Painter Clark Richert earned his place as a Colorado legend not just as a trailblazing founder of Drop City in the ’60s and the Criss-Cross cooperative in Boulder in the ’70s, but also as an instructor/mentor to dozens of up-and-coming young artists on the Front Range. And that’s not to downgrade the importance of the work that made him famous: Richert’s mathematically precise yet surprising pattern paintings are icing on the cake. This summer, Richert will deservedly find himself in the regional spotlight, with two big retrospective showcases. Clark Richert: Pattern and Dimensions opens with a 6:30 p.m. reception on Thursday, June 6, at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th Street, and runs through September 15; Clark Richert in Hyperspace follows with a ticketed opening celebration at 5 p.m. Friday, June 7, at MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany Street, where it will stay through September 1. Learn more at bmoca.org and mcadenver.org.

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• December 27, 2021
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• June 30, 2020
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• June 2, 2019
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• April 5, 2019
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