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, 1261 Delaware St, Ste 2, Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-0950, Tue–Sat: 12–4pm and by appt
May 30–Jun 20: Brian Mashburn; Carousel; The World In View: Group Exhibition
Jun 24–Aug 15: Contemporary Figuration
Jul 18–Aug 15: 5×5 Project XIV
Jul 25–Aug 15: Justin Wheatley: United Sunder; Bryanna Marie
Aug 22–Sep 12: Michael Magrin: Rhythm of Place; Michael Carson; Calvin Lai: Finding Shelter; Best of 1261
Sep 18–Oct 10: Kelly Birkenruth: The Beauty of Sustenance; Ulrich Gleiter; Fall Group Show
Oct 16–31: Jill Soukup; Ron Hicks: The Book of Parenthesis; Jon Doran: The Poetics of Light
Nov 14–Dec 26: 36th 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 1–Sep 30: Jess E. DuBois: Projecting Soul onto Canvas (Cousins Gallery, 3rd Floor)
Center for Colorado Women’s History, 1310 Bannock St, Denver, CO, 80204, 303-620-4933, Mon–Sat: 10am–4pm, Sun: 12–4pm
Apr 3, 2026–Mar 31, 2027: Votes and Dreams
Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 720-354-4880, Summer hours, May 16–Aug 31: Tue–Thu, Sat–Sun: 10am–5pm, Fri: 12–7pm; Fall hours, Sep 1–May 15: Tue–Sun: 10am–5pm
May 16, 2026–Feb 14, 2027: Still in Sound
May 16, 2026–Sep 19, 2027: Celebrating 15 Years: 15 New Paintings in 15 Months
Ongoing: Abstract Expressions: Terrace Installation
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, 1200 Lincoln St, Suite 111, Denver, CO 80203, 303-837-1341, Tue–Fri: 11am–5pm, Sat: 12–4pm
May 8–Jun 20: Western Cowboy: Reloaded
Jun 26–Aug 1: CPAC Annual Juried Members' Show (Opening reception: Jun 27, 5–8pm)
Colorado State Capitol, 200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm
Apr 10–Jul 30: Colorado's 14ers
Aug 2026–Feb 2027: Colorado: Past, Present, Future
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
May 28–Aug 2: Come Together: Auraria and Community
Aug 27–Sep 17: Michael Rieger: Remember the Love
Oct 8–25: ILL 2026
Nov 5–22: CCD Student Art Exhibition
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
May 16–Jun 27: Judd Schiffman: Ask the Dust (Main Gallery); Aaron Maier-Carretero: Up and Away! (Project Room)
Aug 8–Sep 12: Ashley Garrett (Main Gallery); Ian Fisher (Project Room)
Sep–Oct: Linda Lopez (Main Gallery); Mathew McConnell (Project Room)
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-5000, Mon, Thu–Sun: 10am–5pm, Tue: 10am–8pm
Mar 27, 2025–Feb 6, 2027: Guest of Honor: Rembrandt
Jun 29, 2025–Jun 14, 2026: Southwest Impressions: Prints from the Barbara J. Thompson Collection
Feb 8–Sep 29: What We’ve Been Up To: People
Feb 15, 2026–Feb 7, 2027: Conversation Pieces: Stories from the Fashion Archives
Apr 19–Jul 26: The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art
Opening May 17: Knife Fork Spoon: Everyday Tools, Extraordinary Design
Opening Jul 29: John Edward Thompson and Colorado Modernism
Through mid-Aug: Ink & Thread: Codices and the Art of Storytelling
Oct 4, 2026–Jan 31, 2027: DIVA (ticketed)
Ongoing: Sustained!: The Persistent Genius of Indigenous Art
Ongoing: Sadie Young: The Tangled Self
Ongoing: Fuse Box: Sarah Sze
Ongoing: Rupprecht Matthies: ¿Being Home?
