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09/03/2026

In the 1960s, Aspen was becoming a gathering place for some of the leading artists and cultural figures of the period. Larry Poons was among the artists whose work became part of that history.

In 1966, Poons’ “Reuben (As the Mississippi Flows Down to the Sea)” appeared in “Twelve Paintings from the Powers’ Collection,” a portfolio published within Issue No. 3 of “Aspen: The Magazine in a Box.”

The idea for “Aspen: The Magazine in a Box” originated in Aspen, where editor Phyllis Johnson attended the International Design Conference in 1964. Presented as a multimedia publication in a box, its third issue was designed by Andy Warhol and David Dalton, with the Powers portfolio featuring Poons alongside Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Warhol, and others.

Sixty years later, Poons’ work is again on view in Aspen as part of “MATERIALITY.” Learn more via the link in our bio.

09/02/2026

Hexton Gallery is pleased to support MCA Denver’s 2026 LUMINOCITY Gala with the donation of Andy Millner’s "Thrum (Humming-Bird)" to this year’s Gala Art Auction.

The work will be on view tomorrow at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver for the Auction Preview + Rooftop Party, offering an advance look at works selected for the auction ahead of the LUMINOCITY Gala on October 15.

Gala Art Auction Preview + Rooftop Party
Thursday, September 3 | 6–9 PM
MCA Denver

LUMINOCITY Gala + Art Auction
October 15 | 6PM–12PM
Denver Design District

Learn more and find tickets via link in bio.

Andy Millner
Thrum (Humming-Bird), 2026
Pigment ink drawing, mulberry paper, linen, and wax thread
30 × 20 in.

09/01/2026

"MATERIALITY" | Thomas McDonell

For Thomas McDonell, the conditions surrounding a painting are often part of its making. An abundance of textiles in his Los Angeles studio allows him to work without being overly selective, while the paint already available to him largely determines his palette.

McDonell also considers what happens when tools are removed from the process. Applying paint by hand gives him what he describes as "speed and immediacy," while removing the brush and other tools is part of an effort to return to what he calls "the first moment, the root of the impulse." Place introduces another variable, with McDonell noting that paintings made in Los Angeles look different from those made in Northern California.

McDonell discusses these ideas and more in our latest "In the Studio." Read the full interview via link in our bio.

See works by Thomas McDonell in "MATERIALITY," on view now.

08/30/2026

Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s "Valley Curtain" remains closely connected to Colorado and Aspen’s artistic history. Before the project was realized in Rifle, Colorado, in 1972, Aspen had been considered as its original location.

Featured in "MATERIALITY" is a rare drawing from the project’s earliest development. The drawing is the last remaining work from the first renderings of the Aspen site and was later featured in the Aspen Art Museum’s 2004 publication, "One Hour Ahead: The Avant-Garde in Aspen, 1945–2004", by Dean Sobel.

The publication documented Aspen’s avant-garde history from 1945 to 2004 and included Christo and Jeanne-Claude alongside artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, and many others.

Christo
"Valley Curtain (Project for Aspen, Colorado)", 1970
Pencil, fabric, photostat and charcoal, 28 x 22 in

Images courtesy of:
1-3. Hexton Gallery
4. Shunk-Kender
5. Wolfgang Volz
6. Wolfgang Volz
7. Shunk-Kender
8. Shunk-Kender

08/29/2026

"MATERIALITY" | Larry Poons

Larry Poons’ history with the Aspen Institute dates to 1965, when he was invited as an artist-in-residence and participated in a public panel with James Rosenquist, Allan D’Arcangelo, and Friedel Dzubas.

At the time, Poons was one of America’s most daring young painters, associated with the optical and post-painterly abstraction movements. His invitation to Aspen was part of the Institute’s engagement with contemporary creativity alongside its work as a forum for policy and ideas.

Poons was among a group of artists invited to the Institute during a period that brought art, design, experimentation, and public thought together in Aspen. This chapter contributed to Aspen’s cultural development and its history as a mountain crossroads for leading creatives and public thinkers engaged in a broader global dialogue.

More than six decades later, Poons remains connected to Aspen through "MATERIALITY," on view now. Learn more about the exhibition and available works at the link in bio.

