“Flatware is an intimate part of our daily lives,” says Darrin Alfred, curator of architecture, design, and graphics at the Denver Art Museum. “Yet despite the importance of its use, it often goes unnoticed.” This exhibition, led by Alfred, spotlights cutlery design as it passed through artistic movements, and went from sterling silver and silver plate to stainless steel. The exhibition is split into six sections that move from the curvilinear ethos of Art Nouveau to later modernist forms—think Eliel Saarinen, Don Wallance, Jens Quistgaard, and János Megyik. Utensils made for children, airplane travel, and mess kits are part of the show, along with newly commissioned silverware from prominent contemporary designers. —Maggie Turner