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.
Anderson Academic Commons, University of Denver, 2150 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80208, 303-871-3074, Mon–Fri: 7am–8pm, Sat: 9am–8pm, Sun: 10am–8pm
May 7–Aug 14: Trees: A Visual Narrative of Our Enduring Relationships with Trees through the Seasons (Dean’s Suite Gallery)
May 21–Sep 7: The Magna Charta Universitatum: A Pledge to Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy (AAC 290 Cases)
Arapahoe Community College, Colorado Gallery of the Arts, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120, 303-797-5649, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Thu: 9am–7pm, Spring Hours: Mon–Thur: 10am–5pm, Summer hours: Tue–Thu: 10am–3pm
Jul 11–30: Purely Pastel: Pastel Society of Colorado
Aug 2, 9am–3pm: Outdoor Craft Fair (located on West Lawn)
Aug 4–27: Lone Tree Photography Club Exhibition (Opening reception: Aug 6, 5–7pm)
Sep 3–24: Across the Globe: Study Abroad Students Showcase (Opening reception: Sep 3, 5–7pm;
Saturday Showing: Sep 5, 12–3pm)
Sep 29–Oct 28: This Is Colorado: Heritage Fine Arts Guild (Opening reception: Sep 30, 5–7pm; Saturday Showing: Oct 3, 12–3pm)
Art Students League of Denver, 200 Grant St, Denver, CO 80203, 303-778-6990, Mon–Thu: 8:30am–6:30pm, Fri: 8:30am–5:30pm, Sat–Sun: 10am–5pm
Aug 7–29: Youth Exhibition: [Back to Cool…Again]
Aug 22–23, 9am–5pm: Summer Art Market
Sep 11–Nov 1: The Art of Illusion
Nov 13–Dec 13: Warm & Fuzzy: ASLD Small Works Holiday Salon
Feb 19, 2027–Apr 9, 2027: delecTABLE: The Fine Art of Dining
Bemis Public Library, 6014 S Datura St, Littleton, CO 80120, 303-795-3961, Mon–Thu: 9am–8pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 1–5pm
May 15–Aug 21: Markus Puskar: The Loneliness of Infrastructure
Jul: Patricia Giordano
Aug: Littleton Fine Arts Guild
Sep: Michael C. Jackson
Oct: ACC Art & Design Student Exhibition
Black Cube Headquarters, Nomadic Art Museum; most exhibitions are offsite
Summer 2026: Gabriel Rico: Cuando hubo más jaguares que polígonos (When There Were More Jaguars Than Polygons) (location: Plaza of the Americas, 1550 Wewatta St, Denver, CO 80202)
Sep 2026: Enrique López Llamas (location: Black Cube Headquarters, 2925 S Umatilla St, Fl 2, Englewood, CO 80110)
Ongoing: SHARE: Anuar Maauad (locations: installed at 100 outdoor sites throughout Denver and the surrounding area)
Ongoing: Matt Barton: Community Forms (location: TAXI Campus, 3455 Ringsby Ct, Denver, CO 80216)
Blue Sky IDEA Art Studio and Gallery, 6412 S Quebec St, Greenwood Executive Park, Centennial, CO 80111, 720-601-6828, Wed–Thu: 1pm–4pm, Fri: 11am–1pm, and by appt
Oct 24, 12–3pm: Patricia Aaron: Annual Open Studio Event
Blue Tile Gallery, 3944 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113, 720-289-9323, hours change depending on exhibitions and events, by appt
Community Commons Gallery, Room 1001, University of Denver, 2055 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80210, 303-871-3111, Mon–Fri: 7am–10pm, Sat–Sun: 8am–10pm
Sep 1–30: Family and Friends Signing Wall
Oct: First-Gen Art Exhibition
Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E Orchard Rd, Greenwood Village, CO 80121, 303-797-1779, Mon–Fri: 8:30am–4:30pm, Sat: 10am–4pm
Jul 13–Aug 28: 43rd Annual All Colorado Art Show (juror: Doug Kacena)
Sep 8–Oct 23: Here + Now (curator: Mai Wyn Schantz)
Sep 19–20, 10am–5pm: Art on the Green: Annual outdoor art fair
Davis Gallery, University of Denver, Shwayder Art Building, 2121 E Asbury Ave, Denver, CO 80210, davisgallery@du.edu, check website for hours
Sep 3–Oct 11: Knot Seen: Featuring the Dumpling Diaspora Artist Collective
Oct 15–Nov 20: Perpetual: Madison Nghiem, BFA '27
Depot Art Gallery (Littleton Fine Arts Guild), 2069 W Powers Ave, Littleton, CO 80120, 303-795-0781, Tue–Sun: 11am–4pm
Jun 30–Aug 2: Small Wonders
Aug 4–Sep 13: Anniversary Show
Sep 15–27: Pop Up Shows
Sep 29–Oct 31: Capturing Colorado
Nov 3, 2026–Jan 3, 2027: 2026 Holiday Boutique
Eloise May Library, 1471 S Parker Rd, Denver, CO 80231, 303-542-7279, Mon–Thu: 9am–7pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Jun 1–Jul 31: Kristin Anahit Cass
Aug: Taetiana Zosenko
Sep: Omar Yanez
Oct: Stephanie Castro
Nov: Cynthia Schumann
Englewood Second Saturdays, Broadway and Hampden, Englewood, CO, check website for schedule and hours
Englewood Creative Community with various businesses participating, hours, and specials: Aug 8, Sep 12, Oct 10
