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The
Denver Art Museum (DAM) is proud to announce What We’ve Been
Up To: Landscape, a unique selection of photographs that
have never been shown to the public, chosen from the DAM’s
Photography department’s collection since it was established
in 2008. The show features acquisitions from the past 17
years that have never been shared with visitors, on view
from June 8 to Dec. 7, 2025, in the Photography galleries on
level six of the museum’s Martin Building and included with
general admission
“The word
‘landscape’ means different things to different people, and
it’s no surprise that it means different things to different
photographers as well. This exhibition represents the
variety of ways that landscape photographs help us see and
appreciate other times and places and consider where the
world has been and what it is becoming. Ultimately, these
pictures are invitations to see ourselves and our
surroundings with fresh eyes,” said Eric Paddock, Curator of
Photography at the Denver Art Museum.
Photographs in the
exhibition are informally organized by theme or subject
matter, such as Meghann Riepenhoff’s large camera-less image
of water and ice, flanked by photographs of rivers and
oceans by artist Masao Yamamoto and others. Intimate
photographs of nature include works by Linda Conner and
Terri Weifenbach as well as a hypnotically detailed tableau
by Tanya Marcuse. Landscapes by Christina Fernandez, Patrick
Nagatani and Zora J. Murff confront troubling conflicts in
our collective history. America’s scenic beauty is
celebrated in works by Marion Post Wolcott, William Henry
Jackson, Mary Peck and Abelardo Morell. Steve Fitch’s
photograph of a radio tower announces the near-universal
presence of technology. Challenges of living in a changing,
unpredictable world are the subject of photographs by John
Ganis, Frank Gohlke and others, while Henry Wessel, Jr.
evokes the easy pleasures of road trips.
Other pictures show
more troubling aspects of the North American landscape, from
the effects of natural disasters to dark moments in the
history of slavery and conflicts with Indigenous people. All
are bound together by the idea that landscape can serve as
an autobiography of the people, societies and natural forces
that shape the world over time.
In conjunction with
this exhibition, Terri Weifenbach will be giving an Anderman
Photography Lecture on Sept. 30, 2025, from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
in the Sharp Auditorium on the lower level of the Hamilton
Building.
Planning Your Visit
The most up-to-date
information on planning a visit to the Denver Art Museum can
be found online under the Plan Your Visit tab. Use this page
to find details on ticket pricing, public transit options
and access information. General admission for museum members
is free every day. Youth aged 18 and under receive free
general admission everyday thanks to the museum’s Free for
Kids program. Free for Kids also underwrites free admission
for school and youth group visits.
About the Denver Art
Museum
The Denver Art
Museum is an educational, nonprofit resource that sparks
creative thinking and expression through transformative
experiences with art. Its mission is to enrich lives by
sparking creative thinking and expression. Its holdings
reflect the city and region—and provide invaluable ways for
the community to learn about cultures from around the world.
Metro residents support the Scientific and Cultural
Facilities District (SCFD), a unique funding source serving
hundreds of metro Denver arts, culture and scientific
organizations.
For museum
information, visit
www.denverartmuseum.org
or call
720-865-5000.
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