Pictured, left to right: Larry Poons, Allan D’Arcangelo, Alvin Eurich (head of the Aspen Institute and panel moderator), James Rosenquist, and Friedel Dzubas.

Photo courtesy of Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection.

Aspen Illustrated News, Volume 1, Number 32, July 23, 1965

08/27/2026

"MATERIALITY" | Ernesto Burgos

The sculptural works of Ernesto Burgos begin with materials often overlooked or discarded. Cardboard, fiberglass, and industrial substances become forms that seem suspended between construction and collapse.

His works challenge conventional hierarchies of material value, demonstrating how humble substances can possess unexpected complexity, beauty, and expressive power. The provisional and the temporary become something enduring.

See works by Ernesto Burgos in "MATERIALITY," on view now. Learn more via link in our bio.

Ernesto Burgos
"Melee", 2023
Fiberglass, resin, wood, cardboard, charcoal, and oil paint, 30 x 25 x 4 in

08/25/2026

Thomas McDonell applies paint directly with his hands, building dense surfaces that preserve traces of touch, movement, and pressure. In these large-scale works, the physical act of painting becomes embedded in the surface itself.

Thomas McDonell
"Untitled (PRS B2, Eyes)," 2025
Alkyd enamel on canvas, padauk frame
66 1/2 x 92 1/2 in

"Untitled (West Washington Blvd, Yellow Field)," 2026
Alkyd enamel, padauk frame
66 1/2 x 92 1/2 in

See these works in "MATERIALITY," on view now. Learn more via link in bio.

08/23/2026

"MATERIALITY" considers the role materials play across the practices of four artists working with paint, fabric, resin, cardboard, and canvas. Rather than serving only as tools for artistic ideas, these materials are central to the works themselves.

Throughout the exhibition, materials are transformed, accumulated, concealed, preserved, and recontextualized, pushing them beyond their conventional roles. The exhibition brings these different approaches together while placing contemporary artistic practices in dialogue with influential figures of the twentieth century.

That dialogue between past and present is grounded in Aspen’s longstanding history as a place for creativity, experimentation, and intellectual inquiry.

Learn more via link in our bio.

Exhibiting Artists
Larry Poons
Thomas McDonell
Ernesto Burgos
Christo

08/21/2026

"MATERIALITY" | Christo

Throughout his career, Christo used fabric to transform how familiar forms are perceived. Wrapping everyday objects shifted attention away from their expected function and toward their shape, volume, texture, and physical presence.

In these works, covering an object changes the way it is encountered, making something familiar appear newly visible. This use of fabric reflects a central idea within "MATERIALITY": materials can shape perception and influence how we experience the physical world.

See works by Christo in “MATERIALITY,” on view now. Learn more via link in our bio.

Christo
"Bouteille Empaquetée", 1964
Signed and dated underneath
Fabric, rope, and twine on a wooden base covered with plastic foil, Overall dimensions 11 x 4 x 5 1⁄2 in

Christo
"Package", 1966
Signed and dated underneath
Cardboard box, brown wrapping paper, and twine, Overall dimensions 11 1⁄2 x 18 1⁄2 x 13 in

Christo
"Wrapped Voting Machine", 2004
Signed and dated underneath
Polyethylene, rope, twine, steel wire and seal, lead and voting machine, Overall dimensions 22 1⁄4 x 20 3⁄4 x 4 in

Photos courtesy of Wolfgang Volz

08/20/2026

"MATERIALITY" | Ernesto Burgos

Bending, tearing, cutting, and manipulating cardboard with adhesives, Ernesto Burgos works through a repetitive cycle that allows an initial abstraction to evolve into a three-dimensional form.

Burgos reinforces these fragile structures with fiberglass and resin before responding to their surfaces through gestural painting. Traces of each stage remain evident in the finished work, recording the physical processes of transformation and mark-making central to his practice.

See works by Ernesto Burgos in “MATERIALITY,” on view now. Learn more via link in our bio.

Ernesto Burgos
"Empreinte", 2025
Fiberglass, resin, wood, cardboard, charcoal, and oil paint, 42 x 33 x 3 in

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