these shots of Denver!
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wow…what camera and lens do you use? I would never be able to take the 1st and 4th photo the way you did; would you mind to share how was that done?
It was really nothing special. I only had my point and shoot with me at the time and just used its default settings!
This is so rad! We are right downtown Denver too – and never noticed how cool these things are!
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Great pictures! Denver is the place I ultimately want to settle down in and this post reaffirms that notion! I love when cities showcase local artists because it makes that city even more unique! Thanks for sharing
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Art Around Denver is beautiful.
wow!
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Love the fourth! What you call that stuff? We call that ‘engrang’ here
Great post! Awesome photos!
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I love Colorado art, it has such completely different feeling to it!
awesome
OMG I LOVE ART LIKE THIS !! <3
Amazing! Here in London we have similar art on the streets, hiding in every little corner of this magic city. I`ll see if I can capture some of these incredible free art and post on my blog in case you want to have a look.
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