Ongoing: Grass Scripts: Bamboo Art from the Abbey Collection
Ongoing: A Century of Art in Latin America
Ongoing: Islands Beyond Blue: Niki Hastings-McFall and Treasures from the Oceania Collection
Ongoing: The 19th Century in European and American Art
The Kirkland at the Denver Art Museum, 1201 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-832-8576, Mon, Thu–Sun: 10am–5pm, Tue: 10am–8pm
Mar 1, 2026–Feb 21, 2027: Space Is the Place: Art & Design in the Atomic Age
Mar 1, 2026–Mar 7, 2027: ‘Round the Clock: 24 Hours of Colorado in Prints
Ongoing: International Decorative Art
Ongoing: Colorado & Regional Art
Ongoing: Vance Kirkland Paintings
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 Galleries, 10 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-1111, Mon–Thu: 10am–6pm, Sun: 11am–5pm
Dec 2025–Jun 2026: Westbound: Art by Train (Special Collections and Archives, 5th Floor)
Jul–Sep: LeBrun Art Club (Gates Reading Room, 5th Floor)
Ongoing: Art Collection Display (Special Collections and Archives, 5th Floor; 7th Floor Gallery)
Through March 2027: 1776–2026: Uplifting Inclusive Portrayals of America's Heritage
Dikeou Collection, temporarily closed
Dikeou Pop-Up: Colfax, 312 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, 303-623-3001, open by appt, email info@dikeoucollection.org
Emmanuel Art Gallery, University of Colorado Denver, Auraria Campus, 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 18–Sep 19: Come Together: 150 Years of the Emmanuel
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
Mar 17–Jun 15: Jodi Stuart: Second Body
Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St, Ste 1, Denver, CO 80204, 303-571-1261, Tue–Sat: 12–4pm and by appt
May 30–Jun 20: Terry Gardner: Arboraceous
Jul 25–Aug 15: Andrzej Skorut
History Colorado Center, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-447-8679, Daily: 10am–5pm
Jul 18, 2025–Aug 2, 2026: Expedition 1776: The Journey of Domínguez & Escalante
Sep 26, 2025–Sep 6, 2026: 38th Star: Colorado Becomes the Centennial State
Nov 22, 2025–Oct 18, 2026: Moments that Made US
Jan 24, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: Mountains Majesty: On the Summit with John Fielder
Mar 26, 2026–Jan 6, 2027: All Hands on Deck: Life and Legacy of the USS Colorado Battleship
Apr 9, 2026–Apr 11, 2027: Keeping Place: Colorado Heritage for All
K Contemporary, 1412 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-590-9800, Tue–Fri: 12–6pm, Sat: 12–5pm
May 9–Jun 26: Ángel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos: I Wasn’t Born in Havana; Michael Gadlin: In-Tension (Project Space)
Jul 11–Aug 22: Shawn Huckins; Nina Tichava (Project Space)
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
Jul 30–Sep 26: Jim Lawyer: The Weight of Light
Oct 15–Dec 5: Chase DeForest: The Cobblers Canvas: Artworks in Leather
Mirus Gallery, 1144 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-828-9060, Wed–Fri: 12–6pm by appt and Fri: 9pm–12am for Mirus Marketplace
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-298-7554, Tue–Fri: 12–7pm, Sat–Sun: 10am–5pm
Mar 5–Jul 5: Ana María Hernando: Seguir cantando (Keep Singing); Sammy Seung-min Lee: Becoming Motherland; Bethany Collins: The Deluge (curator for all exhibitions: Leilani Lynch)
Jul 24–Nov 1: Colorado Currents (curators: Miranda Lash and Leilani Lynch)
Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80202, Tue–Sun: program runs approximately dusk to midnight
Jun: TUTU: Nivetsika Huyeya, The Path of Maize; Woo Jin 우진: Garasani; Motomichi: From Beneath the Earth; Iván Casís Jr.: Total Confusion
Jul: Ella Weber, Will Rahily, Milton Melvin Croissant III, Clara Murray, Arius Zaiee, and Shelby Rae (In partnership with Union Hall, curator: UH Chief Curator, Esther Hernandez)
Aug: TBA
Sep, Oct: Sishir, Heck Studios, Anna Taberko, Warcat, and Bichael Burphy
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
Jun 18–Aug 8: Deborah Zlotsky: Mosaic; Kate Petley: The Weight of my Attention; Jae Ko + Linda Fleming: Forces; Derrick Velasquez + Teo González: New + Recent Work (the Viewing Room) (All exhibitions opening reception: Jun 18, 6–8pm)
Spark Gallery, 1200 Acoma St, Ste 100, Denver, CO 80204, 303-681-4687, Fri–Mon: 12–5pm, Tue: 12–8pm
May 22–Jun 16: Barbara Carpenter: Variations on a Theme; Kathryn Oberdorfer: That's How the Light Gets In; Deborah Howard: Collaborative Spirit
Jun 19–Jul 14: Supporting Member Exhibition (Opening reception: Jun 20, 12–3pm)
Jul 17–Aug 11: Sally Elliott, Mike Herburger and Jill Powers (Opening reception: Jul 18, 12–5pm)
Aug 14–Sep 8: Curated Exhibition of Local Artists (Opening reception: Aug 15, 12–5pm)
Sep 11–Oct 6: Wendy Clough, Mai Wyn Schantz and Gail Wagner (Opening reception: Sep 12, 12–5pm)
Oct 9–Nov 3: Madeleine Dodge, Jennifer Evans, and Vero Silva (Spark Gallery’s NOVA Scholarship Recipient) (Opening reception: Oct 10, 12–5pm)
Nov 6–Dec 1: Gary Manual, Sue Simon, and Vero Ada Gonzalez (Spark Gallery’s NOVA Scholarship recipient) (Opening reception: Nov 7, 12–5pm)
Understudy, 890 C 14th St, Denver, CO 80202, Thu–Sun: 12–6pm
May 7–Jun 7: Kaitlyn Tucek: Rainbow (desperate)
Jun 18–Jul 19: Chloe Duplessis
Jul 31–Aug 30: Agnes Ma
Sep 12–Oct 11: Linda Bishara
Oct 23–Nov 22: Olive Moya
Union Hall, 1750 Wewatta St, Ste 144, Denver, CO 80202, located inside The Coloradan, 720-927-4033, Wed–Sat: 12–6pm
Jun 25–Aug 8: Rough Gems: Wearing, Wearing (guest curator: Felicity Wong)
Aug 20–Oct 3: Rough Gems: In the Shadows (guest curator: Italu Ramos Hernandez)
Oct 15–Dec 12: Adán De La Garza
Walker Fine Art, 300 W 11th Ave, Unit A (enter on Cherokee St), Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-8955, Tue–Sat: 11am–5pm
Apr 3–Jun 6: Weightless Radiance: Derrick Breidenthal, Isabelle Coppinger, Jamie Gray, Gloria Pereyra, Chris Richter, Ana Žanić
Jun 12–Aug 22: Fragmented Realities: Sabin Aell, Gary Day, Doug Haeussner, George Kozmon, Bryan Leister, and Ben Strawn
Aug 28–Nov 7: Julie Maren: Flourish; Natural Reverie: Norman Epp, Jane Fulton Alt, Laura Guese, and Rob Mellor
William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-893-2360, Tue–Fri: 10am–6pm, Sat: 11am–5pm, and by appt
May 15–Jul 3: Amy Metier: Sea Change
Jul 10–Sep 12: Summer Group Show: Dorothea Cheney, Steve Cope, Stephen Dinsmore, Hart James, Heidi Jung, Betsy Margolius, and Debra Salopek
Sep 18–Nov 7: Klaire Lockheart and Wes Hempel: Brodalisque
Zing Art Gallery, Zing Credit Union, 1075 Acoma St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-573-1170, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 9am–1pm
Apr–Jun: Mark Friday: Mixed Media
Jul–Sep: Art Street: Group Exhibition
Oct–Dec: Zing Member Show