
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
"More is more, less is a bore"—Hugh Grant and Robert Venturi
You’ve probably heard Mies van der Rohe’s quotable summary of the Modernism movement, “less is more.” Architect Robert Venturi, sometimes hailed as the father of Postmodern architecture (though he disliked the term), riffed on Mies’s statement, proclaiming “less is a bore.”
Kirkland Museum’s Founding Director & Curator, Hugh Grant, has humorously adopted Venturi’s sentiment and attached his own phrase—”more is more”—to describe his collecting and display style. The generous displays allow visitors to experience objects as they might in a home, and let visitors “choose their own adventure” in deciding what to look at.
Museum staff, and especially Mr. Grant, find it challenging to choose highlights from the approximately 4,400 works on view, but we recognize the importance of illuminating the stories of selected works. In 2016, 300 collection highlights were chosen to feature on our website, with the intention to add more. Since the Museum temporary closed in March due to COVID-19, our focus switched to providing online-only experiences and the staff have been able to add new content to our website, including 100 more highlights of the collection for you to explore as you “Museum From Home!”
Click on any image below to be taken to the highlight page about the work.


After Dark (Eureka Street, Central City)

Arabesque

Armchair for the Smoking Room, Argyle Street Tea Rooms

Art Deco Armchair

Art Deco Lounge Chair

Art Nouveau Bronze Lamp

Bauhaus Telefon

Black, Green, and Blue (Graffiti Series)

Blackhawk

Bocca Sofa

Canyon Cloudshow

Capri

Celestial Echo

Ceres Prepares for Winter

Chair

Chair from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie

Chair Mountain, Colorado

Chamita Pueblo, Near Española, New Mexico

Circular Composition #118 (Change in Scale #102)

Colorado Landscape

Colorado Sunset

Dark October

Desk Lamp

Explosions on a Sun 80 Billion Light Years from Earth

Fiesta Caliente

Frammento di Tarquinia

Fried Egg Chair

Grasshopper Chair (Model 61)

Handled Iridescent Vase

Hay Field

His and Hers Plate

Illusion

In Allen’s Park (now Allenspark)

Jardinière with Reticulated Grill Work

Kom-Ombo

Lady in Red

Landi Chair

Landscape Fantasy

Leggera Chair (Model 646)

Loetz Vase

Longs Peak (View Near Denver)

Manhattan Halogen Floor Lamp

Mistero di Pompei

Night Into Morning

Nuestra Señora Lamenta por Sus Niños, Victimas de Nuestra Violencia

October Manitou

One Way

Painting No. 20, 1961

Painting No. 21, 1963

Peacock Chair

Phoenix Vase

Pines

Pony Chair

Procyon

Pueblo Street Scene

RAR (Rocking Armchair Rod)

Seated Woman

Sedia Chair

Set Design Maquette for ‘The Student Prince’

Seven Ball Bentwood Side Chair (No. 371)

Shapes & Space

Side Chair

Side Chair (No. 511)

Six-Handled Large Vessel

Stained Glass Window

Studio with Painting of Rosji (in Paris)

The Kirkland Nebula

The Needles, Estes Park, Colorado

The Nixie of the Mill-Pond

The Passage of Time

Three Skin Chair

Toltec Gorge

Tubular Aluminum Armchair (No. 1052)

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled (Golden Cycle Mill Near Old Colorado City)

Untitled (Harlequin)

Untitled (Old One)

Untitled (Reds’ Coup)

Vase

Villa Imperiale

Vortex

Willow Tea Rooms Chair

Wings of Gold (#2)

Woman with Flower in Hair

Zephyr Chair
This virtual exhibition was curated by Christopher Herron with additional research and writing by Maya Wright, Becca Goodrum, Sherise Talbott and Kaitlin Morelock. Page design by Maya Wright. Logo design by Peri Marketing & Public Relations, Inc.
