The Kirkland Museum, located down the street from the Denver Art Museum at 1201 Bannock St., will be renamed the Kirkland Institute of Fine & Decorative Art at the Denver Art Museum.
The Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art that is slated to reopen in its new, custom-designed building on March 10, 2018, having moved from a modest building on Capitol Hill. February 16, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The Denver Art Museum and the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art announced a merger Thursday that their leadership says will align the neighboring art institutions to focus on shared visitor engagement and educational programming.
The Kirkland Museum, located down the street from the Denver Art Museum at 1201 Bannock St., will be renamed the Kirkland Institute of Fine & Decorative Art at the Denver Art Museum. The new art institution will contribute its commitment to uplifting Colorado artists along with displaying its extensive collection of distinguished Colorado painter and namesake Vance Kirkland, who died in 1981.
Kirkland’s three-room studio building will remain as a highlight of the museum experience, and the institution intends to preserve its “intimate atmosphere” and vignette-style exhibitions, according to the news release.Members of both organizations can take advantage of reciprocal access starting this summer, the news release said.
By the late 1990s, Grant worried Colorado artists were not appreciated enough and got to work orchestrating a museum to show off the work of local artisans.“As we celebrate the 21st anniversary of Kirkland Museum and reflect on our thriving presence in this new building for the past six years, I believe it’s the opportune moment to gracefully pass the torch of leadership,” Grant said in a news release.
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