We are thrilled to announce our expanded alliance with the Denver Art Museum with our signature exhibition, Salon du Musée. Salon du Musée is modeled after the Paris art salons of the late nineteenth century and serves as a public forum designed to promote the exchange of ideas between artists and viewers. The Salon du Musée exhibition will be held at the Denver Art Museum this year as a tie-in to their Fall exhibition entitled Embrace!

Embrace! explores the many possibilities of the new Frederic C. Hamilton Building. The exhibition will show how painting leaves the wall and embraces the space. Seventeen artists will select spaces that take advantage of the building in innovative and challenging ways. Curated by the Polly and Mark Addison Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Christoph Heinrich, this exhibition is a surprising and enthusiastic celebration of painting and architecture. Embrace! will be on view from November 14, 2009 – April 4, 2010.

Salon d’Arts, Inc. and museum curator Christoph Heinrich have invited Embrace! artists to exhibit a total of up to twenty works of art at this year’s Salon du Musée. The Salon exhibition will be on view in the Modern & Contemporary Galleries of the Frederic C. Hamilton building beginning November 1, 2009. The works will then auctioned among several hundred museum supporters at the lively Salon du Musée Soiree & Fine Art Sale the evening of November 14, 2009, which also serves as the international preview for Embrace! All net proceeds benefit the Denver Art Museum. We look forward to celebrating Salon du Musée at the Denver Art Museum with you!

Warm regards,

Natalie Rekstad-Lynn
Founder, Salon d’Arts, Inc.