7 Surprising Objects in Colorado’s Coolest Summer Exhibits

Good art helps us see anew. So after a year at home, surrounded by our own dust-gathering artifacts, museums can be the perfect respite. (Not to mention how refreshing their air-conditioned interiors are on a hot day.)

Just in time for summer, Denver-area museums have produced scintillating new installations featuring well-known and up-and-coming artists. And many of them revolve around objects that might seem boring or banal but, with flair, have been transformed into phantasias of color, shape, thought, and feeling. Here, we’ve picked out seven of the coolest exhibits in town, all of which turn…