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
Apr 3–25: Alexandra Manukyan: The Tender Vigil; Animalia VIII
May 29–Jun 20: Brian Mashburn; The World in View
Jun 24–Aug 15: Contemporary Figuration
Jul 24–Aug 15: Bryanna Marie
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 St, Denver, CO,00 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 St, Suite 111, Denver, CO 80203, 303-837-1341, Tue–Fri: 11am–5pm, Sat: 12–4pm
Feb 27–Apr 18: Leonard Suryajaya: Parting Gift: Fitting in America; Matthew Finley: An Impossibly Normal Life
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
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
Mar 7–Apr 18: Sylvia Fernández: The Illusion of Paradise (Main Gallery); Dmitri Obergfell: The Idiot’s Defense (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–Aug 30: Conversation Pieces: Stories from the Fashion Archives
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
Apr 20, 2025–Jul 26, 2026: Eyes On: Susan Wick
Oct 4, 2026–Jan 10, 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: 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 14, 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
Mar 6–28: Hazel Weckbach: Places and Revisions
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
Mar 14–Apr 25: Marcos Acosta: Fragile Thought; Ville Kylätasku: Nuit Blanche
May 9–Jun 27: Ángel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos 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
Opening Mar 1: Space Is the Place: Art & Design in the Atomic Age
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
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)
Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80202, Tue–Sun: program runs approximately dusk to midnight
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
Mar 2–31: Frank Kwiatkowski: Coffee and Cone Cuts
Apr 2–30: Ecosystems
Pablo’s Coffee on 6th, 630 E 6th Ave, Denver, CO 80203, 303-744-3323, Daily: 6am–4pm
Mar 1–Apr 1: Jam Prints
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
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 St, Ste 100, Denver, CO 80204, 303-681-4687, Fri–Mon: 11am–3:30pm, Tue: 11am–9pm
Feb 27–Mar 24: Eleven x Anything: An International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Small Prints
Mar 27–Apr 21: Janice McDonald, Alicia Bailey, and Wynne Reynolds (Opening reception: Mar 27, 5–7pm)
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
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: Ren Cannon, Brian Comber, Melanie Grein, Katie Kindle, Meagen Svendsen, Blair Vaughn-Gruler
Apr 3–Jun 6: Derrick Breidenthal, Isabelle Coppinger, Jamie Gray, Gloria Pereyra, Chris Richter, Ana Zanic
William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-893-2360, Tue–Fri: 10am–6pm, Sat: 11am–5pm, and by appt
Mar 6–May 9: Jivan Lee: Infinite Landscape (Opening reception: Mar 6, 5–8pm) (Artist talk: Mar 7, 12pm)
May 15–Jul 3: Amy Metier (Opening reception: May 15, 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