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8500 Peña Blvd. Denver, CO 80249

303-342-2000

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Denver Broncos and "Mustang" -- a match made in hell

By Cory Casciato | Fri, February 01, 2013

As we head into the Super Bowl, most Broncos fans are still smarting from our defeat by the Ravens, who are playing in our place. And we're asking ourselves, "What do we need to get over the hump next... More »
$Should DIA\'s blue \$

Should DIA's blue "Mustang" statue be put out to pasture? Vote in our public art poll

By Westword Staff | Thu, January 31, 2013

Do you love the Denver International Airport's demon horse? Do you hate it? (Do you just want to dress up a paper doll version of it?) In this week's feature story, "Yay or Neigh," we take a look at o... More »
$Dress your own \$

Dress your own "Mustang" paper doll

By Show and Tell | Wed, January 30, 2013

Love it? Loathe it? Chances are good that you've got an opinion about the giant blue "Mustang" statue at the Denver International Airport. (Only slightly slimmer are the chances that you have a consp... More »
$The architecture of Colorado\'s transportation hubs is the focus of this bus tour$

The architecture of Colorado's transportation hubs is the focus of this bus tour

By Bree Davies | Wed, September 12, 2012

As light rail expands full force to the east and to the west of Denver and the B-cycle bike sharing program builds in Denver and Boulder, it's clear that Colorado is embracing a desire for accessible ... More »
$See art bags and high-flying design tomorrow at the Denver Art Museum\'s Untitled$

See art bags and high-flying design tomorrow at the Denver Art Museum's Untitled

By Susan Froyd | Thu, August 30, 2012

The Denver Art Museum's monthly Untitled series is a study in opposites: Half of its format is instantly recognizable, and the other half -- well, you never know what to expect. That is in no way a d... More »
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2012 | Best Public Art at DIA

The creation of "Mustang," Luis Jimenez's 32-foot-tall rearing stallion in blue painted fiberglass, has all the elements of a good movie: Mature artist gets a major commission and attempts to create his masterpiece, but can't seem to complete it. More than ten years pass, with dueling lawsuits crossing between the artist and his patron, the City and County of Denver. Then, in what would be considered the climax -- if later outrageous events didn't eclipse it -- the... More »
2012 | Best DIA Conspiracy Theory

Denver International Airport has inspired many fine conspiracy theories -- that it's a creation of the New World Order, that there are Martians living underground -- but none as uplifting as the one exposed on The Colbert Report this fall. According to William Tapley, who calls himself both "Third Eagle of the Apocalypse" and "Co-Prophet of the End Times," DIA is full of phallic symbols -- not surprising, since it's designed to look like a giant penis. We don't even want to... More »
2011 | Best Unnerving Addition to Denver International Airport

The Denver International Airport has long been a hotbed of hand-wringing conspiracy theories -- the Leo Tanguma-painted mural featuring gas-masked Nazi-ghouls and multicultural children in caskets, the giant laser-eyed Mustang of Death that murdered its creator, and the Masonic capstone have all led wingnuts far and wide to speculate that our airport is in fact the future site of a New World Order-administered alien concentration camp -- and given that legacy, its isn't hard to... More »
2008 | Best Parking Amenity

You may lose your luggage at Denver International Airport, but you'll never lose your car. DIA's public-parking-lot elves do their utmost to ensure that you'll remember not only which of the eight overnight lots you parked in, but what row and spot, by handing you a reminder note as you embark on the airport shuttle. But should you lose that slip of paper and find yourself wandering among the Siberian SUV wilderness of the Mount Elbert lot, never fear. The elves log every car, by its license... More »
2008 | Best New Public Art

Even though it's been widely ridiculed -- and hated -- it's hard to deny the power of Luis Jimenez's "Mustang" on the approach to Jeppesen Terminal at DIA. The 32-foot-high outdoor piece is a perfect example of the artist's sensibility, bridging the gap between the high art of classic Western imagery and the low brow of the carnival's garishly painted fiberglass ornaments. The gigantic rearing stallion, with its luridly blue coat, bulging black veins and glowing reddish-orange... More »
2000 | Best birdwatching -- east

All right, maybe Denver International Airport isn't exactly a nature preserve, but try and tell that to the birds (not the giant steely ones). The airport has had to catch and release intrusive sparrows from Concourse C, halt construction for migrating burrowing owls on several occasions and alter flight paths to protect the sensitive ears of bald eagles at several nearby nesting areas such as Barr Lake -- a real birdwatching mecca. Compared to its other problems, though, these glitches... More »

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8500 Peña Blvd. Denver, CO 80249

303-342-2000

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Denver Broncos and "Mustang" -- a match made in hell

By Cory Casciato | Fri, February 01, 2013

Should DIA's blue "Mustang" statue be put out to pasture? Vote in our public art poll

By Westword Staff | Thu, January 31, 2013

Dress your own "Mustang" paper doll

By Show and Tell | Wed, January 30, 2013

The architecture of Colorado's transportation hubs is the focus of this bus tour

By Bree Davies | Wed, September 12, 2012

See art bags and high-flying design tomorrow at the Denver Art Museum's Untitled

By Susan Froyd | Thu, August 30, 2012

2012 | Best Public Art at DIA

2012 | Best DIA Conspiracy Theory

2011 | Best Unnerving Addition to Denver International Airport

2008 | Best Parking Amenity

2008 | Best New Public Art

2000 | Best birdwatching -- east

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