Art & Ideas

In honor of the upcoming ArtCrush Auction, Senior Curator-at-Large Stella Bottai shares her top picks.

Glenn Ligon speaks with Chief Curator Daniel Merritt ahead of his forthcoming solo exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum.

Ian Volner teams up with architect and local expert Sarah Broughton to spotlight Aspen’s most iconic—and idiosyncratic—residential architecture.

Works by these artists and more will be auctioned in support of the Aspen Art Museum during ArtCrush 2025.

Works by these artists and more will be auctioned in support of the Aspen Art Museum during ArtCrush 2024. Each work has been generously donated by artists and their galleries. To celebrate our milestone anniversaries, the museum has offered to share proceeds with donating artists, a practice which will remain a cornerstone of ArtCrush for years to come.

Discover some of the participating artists here and view the complete selection of works in person at the AAM from July 17 to August 3 or online at christies.com/aspenartmuseum.

Compiled with the support of the AAM’s Collector Committee, co-chaired by Abigail Ross Goodman and Molly Epstein, the exhibition brings together over 50 artists across a wide range of disciplines.

Michelle Grabner on the visionary artist Jacqueline Humphries, one of the recipients of the 2024 Aspen Award for Art.

Ian Bourland on the renowned musician Jason Moran, one of the recipients of the 2024 Aspen Award for Art.

Gaetano Pesce joins Jenna Fletcher in conversation about Pesce’s monumental installation for the Aspen Art Museum.

Jeffrey Gibson and Simone Krug talk of Gibson’s ArtWeek 2022 performance.