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
Sep 13–Oct 4: Robin Hextrum: Magical Realism; Animalia: Group Exhibition
Oct 10–Nov 1: Karina Rodríguez: The Golden Hive
Nov 6–12: Windows to the Divine
Nov 15–26: Lindsey Kustusch
Dec 3–27: 35th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show
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
Jun 20–Sep 27: Darrell Anderson: Streets, Take 5: Jazz-Inspired Art
Center for Colorado Women’s History, 1310 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, 303-620-4933, Mon–Sat: 10am–4pm, Sun: 12–4pm
Apr 4, 2025–Mar 29, 2026: Ms. Destiny
Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 720-354-4880, Tue–Sun: 10am–5pm
Jan 25–Sep 14: Held Impermanence (Artists Select: Katherine Simóne Reynolds)
Sep 19, 2025–May 10, 2026: “Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’”: An Exhibition Curated by Children of the Colville Confederated Tribes
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 8–Sep 27: What Remains: Carl Bower, Dana Stirling, and Emily (Billie) Warnock
Colorado State Capitol, 200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm
Feb–Oct: Creative Capitol: The Art of Teaching Artistry (curator: Think 360 Arts for Learning)
Nov 2025–Mar 2026: Living Tradition: Past. Present. Future: Colorado Women Artists
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
Jul 10–Sep 7: Sarah Darlene and James Holmes: Lifelines
Sep 18–Oct 5: Ireland Abroad
Oct 9–19: ILL 2025
Oct 30–Nov 9: CCD Student Exhibition
Nov 13, 2025–Feb 15, 2026: Dressing Outloud
Dairy Block, 1821 Blake St, Denver, CO 80202, 720-360-4733, special event hours listed below
Oct 18–19, 12–5pm: Flatstock
David B. Smith Gallery, 1543 A Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-893-4234, Wed–Sat 12–5pm and by appt
Oct 25–Nov 22: Gustav Hamilton: Forgot I left you here (Main Gallery); Sarah Allwine: Something for the Familiar (Project Room)
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-5000, Mon, Thu–Sun: 10am–5pm, Tue: 10am–8pm
Dec 3, 2023–Dec 7, 2025: Perfectly Imperfect: Korean Buncheong Ceramics
Feb 16–Nov 30: Confluence of Nature: Nancy Hemenway Barton
Mar 27, 2025–Feb 6, 2027: Guest of Honor: Rembrandt
Apr 20, 2025–Jul 26, 2026: Eyes On: Susan Wick
Jun 8–Dec 7: What We’ve Been Up To: Landscape
Jun 15-ongoing: A Century of Art in Latin America
Jun 29, 2025–Jun 14, 2026: Southwest Impressions: Prints from the Barbara J. Thompson Collection
Opening Oct 5: Andrea Carlson: A Constant Sky
Oct 26, 2025–Feb 8, 2026: The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro’s Impressionism (special exhibition ticket required)
Ongoing: SUSTAINED: The Persistent Genius of Indigenous Art
Ongoing: Sadie Young: The Tangled Self
Ongoing: Rupprecht Matthies: ¿Being Home?
Ongoing: Ink & Thread: Codices and the Art of Storytelling
Ongoing: By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects
Ongoing: 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
Denver Performing Arts Complex, Buell Theatre Lobby, 1400 Curtis St, Denver, CO, 80204, 303-893-4100, open during events and by appt
Mar 14, 2025–Dec 31, 2027: Jann Haworth: Catalysts
Denver Public Library, Central Library Gallery, 10 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-1111, Mon–Thu: 10am–6pm, Sun: 11am-5pm
Opening May 30: Outside the Norm: Expanding Outdoor Joy in Colorado (Special Collections and Archives Floor)
Opening Jun 18: Emerging West: Early Photography of Arundel Hull, 1867–1869 (Gates Reading Room)
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 2025: 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 2025: 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
Jun 25–Sep 12: Made in Colorado 2025
Sep 25–Dec 13: Homeland: Nepali Modernism and the Art of Lain Singh Bangdel
Jan 22–Mar 18, 2026: Unsung: The Art of Albert V. Chong in Colorado (1991–2025)
Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St, Ste 1, Denver, CO 80204, 303-571-1261, Tue–Sat: 12–4pm and by appt
Aug 16–Sep 6: The 1261 Summer Show
Oct 10–Nov 1: Tight II (curator: Anthony Waichulis)
Dec 3–27: Small Works
Dec 11: Dam Westerners Holiday Party (curator: Rose Fredrick)
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
Aug 7–Oct 15: Beau Carne: Sweet Summer Goodbye
History Colorado Center, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-447-8679, Daily: 10am–5pm
Oct 18, 2024–Oct 5, 2025: ¡Viva La Causa! Long Live the Cause!: The Art of Change
Jan 24, 2025–Jan 1, 2026: Horizon: On the Plains with John Fielder
Jul 18, 2025–Aug 2, 2026: Expedition 1776
Sep 26, 2025–Aug 2, 2026: 38th Star: Colorado Becomes the Centennial State
Nov 22, 2025–Oct 18, 2026: Moments that Made US
K Contemporary, 1412 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-590-9800, Tue–Fri: 12–6pm, Sat: 12–5pm
Sep 20–Oct 25: Daisy Patton; Ya La'Ford
Nov 8–Dec 27: Anne von Freyburg; Shawn Huckins
