Welcome to DARIA: Denver Art Review, Inquiry, and Analysis, a publication devoted to art writing and criticism focused on the Denver-area visual art scene. DARIA seeks to promote diverse voices and artists while fostering critical dialogue around art.
Abend Gallery (Golden Triangle), 1261 Delaware St, Ste 2, Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-0950, Tue-Sat: 12-4pm and by appt
Aug 30–Sep 17: Karina Rodriguez: Treasured Reminiscences
Sep 20–Oct 8: Michael Miller: Heartland; Sheri Farabaugh: Wind Lake, A Family Story
Oct 11-Nov 12: Monster Mash
Dec 5-28: 34th Annual Holiday Miniatures Mini Show
Feb 7-28, 2025: Ifeoluwa Alade
Abend Gallery (Cherry Creek), 303 Detroit St, Denver, CO 80206, 720-551-4044, Tue-Sat: 12-5pm and by appt
Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St, Denver, CO 80205, 720-865-2401, Mon, Wed, Thu: 9am-6pm, Tue: 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat: 10am-5pm
Oct 26, 2024–Jan 10, 2025: Burnis McCloud in Focus: Black Denver’s Historic Photographer
Center for Colorado Women’s History, 1310 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, 303-620-4933, Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 12-4pm
Mar 29, 2024–Mar 31, 2025: Rumors of Bloomers
Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 720-354-4880, Tue-Sun: 10am-5pm
May 10, 2024–Jan 12, 2025: Dialogue and Defiance: Clyfford Still and the Abstract Expressionists
January 25–September 14, 2025: Held Impermanence (Artists Select: Katherine Simóne Reynolds)
Ongoing: Abstract Expressions: Terrace Installation
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, 1200 Lincoln Street, Suite 111, Denver, CO 80203, 303-837-1341, Tue-Fri: 11am-5pm, Sat: 12-4pm
Aug 16-Oct 5: Views From the Street (curator: Samantha Johnston)
Sep 26, 2024-Jan 31, 2025: Denver Through Time: Y/OUR Denver 2024 Photo Competition (five award winners will be exhibited at CPAC in the gallery, with more online)
Oct 11-Nov 23: Lost & Found (Curators: Michael Kirchoff & Michael Behlen)
Dec 4-31: Emerging Vision Biennial Student Show (Juror: Nelson Chan)
Jan 17-Feb 22, 2025: Veterans Workshop Series Exhibition
Colorado State Capitol, 200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Jun 24-Oct: Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab (CORAL): We Are All Artists: Creations by Healthcare Workers
Nov 2024-Feb 2024: This is Native Art
CU Denver Experience Gallery, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1025 13th St, Denver, Colorado 80204, 720-865-4220, Tue-Fri: 4-7pm, Sat-Sun: 12-7pm
Sep 12-Oct 13: David Liban: Feral Filmmaker
Nov 14, 2024-Feb 2, 2025: Incubator
Dairy Block, 1821 Blake St, Denver, CO 80202, 720-360-4733, First Fri: 5-9pm (May-Sep)
Oct 18-19: Flatstock 99: A Touring Poster Exhibition (hosted by The American Poster Institute and Fireside at Five)
David B. Smith Gallery, 1543 A Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-893-4234, Wed-Sat 12-5 pm and by appt
Aug 22-Sep 28: Esteban Cabeza de Baca and Heidi Howard: Night & Day Dreams
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-5000, Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm, Tue: 10am-8pm
Jul 23, 2023–Jan 20, 2025: Chris Bagley: Space Command
Dec 3, 2023–Dec 7, 2025: Perfectly Imperfect: Korean Buncheong Ceramics
Feb 18–Nov 3: Have a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today
Feb 25, 2024–Jan 5, 2025: Weaving a Foundation: Cornerstones of the Textile Arts Collection
Mar 10–Oct 20: Fazal Sheikh: Thirst | Exposure| In Place
Jul 28, 2024–Jun 1, 2025: The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama
Sep 8, 2024–Jan 12, 2025: Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Oct 13, 2024–Feb 17, 2025: Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak (special exhibition ticket required)
Oct 25: Untitled: Artist Takeover, featuring Slam Nuba
Nov 8-9: Transpacific Crossings: Art, Trade, and the Manila Galleon—23rd Annual Mayer Center Symposium
