ASPEN ART MUSEUM
SUMMER 2024 EDITION
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8 HOUSE OF MIRRORS Emily LaBarge on the connections woven through “In the House of the Trembling Eye,” an exhibition staged at the museum by Allison Katz and organized in collaboration with the Archeological Park of Pompeii. 12 BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL The director of the California Film Commission, Colleen Bell, and artist and writer Aria Dean talk about their careers, what excites them in art, television and lm, and their shared love of Aspen. 17 CAFÉCULTURE Liz Lambert and Larry McGuire tell us what’s on the menu at Swedish Hill Aspen, the relaunched Aspen Art Museum café. 18 STRONGTIES The Aspen Art Museum’s dedication to supporting local artists is exemplied by the annual Artist Fellowship. Kealey Boyd talked to some of the practitioners across the Roaring Fork Valley who have beneted from this program.
20 HOME AND AWAY A glimpse into the Aspen home of collectors Jen Rubio and Stewart
34 SHIGERUBAN Architect Shigeru Ban, one of this year’s ArtCrush honorees, designed the building that the Aspen Art Museum calls home. Diana Budds takes a look at his Pritzker Prize-winning practice. 36 JACQUELINE HUMPHRIES For decades, Jacqueline Humphries, one of this year’s ArtCrush honorees, has been challenging the scope of painting. Michelle Grabner charts the evolution of the artist’s work. 38 JASONMORAN Musician and artist Jason Moran, one of this year’s ArtCrush honorees, will present two performances this summer during ArtWeek. Ian Bourland examines the work of this seasoned collaborator.
42 MEET THE ARTISTS Explore some of the artists generously donating works to the ArtCrush 2024 auction. 48 DESIGNMINDED Design Miami co-founder Craig Robins and his partner, Jackie So er, talk about the joys of collecting design and art. 52 SEEINGSTARS Terence Trouillot looks ahead to shows at the museum by three rising talents: Shuang Li, Jasper Marsalis and Heji Shin. 60 LENA HENKE MODELS AN AAM EXCLUSIVE Artist Lena Henke models the Stetson she designed exclusively for the Aspen Art Museum—one of a number of collaborations with our community of artists available in the museum shop.
Buttereld, who are among this year’s ArtCrush gala co-chairs. In an interview with Xerxes Cook, Rubio discusses the couple’s move to Colorado and their wide-ranging collection. 26 HIGHFREQUENCY For this year’s Aspen ArtWeek, Ryan Trecartin and a cast of fellow artists and musicians will take to the mountain top to stage a newly commissioned live performance, Audience Plant 2024 . Harry Tafoya traces the history of Trecartin’s collaborations. 28 CURRENTISSUES The curator of this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, legendary writer, journalist and editor Tina Brown, talks to Evan Mott about her eclectic and illustrious line up for the festival and her commitment to “live journalism.”
On each cover, from the top Shigeru Ban in Mitsukejima, Suzu, Ishikawa, 2024
Photography Hiroyuki Hirai
Jacqueline Humphries at her studio in Brooklyn, 2024
Photography Adrianna Glaviano
Jason Moran at his home in New York, 2024
Photography Adrianna Glaviano
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