Fine Arts Critic

Ray Mark Rinaldi

Ray Mark Rinaldi (media@rayrinaldi.com) is a veteran arts writer and critic based in Denver.

Joel Dallenbach's "Graduation at Currigan Hall, Denver." (Provided by Vicki Myhren Gallery)

Review: Colorado has always been driven by nomads and newcomers

April 14, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The exhibit “Outside Influences” presents the history of photography in Colorado, but with a profound understanding of the two forces that have shaped this state into the place it is...

Friend of a Friend’s opening exhibit, "Fiction Folly,” continues through April 27. (Image provided by Friend of a Friend)

Where to see art in Denver now: The 2025 edition

April 10, 2025 at 9:35 a.m.

For local art fans, making the most of what is out there means locating where the energy is at any particular moment -- and heading there when the time is...

Matthew Steaffens, Lakewood, "Stockshow Ride." (Provided by Denver Arts & Venues)

Coloradans will recognize these scenes, but they will feel different

March 31, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

“Colorado Perspectives” has a good rhythm that pulls visitors into the pulse of fine art photography.

A detail of Kim Dickey’s ceramic wall sculpture “Pleiades." (Provided by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art)

A new exhibit finds beauty in the dark

March 24, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

“Dazzle of Darkness” was not meant to be a metaphor when Rebecca DiDomenico dreamed it up for the walls of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.

In his series, "Another America,” Phillip Toledano uses AI to rewrite history. (Provided by Colorado Photographic Arts Center)

Suspicious adversary. Can photographers and AI get along?

March 17, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

For many photographers, artificial intelligence is their worst enemy. The evolving power of computers to create images that quickly, credibly and cheaply simulate the work that humans have done with...