Aspen Art Museum

We are delighted to invite you to the third event in our “How To…” series for a behind-the-scenes look at how auction houses work to create value.

Knowing when the market will react well to an emerging or unknown artist at auction—and at what price—is the topic of this discussion between David Galperin, Head of Sotheby’s Evening Sales for the New York Contemporary Art Department, and Nina del Rio, who recently assumed leadership of Sotheby’s Advisory Services after fifteen years as Sotheby’s Head of Museum, Private and Corporate Art Sales, where she brought institutional and corporate collections to market.

Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join us for a cup of coffee and our second iteration of a brand-new series of weekly Friday afternoon artist gatherings at the AAM.

A film by D.J. Watkins and Ajax Phillips
AAM Rooftop
Doors Open 6 PM | Screening 6:30–7:30 PM



This Saturday, October 17, at 6:30 p.m., as the debut event in the museum’s After Dark program series, the AAM is pleased to partner with Gonzo Gallery founder and film co-director/publisher/writer D.J. Watkins and co-director, artist/activist/writer Ajax Phillips, to present a free rooftop screening of their feature-length documentary FREAK POWER: The Ballot or the Bomb.

Attendance is limited due to ongoing public safety protocols and social distancing guidelines. RSVPs are required. Please email lmirante@aspenartmuseum.org to be put on the waitlist.

The Teen Council will host monthly free social events designed by teens, for teens. The Council will meet, plan, and be responsible for all aspects of these events—movies, online mixers and discussions, and group activities centering around cultural and civic exchange. They will learn how to design and execute programs using the museum’s space and resources to expand their purview of what the museum and its offerings can be for them and their peers.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled “How To…” programming to bring you a specially scheduled edition on Thursday, October 22, at 9 a.m. MT, for insight into the postponement of the Philip Guston retrospective scheduled for 2021 at major US institutions and the Tate in London. Charlotte Burns will be in conversation with ArtNet executive editor Julia Halperin to share their findings on the real reasons behind the postponement and discuss how they are covering the issue as art journalists.

This Wednesday, we’ll make blackout poetry using magazine articles or pages from a book. The most important part of this project is having a selfie that you can glue on your page and a list of positive adjectives in mind to describe yourself!

Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join us for a cup of coffee and our second iteration of a brand-new series of weekly Friday afternoon artist gatherings at the AAM.

Halloween and Day of the Dead are just days away! Join us Wednesday to learn how to make a sugar skull mask to wear or use as a Halloween decoration!

We are delighted to invite you to our next iteration in our “How To…” series for a behind-the-scenes look at how to buy art during a pandemic with Allan Schwartzman.

Allan Schwartzman has more than twenty years of experience advising some of the world’s most influential and sophisticated collectors. He is widely respected as an independent curator—most notably for the visionary art park Instituto Inhotim set within a 5,000-acre botanical garden in Brazil. Schwartzman was a founding staff member of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City and served as curator from 1977 to 1980. He was a contributing editor of Connoisseur and has written extensively about art for publications including the New Yorker, New York Times, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Artforum, and Art in America.

Registration Required

Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join our Friday afternoon artist gathering for coffee and conversation with the 2021 AAM Artist Fellows.

Monthly AAM Artist Coffee sessions are our way of providing a little time and plenty of space to get together with AAM Educators and fellow guests to hear your perspectives on art, studio practice, and topics of interest. We’ll discuss what it means to be an artist, especially during this time of social change, as well as share ideas on art education and how to make it more accessible to our community.

We do what we do because artists make it possible. Please join us in helping shape the dialogue.