Ongoing: By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects; Gio Ponti: Designer of a Thousand Talents
Ongoing: Islands Beyond Blue: Niki Hastings-McFall and Treasures from the Oceania Collection
Ongoing: Painting in the Andes, 1880-1780
Ongoing: Arts of Africa from the Collection
Ongoing: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection
Ongoing: The 19th Century in European and American Art
Ongoing: Ingredients: Ink, Watercolor, Oil, Graphite, Pastel, Acrylic, Charcoal, and Gouache on Paper—Acquisitions from the Hitchcock Foundation
Ongoing: European Art Before 1800
Ongoing: Arts of the Ancient Americas
Ongoing: Indigenous Arts of North America
Ongoing: Arts of Asia
Ongoing: Latin American Art
Ongoing: Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art
Ongoing: Western American Art
Denver Performing Arts Complex, Buell Theatre Lobby, 1400 Curtis St, Denver, CO, 80204, 303-893-4100, open during events and by appt
Denver Public Library, Central Library Gallery, 10 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-1111, galleries currently closed, first floor access Mon-Thu: 1-6pm
Dikeou Collection, 1615 California St, Ste 515, Denver, CO 80202, 303-623-3001, Wed-Fri: 11am-5pm by appt, email info@dikeoucollection.org to schedule a viewing
Through 2024: Devon Dikeou: Mid-Career Smear
Dikeou Pop-Up: Colfax, 312 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, 303-623-3001, open by appt and during events, for group tours please email info@dikeoucollection.org
Through 2024: Devon Dikeou: Mid-Career Smear
Emmanuel Art Gallery, Auraria Campus, University of Colorado Denver, 1205 10th St Plaza, Denver, CO 80204, 303-315-7431, Mon-Wed, Fri: 10am-4pm, Thu: 10am-7pm, Sat: 10am-2pm; Summer: Tue-Thu: 10am-4pm
Aug 19-Nov 2: Absolute Immunity
Nov 20, 2024-Mar 1, 2025: Housekeeping: Rian Kerrane
Evans School, 1115 Acoma Street, Denver, CO, 80204, Sat: 6:30-7:30 pm
Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St, Ste 1, Denver, CO 80204, 303-571-1261, Tue-Sat: 12-4pm and by appt
Aug 30–Sep 17: 20th Anniversary Show
Oct 25–Nov 12: Fred Wessel: The Iconic Beauty of Flowers
Oct 25-Nov 12: Quang Ho
Galleri Gallery at Meow Wolf Denver, 1338 1st St, Denver, CO 80204, 866-636-9969, Daily hours of operation may vary; please check tickets.meowwolf.com/denver for the most current information
Jul 3–Sep 25: Starr Sprite/Hayley Barker: Something Has Happened!
Oct 18, 2024-Jan 15, 2025: Agnes Ma: If only we could all be good
History Colorado Center, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-447-8679, Daily: 10am-5pm
Oct 20, 2023–Oct 6, 2024: Through the Lens: The Photography of Frank Muramoto
Jan 26, 2024–Jan 27, 2025: Flow: On the River with John Fielder
Feb 29–Sep 15: Danielle SeeWalker: But We Have Something to Say
May 10–Apr 2025: Owl Club of Denver: Legacies of Excellence
Aug 23, 2024–May 2025: De la Tierra: Reflections of Place in the Upper Río Grande
Oct 18, 2024–Oct 2025: ¡Viva La Causa! Long Live the Cause!: The Art of Change
Feb 2025-Jan 2026: Horizons: John Fielder on the Plains
K Contemporary, 1412 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-590-9800, Tue-Fri: 12-6pm, Sat: 12-5pm
Jul 20–Sep 14: Elizabeth Alexander: The Good Ones (Main Gallery); Daisy Patton: Hot Echoes (Project Space)
Sep 28–Nov 9: Taylor White (Main Gallery); Marielle Plaisir (Project Space)
Nov 23, 2024–Jan 4, 2025: Kristopher Wright, Rock, Salt, and Nails (Main Gallery); Jason Craighead (Project Space)
Jan 18–Mar 1, 2025: Group Show
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, 1201 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-832-8576, Tue-Sat: 11am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm (visitors must be 13 or older)
May 22, 2024–Jun 1, 2025: Vanity & Vice: American Art Deco
McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80202, 720-865-5570, Daily: 10am-4pm (closed during events)