Jan 17–Feb 28, 2026: Francisco Souto; Taylor Anton White
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, 1201 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-832-8576, Mon, Thu–Sun: 10am–5pm, Tue: 10am–8pm
Ongoing: Vanity & Vice: American Art Deco
Ongoing: International Decorative Art
Ongoing: Colorado & Regional Art
Ongoing: Vance Kirkland Paintings
McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80202, 720-865-5570, Daily: 10am–4pm (closed during events)
May 22–Sep 30: Fiber Art Today; Fashion Photography in Denver
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
Aug 16–Oct 5: Lyudmila Agrich: Artistic Alchemy
Nov 29–Dec 28: 16th Anniversary Holiday Exhibition
Mirus Gallery, 1144 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-828-9060, Wed–Fri: 12–6pm by appt and Fri: 9pm-12am for Mirus Marketplace
Jun 16–Sep 5: Psychonauts
Sep 12–Nov 14: Travis Gillan: Revelator
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-298-7554, Tue–Fri: 12–7pm, Sat–Sun: 10am–5pm
Sep 12, 2025–Feb 15, 2026: Roni Horn: Water, Water on the Wall, You’re the Fairest of Them All; Deborah Jack: The Haunting of Estuaries…An (After)Math of Confluence (Opening celebration: Sep 12, 7:30pm)
Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80202, Tue–Sun: program runs approximately dusk to midnight
Sep: Digerati Experimental Media Festival Presents Obscura: Faiyaz Jafri, Leah Smithson, Perfect Loop, TUTU, Tyler Calkin
Oct: Monumomentum 2025:John Rumley, Amy Lee Ketchum, Esther Hernandez, Arius Zaiee, Waffle Man (Curators: TAD Projects (Tobias Fike and Donald Fodness))
Nov: Dusty Deen, Xie Yufan, and more TBA
Dec: Annual winter & holiday program, artists TBA
Jan 2026: Angie Amaro and other artists TBA
Feb 2026: Program curated by Brew Haus, 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
Rainbow Dome, 1660 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80204
Robischon Gallery, 1740 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-298-7788, Tue–Fri: 11am–6pm, Sat: 12–5pm
Jul 10–Sep 27: Duologies
Oct 16–Dec 20: Ted Larsen; Pard Morrison; Marcelyn Mcneil; Jason Karolak; Lloyd Martin (Opening Reception for the artists: Oct 16, 6–8pm)
Spark Gallery, 1200 Acoma Street, Ste 100, Denver, CO 80204, 303-681-4687, Fri–Mon: 11am–3:30pm, Tue: 11am–9pm
Aug 29–Sep 23: Elaine Ricklin: Transformations; Leo Franco: Symbols & Relics; Eric Wall: The Space Between: A New Presentation of Manipulated Canvases
Sep 26–Oct 21: Joyce Coco, Annalee Schorr, and Katherine Smith-Warren (Opening reception: Sep 27, 12–3pm)
Oct 24–Nov 18: Robert St John, Barbara Baer, and Beth Roland (Opening reception: Oct 25, 12–3pm)
Nov 21–Dec 16: PlatteForum Artist Alumni Exhibition (Opening reception: Nov 22, 12–3pm)
Dec 19–23: Small Works Show (Opening reception: Dec 20, 12–3pm)
Jan 2–27, 2026: Annual Member Show—Part I (Opening reception: Jan 3, 12–3pm)
Jan 30–Feb 24, 2026: Annual Member Show—Part II (Opening reception: Jan 31, 12–3pm)
Feb 27–Mar 24, 2026: Eleven x Anything: an international juried exhibition of contemporary small prints (Opening reception: Feb 28, 12–3pm)
Understudy, 890 C 14th St, Denver, CO 80202, Thu–Sun: 12–6pm
Sep 11–Oct 12: Phillip Stearns: Cursed Earth Apothecary
Oct 23–Nov 23: Joseph Martinez: Unattended Grief
Dec 7–Jan 5: Blake Ritenour
Union Hall, 1750 Wewatta St, Ste 144, Denver, CO 80202, located inside The Coloradan, 720-927-4033, Wed–Sat: 12–6pm, Closed for installation through Nov 5
Nov 7, 2025–Jan 3, 2026: JayCee Beyale, Randall Beyale, and Wayne Nez Beyale: Biyáál (Opening reception: Nov 6, 6–8pm)
Walker Fine Art, 300 W 11th Ave, Unit A (enter on Cherokee St), Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-8955, Tue–Sat: 11am–5pm
Jul 18–Sep 6: Untethered: Derrick Breidenthal, Theresa Clowes, George Kozmon, and Sara Sanderson
Sep 12–Nov 8: Finding Currents + Topographies of Being: Sandra Klein, Heather Patterson, Angie Piehl, Joo Woo, and Sandra Klein
Nov 14, 2025–Jan 10, 2026: Perfectly Lost: Holly Wong, Sharon Strasburg, Sara Pittman, Eileen Roscina, Mark Penner Howell, and Ana Zanic
William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-893-2360, Tue–Fri: 10am–6pm, Sat: 11am–5pm, and by appt
May 16–Sep 20: Homare Ikeda: The Boat; Cheryl Ann Thomas: Final Porcelain Sculptures; Naomi Scheck: Tactile Horizons
Sep 26, 2025–Jan 10, 2026: Sam Scott; Dana Hart Stone
Jan 16–Feb 28, 2026: Tracy and Sushe Felix; Talia Swartz Parsell (Opening reception: Jan 16, 5–8pm)
Mar 6–May 2, 2026: Jivan Lee (Opening reception: Mar 6, 5–8pm) (Artist talk: Mar 7, 12pm)
May 8–Jul 3, 2026: Amy Metier (Opening reception: May 8, 5–8pm)
Zing Art Gallery, Zing Credit Union, 1075 Acoma St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-573-1170, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 9am–1pm
Jul 8–Sep 30: Circle of Friends (curator: Genevieve Waller)
Oct 2, 2025–Jan 2, 2026: Paintbox Guild