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
Feb 6–28: Brian Keith: My Mother Let Me Be A Cowboy
Apr 3–25: Alexandra Manukyan; Animalia VI
May 29–Jun 20: Brian Mashburn; The World in View
Jun 24–Aug 15: Bryanna Marie; Contemporary Figuration
Sep 18–Oct 10: Kelly Birkenruth; Moran Cameron
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 27: Ms. Destiny
Feb 25–Apr 7: Bethany Economos: Domestic Bliss
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
May 16, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: Still in Sound
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
Jan 10–Feb 21: Beyond The Frame: Personal Projects by Veterans including the Veterans Alumni Show with 16 alumni for the Veterans Workshop Series
Feb 27–Apr 18: Leonard Suryajaya: Parting Gift: Fitting in America; Matthew Finley: An Impossibly Normal Life (Opening receptions: Feb 27, 5–8pm)
Apr 22–30: Annual Print Auction Exhibition
May 8–Jun 20: Western Cowboy: Reloaded (Opening reception: May 8, 5–8pm)
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
Nov 1, 2025–Apr 8, 2026: Living Tradition: Past. Present. Future: Colorado Women Artists
Apr 10–Jul 30: Colorado's 14ers
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
Feb 26–Mar 22: Anakainosis
Apr 2–12: Community College of Denver Student Exhibition
Apr 30–May 17: Print Ready Drawings
May 28–Jun 28: Come Together: 150 Years of the Emmanuel
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
Jan 17–Feb 21: Emily Joyce: Deal, or, How I Became Radioactive (Main Gallery); Susan Wick: More by Wick (Project Room)
Mar 7– Apr 11: Sylvia Fernández: The Illusion of Paradise (Main Gallery); Dmitri Obergfell (Project Room)
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-5000, Mon, Thu–Sun: 10am–5pm, Tue: 10am–8pm
Opening Jan 25: Grass Scripts: Bamboo Art from the Abbey Collection
Through Feb 8: The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro’s Impressionism (special exhibition ticket required)
Feb 8–Sep 29: What We’ve Been Up To: People
Feb 15–Aug 30: Conversation Pieces: Stories from the Fashion Archives
Through Feb 16: Andrea Carlson: A Constant Sky
Apr 19, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art
Opening May 17: Knife / Fork / Spoon: Everyday Tools, Extraordinary Design, 1900–2025
Through Jun 14: Southwest Impressions: Prints from the Barbara J. Thompson Collection
Through Jul 26: Eyes On: Susan Wick
Oct 4, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: DIVA (ticketed)
Through Feb 6, 2027: Guest of Honor: Rembrandt
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: A Century of Art in Latin America
Ongoing: Ink & Thread: Codices and the Art of Storytelling
Ongoing: Islands Beyond Blue: Niki Hastings-McFall and Treasures from the Oceania Collection
Ongoing: The 19th Century in European and American Art
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 Galleries, 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)
Dec 2025–Jun 2026: Westbound: Art by Train (Special Collections and Archives, 5th Floor)
Mar 18–Apr 15: Citywide High School Art Show (Central Teen Library)
Apr–Sep: Le Brun Club (Gates Reading Room, 5th Floor)
Ongoing: Art Collection Display (Special Collections and Archives, 5th Floor; 7th Floor Gallery)
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
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
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
Jan 22–Mar 18: Illuminations and Ruminations: Photographs and Other Works by Albert Chong
Apr 2–16: Guilty 2026: A CU Denver Student Exhibition
Apr 20–23: Performance Art Week
Jun 25–Sep 17: 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
Jan 10–30: Icons for a New West
Mar 6–28: Hazel Weckbach
May 1–23: Richard Schmid and His Influence (curator: Kristen Thies)
May 29–Jun 20: Terry Gardner
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–Mar 1, 2027: 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–Mar 1, 2027: USS Colorado
K Contemporary, 1412 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-590-9800, Tue–Fri: 12–6pm, Sat: 12–5pm
Jan 17–Feb 28: Francisco Souto: Dichotomies; Taylor Anton White: A Broken Fence
Mar 14–Apr 25: Marcos Acosta
May 9–Jun 27: Angel Ricardo Ricardo Rios and Michael Gadlin
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, 1201 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-832-8576, Mon, Thu–Sun: 10am–5pm, Tue: 10am–8pm
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
Mirus Gallery, 1144 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-828-9060, Wed–Fri: 12–6pm by appt and Fri: 9pm–12am for Mirus Marketplace
Jan 25–Apr 11: Crystal Wagner: Telos
Apr 25-Jun 7: Michael Walsh: Continuum (Opening reception: Apr 25, 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 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: 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
Jan: Angie Amaro, Vlad Girshevich, students from the CU Denver Photography Program, and more
Feb: Dirk Koy, Kerim Safa, KYND, Finn Berenbroek, Kaoru Tanaka, Kakia Konstantinaki, and Gavin Shapiro (curator: Braw Haus)
Mar: Ireland in Motion (curator: Rian Kerrane)
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
Jan 29–Mar 21: Ostinatos: A Group Exhibition (Opening reception: Jan 29, 6–8pm)
Apr 9–May 30: Stacey Steers and Kahn + Selesnick (Opening reception: Apr 9)
Jun 18–Aug 8: Deborah Zlotsky and Kate Petley (Opening reception: Jun 18)
Spark Gallery, 1200 Acoma Street, Ste 100, Denver, CO 80204, 303-681-4687, Fri–Mon: 11am–3:30pm, Tue: 11am–9pm
Jan 30–Feb 24: Annual Member Show—Part II (Opening reception: Jan 31, 12–3pm)
Feb 27–Mar 24: Eleven x Anything: an international juried exhibition of contemporary small prints (Opening reception: Feb 28, 12–3pm)
Mar 27–Apr 21: Janice McDonald, Alicia Bailey and Wynne Reynolds (Opening reception: Mar 2, 12–3pm)
Apr 24–May 19: Susan Rubin, Michaele Keyes and Pat Aaron (Opening reception: Apr 25, 12–3pm)
May 22–Jun 16: Barbara Carpenter, Kathryn Oberdorfer and Deborah Howard (Opening reception: May 23, 12–3pm)
Jun 19–Jul 14: Supporting Member Exhibition (Opening reception: Jun 20, 12–3pm)
Understudy, 890 C 14th St, Denver, CO 80202, Thu–Sun: 12–6pm
Jan 15–Mar 15: Taste Test
Mar 26–Apr 26: Colorado Black Arts Festival
May 7–Jun 7: Kaitlyn Tucek
Jun 18–Jul 19: Chloe Duplessis
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 31, 2026: JayCee Beyale, Randall Beyale, and Wayne Nez Beyale: Biyáál
Mar 5–Apr 18: Rough Gems: Drexciya (guest curator: Sierra Jeter)
Jun 25–Aug 8: Rough Gems: Wearing, Wearing (guest curator: Felicity Wong)
Walker Fine Art, 300 W 11th Ave, Unit A (enter on Cherokee St), Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-8955, Tue–Sat: 11am–5pm
Jan 23–Mar 28: SOURCE MATERIAL: Meagen Svendsen, Brian Comber, Blair Vaughn-Gruler, Katie Kindle, Ren Cannon, Melanie Grein
Apr 3–Jun 6: 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
Jan 16–Feb 28: Tracy and Sushe Felix; Talia Swartz Parsell
Mar 6–May 2: 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
Jan–Mar: Eternal Memories Through the Lens of Angela Japha: Photography Exhibition
Apr–Jun: Mark Friday: Mixed Media
Jul–Sep: Art Street: Group Exhibition
Oct–Dec: Zing Member Show