Jul 11–Sep 29: Heidi Love Larraz: Seeking Beauty
Jul 11, 2024–Jan 5, 2025: 201 Kimonos
Aug 16, 2024-Jan 5, 2025: Timeless
Metropolitan Frame Company. 424 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-446-2265, Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm, Sat: 10am-3pm
Mirada Fine Art, 1331 15th St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-697-9006, Tue–Sat: 11am–6pm, Sun: 12–4pm
Sep 21, 3–6pm: Mirada Fine Art's 9th Annual Fine Wine & Art Gala
Nov 30–Dec 29: Holiday Exhibition (Nov 30, 6-9pm: Mirada's 15th Anniversary Celebration & Holiday Exhibition)
Feb 2025: Mirada's Romantic Valentine Experience
Mirus Gallery, 1144 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-828-9060, Wed–Fri: 12–6pm by appt
May 31–Sep 20: GERA1: Glitshn Around
Sep 28, 2024–Jan 3, 2025: Nexus Group Exhibition, featuring over 30 local Denver artists (Opening reception: Sep 28, 6-10pm)
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-298-7554, Tue–Fri: 12–7pm, Sat–Sun: 10am–5pm
Sep 20, 2024–Feb 2, 2025: Movements Toward Freedom
Feb 21–May 4, 2024: Suki Seokyeong Kang
Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80202, Tue-Sun: program runs approximately dusk to midnight
Sep 1–30: Denver Digerati Emergent Media Festival (curator: Sharifa Lafon & Denver Digerati)
Oct 1–31: Exquisite Corpse: Jason Biehner, Sapphire Goss, Ahmed Salvador, Kevin Hoth, Leah Diament, Sharifa Lafon, and Markus Puskar (curator: Shana Cruz-Thompson)
November: Artists TBA
December: Annual Winter Holiday Program with Artists TBA
Pablo’s Coffee on Penn, 1300 Pennsylvania St, #102, Denver, CO 80203, 303-832-1688, Daily: 7am-2pm
Pablo’s Coffee on 6th, 630 E 6th Ave, Denver, CO 80203, 303-744-3323, Daily: 6am-4pm
Robischon Gallery, 1740 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-298-7788, Tue-Fri: 11am-6pm, Sat: 12-5pm
Jul 18–Oct 5: Pard Morrison: Everywhere You Go Love; Parallels: Deborah Zlotsky, Don Voisine, Kate Petley, Marcelyn McNeil, and Linda Fleming ; Omar Chacon: NIMBA
Oct 26–Dec 28: Derrick Velasquez (Opening reception: Oct 26, 6-8 pm)
Understudy, 890 C 14th St, Denver, CO 80202, Thu-Sun: 12-6pm
Aug 29–Oct 6: Tricia Waddell: We Will Be Strange
Oct 17–Nov 24: Maki Teshima
Nov 28–Dec 31: Window Boxes
Union Hall, 1750 Wewatta St, Ste 144, Denver, CO 80202, located inside The Coloradan, 720-927-4033, Wed-Sat: 12-6pm
Aug 22–Oct 19: Kate Stone and Saul Acevedo Gomez: Living Rooms
Oct 31, 2024–Jan 4, 2025: Diego Florez-Arroyo
Jan 16–Feb 8, 2025: Rough Gems Program: Exhibition 1
Feb 20–Mar 15, 2025: Rough Gems Program: Exhibition 2
Mar 27–Apr 19, 2025: Rough Gems Program: Exhibition 3
Walker Fine Art, 300 W 11th Ave, Unit A (enter on Cherokee St), Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-8955, Tue-Sat: 11am-5pm
Jul 19–Sep 6: Gossamer: Brian Comber, Jamie Gray, Gloria Pereyra, Sara Sanderson, Meagen Svendsen, and and Allison Svoboda
Sep 1–Nov 2: Nexus: Sabin Aell, Robert Mellor, Heather Patterson, Angela Piehl, Martha Russo, and Melanie Walker
Nov 8, 2024–Jan 11, 2025: Elaine Coombs, Gail Folwell, Laura Guese, Bryan Leister, and Julie Maren
Jan 17–Mar 8, 2025: Deidre Adams, Blair Vaughn-Gruler, Doug Haeussner, Farida Hughes, Brandon Reese, and Danny Williams
William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-893-2360, Tue-Fri: 10am-6pm, Sat: 11am-5pm, and by appt
Aug 24-Oct 5: Dennis Lee Mitchell and Zachariah Rieke
Oct 11-Nov 30: Form and Texture: Clay Johnson, Lola Montejo, Rebecca Rich, Laura Wait, and Sheryl Zachariah
Dec 6, 2024-Jan 18, 2025: Tony Ortega, Michael Hensley, and Max Lehman
Jan 24-Mar 1, 2025: Jim Cook, Lynn Boggess
Zing Art Gallery, Zing Credit Union, 1075 Acoma St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-573-1170, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 9am-1pm
Sep 11-Nov 8: Trenda Roch (Opening reception: Sep 13, 5-8pm)
Nov 11, 2024-Jan 10, 2025: Marla Sullivan
Jan 13-Mar 28, 2025: Chuck McCoy