Pretty Dirty: Film Screening

Pretty Dirty: Film Screening Jul 13, 2026 6PM-8PM Isis Theatre, Aspen Free and open to the public. No ticket purchase required; seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserved seating will be available for Ranch Gala table and ticket holders. On July 13 at the Isis Theater in Aspen, Anderson Ranch is thrilled to kick off our Ranch Week celebration with a screening of Pretty Dirty, the critically acclaimed documentary chronicling Marilyn Minter’s influential career. The film traces the artist’s evolution from the 1970s to today, transforming taboo subjects, including alternative beauty, sex, shame, and aging into hypnotic, larger-than-life works that have influenced generations of artists and shaped contemporary visual culture. Following the screening, Marilyn Minter will be joined by producer Sue Hostetler and director / producer Amanda Benchley for a conversation on the film’s creation and Minter’s enduring impact, followed by an audience Q&A. Presented in partnership with: Panel Marilyn Minter 2026 International Artist Honoree Marilyn Minter is an artist based in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Marilyn Minter, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2025) , Marilyn Minter, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO (2025) , Marilyn Minter, LGDR, New York, NY (2023) ; Marilyn Minter, Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong, China (2021) ; All Wet, Montpellier Contemporain (Mo. Co) , Montpellier, France (2021) ; Smash, MoCA Westport, Westport, CT (2021) ; Fierce Women, The Cube, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (2020) ;Nasty Woman, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah GA (2020) ; among others. From 2015 through 2017, her retrospective, Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty, traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (TX) ; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (CO) ; the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach (CA) ; and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn (NY) . Her video Green Pink Caviar was on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York from 2010-2011. Minter is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant (2006) and the Guggenheim Fellowship (1998) . Minter’s work is in the collections of many museums globally, including the MIT List Center, Cambridge (MA) ; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (CA) ; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MA) ; the Museum of Modern Art, New York (NY) ; the Perez Art Museum, Miami (FL) ; the Tate Modern, London (U. K) ; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (NY) ; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (NY) , among many others. Minter is represented by Salon 94, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong/Seoul, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, and Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach. Learn More