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
Dec 3–27: 35th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show
Feb 6–28, 2026: Brian Keith
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
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
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
May 16, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: Still in Sound
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, 1200 Lincoln Street, Suite 111, Denver, CO 80203, 303-837-1341, Tue–Fri: 11am–5pm, Sat: 12–4pm
Nov 21, 2025–Jan 3, 2026: Threshold: Juried Biennial Exhibition
Jan 10–Feb 21, 2026: Beyond The Frame: Personal Projects by Veterans (Opening reception: Jan 10, 5–8pm)
Colorado State Capitol, 200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm
Nov 1, 2025–Mar 31, 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
Nov 13, 2025–Feb 15, 2026: Dressing Outloud
Dairy Block, 1821 Blake St, Denver, CO 80202, 720-360-4733, special event hours listed below
David B. Smith Gallery, 1543 A Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-893-4234, Wed–Sat 12–5pm and by appt
Oct 25–Dec 13: Gustav Hamilton: Forgot I left you here (Main Gallery); Sarah Allwine: Something for the Familiar (Project Room)
Jan 17–Feb 21: Emily Joyce: Deal, or, How I Became Radioactive (Main Gallery); Susan Wick: More by Wick (Project Room)
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-5000, Mon, Thu–Sun: 10am–5pm, Tue: 10am–8pm
Through Dec 24, 2025: By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects
Through Dec 31, 2025: Gio Ponti: Designer of a Thousand Talents
Mar 27, 2025–Feb 6, 2027: Guest of Honor: Rembrandt
Apr 20, 2025–Jul 26, 2026: Eyes On: Susan Wick
Jun 8, 2025–Jan 4, 2026: What We’ve Been Up To: Landscape
Jun 29, 2025–Jun 14, 2026: Southwest Impressions: Prints from the Barbara J. Thompson Collection
Oct 5, 2025–Feb 16, 2026: Andrea Carlson: A Constant Sky
Oct 26, 2025–Feb 8, 2026: The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro’s Impressionism (special exhibition ticket required)
Feb 15–Aug 30, 2026: Conversation Pieces: Stories From the Fashion Archives
Oct 4, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: DIVA
Ongoing: A Century of Art in Latin America
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: 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
Dec 6, 2025–Mar 2026: Black History Month Art Exhibition (Vida Ellison Gallery, 7th Floor)
Ongoing: Outside the Norm: Expanding Outdoor Joy in Colorado (Special Collections and Archives Floor)
Ongoing: 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
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
Dec 3–27: Art You Can’t Buy; Small Works
Jan 10–30, 2026: Icons for a New West
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
Nov 3, 2025–Jan 7, 2026: Abstraction in Convergence
History Colorado Center, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-447-8679, Daily: 10am–5pm
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
Nov 8–Dec 27: Anne von Freyburg: Amour Toujours; Shawn Huckins: sun-kissed
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, currently closed due to construction
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
Nov 29–Dec 28: Mirada's Last Holiday Party and Exhibition
Mirus Gallery, 1144 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-828-9060, Wed–Fri: 12–6pm by appt and Fri: 9pm–12am for Mirus Marketplace
Nov 21, 2025–Feb 20, 2026: Foot Fetish
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
Mar 5–Jul 5, 2026: Ana María Hernando: Seguir cantando (Keep Singing); Sammy Seung-min Lee: Becoming Motherland; Bethany Collins: The Deluge (all curated by Leilani Lynch)
Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80202, Tue–Sun: program runs approximately dusk to midnight
Dec: Annual Winter and Holiday Program: Charly Fasano: Winter Break; Emilie Upczak: Winterscape; Andi Todaro: SNOWFLAKE; Jessie Rodriguez: Solstice/Sol Invictus; Danny “Dan Matic” Staton: Snowman in the Mountains
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
Oct 16–Dec 31: Ted Larsen: Wet Wig; Pard Morrison: Interstice; Marcelyn McNeil: Hole in the Sun; Jason Karolak: Peregrine; Lloyd Martin: Reorder
Spark Gallery, 1200 Acoma Street, Ste 100, Denver, CO 80204, 303-681-4687, Fri–Mon: 11am–3:30pm, Tue: 11am–9pm
Nov 21–Dec 16: Softer Louder: PlatteForum Artist Alumni Exhibition
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
Dec 7, 2025–Jan 5, 2026: Blake Ritenour: Unfamiliar, Familiar Faces
Union Hall, 1750 Wewatta St, Ste 144, Denver, CO 80202, located inside The Coloradan, 720-927-4033, Wed–Sat: 12–6pm
Nov 7, 2025–Jan 3, 2026: JayCee Beyale, Randall Beyale, and Wayne Nez Beyale: Biyáál
Walker Fine Art, 300 W 11th Ave, Unit A (enter on Cherokee St), Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-8955, Tue–Sat: 11am–5pm
Nov 14, 2025–Jan 17, 2026: Perfectly Lost: Holly Wong, Sharon Strasburg, Sara Pittman, Eileen Roscina, Mark Penner Howell, and Ana Zanic
Jan 23–Mar 28, 2026: SOURCE MATERIAL: Meagen Svendsen, Brian Comber, Blair Vaughn-Gruler, Katie Kindle, Ren Cannon, Melanie Grein
Apr 3–Jun 6, 2026: Jamie Gray, Derrick Breidenthal, Ana Zanic, Isabelle Coppinger, Gloria Pereyra, Chris Richter
William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-893-2360, Tue–Fri: 10am–6pm, Sat: 11am–5pm, and by appt
Sep 26, 2025–Jan 10, 2026: Sam Scott: Trees Dream of Water; Dana Hart Stone: Unfamiliar Outposts
Jan 16–Feb 28, 2026: Tracy and Sushe Felix; Talia Swartz Parsell (Opening reception: Jan 16, 5–8pm; Artist talk: Jan 17, 12pm)
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
Oct 6, 2025–Jan 2, 2026: Paintbox Guild