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Currently on exhibit at the Denver art museum is a show entitled, Retrospectacle. This exhibition is a large and vast assemblage of 20th century artists and art varying from minimalism, modernism, postmodernism, to contemporary pieces. This show was assembled not only to display the works which the museum owns, however, it also examines and represents certain genres and movements along all different types of media and palates of artistic expression throughout the history of 20th century art. Aside from some very minor technical pit-falls and some questionable out-of-the box exhibition design, the show was an amazing conglomeration of priceless and famous artists. This exhibition can be at best described as a jaw-dropping compilation of 20th century art. The vast number of pieces and famous artists ranging from Matisse to Warhol to Serra to Erwin, displayed this museum’s ambition at providing a crash course in modern art. Most impressive and unusual about the design of this greatest-hits of 20th century art was the curator’s use of thematic and visceral separation rather tha