Kaladi Coffee Roasters Denver, 1730 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80120, 303-722-0594, Mon–Fri: 6am–7pm, Sat: 6:30am–7pm, Sun: 7am–5pm
Kaladi Coffee Roasters Englewood, 2823 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113, 720-570-2166, Mon–Fri: 6am–7pm, Sat: 6:30am–7pm, Sun: 7am–5pm
Koelbel Library, 5955 S Holly St, Centennial, CO 80121, 303-542-7279, Mon–Thu: 9am–8pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Jul: Jay Wortham
Aug: Teen Art Exhibition
Oct: Katherine Buckius
Nov: Pushpa Mehta
Dec: Michael Wheeler
Littleton Museum, 6028 S Gallup St, Littleton, CO 80120, 303-795-3950, Tue–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 11am–5pm
Nov 6, 2026–Jan 31, 2027: David Garcia
Lone Tree Arts Center Gallery, 10075 Commons St, Lone Tree, CO 80124, 720-509-1000, Mon–Fri: 10am–4pm and 2 hours before performances
Jun 24–Sep 3: Commissioners’ Choice: Don Woodard: The “National Park Art” Exhibition
Sep 10–Oct 25: Pawtraits in Pen: Original Drawings by Andi Burnum
Madden Gallery at Museum of Outdoor Arts, 6363 S. Fiddler’s Green Cir, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, 303-806-0444, Tue–Fri: 10am–4pm (during an active exhibition) and select Saturdays: 12–5pm
Mar 20–Jul 31: Beyond the Horizon: A Contemporary Western Art Exhibition Featuring Multiple Local and Regional Artists
Aug: Americana Photography Exhibition
Museum of Anthropology (DUMA), University of Denver, Sturm Hall, Room 102, 2000 E Asbury Ave, Denver, CO 80208, 303-871-2543, Mon–Fri: 9am–4pm and by appt
Jun 4–Jul 31: Living Between Lines: Reflections on the Migrant Experience
Museum of Outdoor Arts, 6331 S Fiddler’s Green Cir, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, 303-806-0444, open by appt and during events
Ongoing: Cabinet of Curiosities and Impossibilities: Lonnie Hanzon (Marjorie Park)
Ongoing: Permanent collection at Marjorie Park and Englewood
NKollectiv, 3485 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113, 720-722-2107, Tue–Sat: 11am–6pm, Sun: 11am–4pm, closed Dec 24–Jan 9
Jul 31–Aug 30: Memories: Windows into Home and Heart: Lyndy Bush and Will Thompson (Artists’ reception: Aug 8, 4–8pm, artist talks: 4:15pm); Englewood Showcase (West Gallery)
Sep 2–27: Kelly Austin-Rolo and Melody Epperson (South Gallery); Assemblage Invitational (North Gallery)
Oct 1–Nov 1: Shift: Juried Exhibition (North Gallery); NKollectiv Members (South Gallery); Gulsen Goksel (West Gallery)
Parker Arts at the PACE Center and the Schoolhouse Gallery, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave, Parker, CO 80138, 303-805-6800, Mon–Sat: 12–5pm
May 30–Aug 8: Call of the Wild (Schoolhouse Gallery) (Reception: Jul 30, 6:30–8pm)
Jun 18–Aug 5: Through the Lens: Photography Across Colorado
Rising Gallery, 4885 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113, 720-618-8957, open by appt
SeeSaw Art Gallery, 5 W. Radcliff Ave, Englewood, CO 80110, 303-501-2712, by appt
Jun 27–Aug 29: Savanna LaBauve: Orbit
Sep 12–Nov 14: Kristina Davies
Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S Biscay Cir, Centennial, CO 80015, 303-542-7279, Mon–Thu: 9am–9pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Jul: Samira Khan
Aug: Ilissa Romero
Sep: Christina Hobson
Oct: Library Staff Art Exhibition
Nov: Jeremy Martinez
Dec: Billy Causey
South Street Final Friday Art Walk, 1400–1600 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210, Final Fri: 5–8pm, Apr through Nov
The Space by Arapahoe Libraries, 12855 E Adam Aircraft Cir, Englewood, CO 80112, 303-542-7279, Mon–Thu: 8am–9pm, Fri: 8am–4pm
Spectra Art Space, 1836 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80210, 720-535-7244, Thu–Sat: 11am–10pm, Sun, Mon, Wed: 11am–9pm
May–Sep: Novo Ita
Opening Jul 11: Reflections
Stanton Art Gallery (Town Hall Art Center), 2450 W Main St, Littleton, CO, 80120, 303-794-2787, Mon–Fri: 10am–5pm
Jul 28–Aug 31: Paintbox Guild
Sep 7–Oct 26: Kristal Hoeh
Studio 108 Arts, 901 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, CO 80110, Tue–Sun: 11am–4pm and by appt
Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, 2121 E Asbury Ave, Denver, CO 80210, vmgallery@du.edu, check website for hours
Jun 26–Aug 7: Abbey Peters; Ana Gonzalez-Barragán
Sep 10–Nov 20: SCHEMATA: Conceptual Wall Drawings
Yolia Art Space, 901 Englewood Parkway, Ste 112, Englewood, CO 80110, Thu–Fri: 10am–3pm and by appt
Aug 8–Sep 26: LFAC Invitational Exhibition
Oct 10–Nov 21: 3-D Exhibition/Installation
Dec 12, 2026–Jan 24, 2027: Mid-Brow Exhibition