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 26–May 14: Hiroshi Sato: Midwest; Brian O’Neill: Aura
May 18–Jun 4: Animalia VI; Irene Georgopoulou: Nostalgic Treasures: A Journey Through Time
Jun 7–25: Marina Dieul: Bestiaire
Jun 28–Jul 16: Stephanie Hartshorn: Grassroots Urbanism
Aug 9–27: Michael Carson
Aug 30–Sep 13: Karina Rodriguez: Treasured Reminiscences
Sep 20–Oct 8: Michael Miller: Heartland
Oct 11–22: Ifeoluwa Alade
Oct 25–Nov 12: Sheri Farabaugh
Dec 5–28: 34th Annual Holiday Miniatures Mini Show
Abend Gallery (Cherry Creek), 303 Detroit St, Denver, CO 80206, 720-551-4044, Tue-Sat: 12-5pm and by appt
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–Aug 31: Chloe Duplessis: Sister Rosetta: An Art Exhibition Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Center for Colorado Women’s History, 1310 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, 303-620-4933, Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 12-4pm
Mar 29, 2024–Mar 31, 2025: Rumors of Bloomers
Apr 11–Aug 26: UndergARTments Revealed!
Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 720-354-4880, Tue-Sun: 10am-5pm
Apr 30–May 5: Collection Highlights
May 10, 2024–Jan 12, 2025: Dialogue and Defiance: Clyfford Still and the Abstract Expressionists
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
Apr 18–May 2: Print Auction Pop-Up Show
May 10–Jun 22: Inbal Abergil: The Presence of Absence; Dona Laurita: Newcomers: The Silhouette Project (Opening Reception: May 10, 6-9pm; Panel Talk: May 11, 1pm)
Jun 28–Aug 10: Annual Members’ Show (juror: Brent Lewis)
Colorado State Capitol, 200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Mar 25–Jun 19: Creating Community in Confinement: Prison Art Experience and Impact Arts
Jun 24-Oct: Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab (CORAL): We Are All Artists: Creations by Healthcare Workers
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 8–Jun 30: No Puedo Imaginar Mi Vida Sin Ti (Opening reception: May 8, 4-7pm) (curators: Adira Castillo and Josephine Clark)
Dairy Block, 1821 Blake St, Denver, CO 80202, 720-360-4733, First Fri: 5-9pm (May-Sep)
David B. Smith Gallery, 1543 A Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-893-4234, Wed-Sat 12-5 pm and by appt
Apr 13–May 11: Paolo Arao: Devotion
May 25–Jul 13: Desire Lines: Miguel Arzabe, Jessica Cannon, Saskia Fleishman, and Michelle A. M. Miller (curator: Kathe Mothes)
Opening Aug 24: Esteban Cabeza de Baca and Heidi Howard
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-5000, Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm, Tue: 10am-8pm
Jul 23, 2023–Jan 20, 2025: Space Command
Oct 1, 2023–Jun 30, 2024: The Russells in Denver, 1921
Oct 29, 2023–May 19, 2024: The Skeletal World of José Guadalupe Posada
Dec 3, 2023–Dec 7, 2025: Perfectly Imperfect: Korean Buncheong Ceramics
Feb 18–Nov 3, 2024: Have a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today
Feb 25, 2024–Jan 5, 2025: Weaving a Foundation: Cornerstones of the Textile Arts Collection
Mar 10–Oct 20, 2024: Fazal Sheikh: Thirst | Exposure| In Place
Apr 7–Jul 21, 2024: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: The Awake Volcanoes:
May 5–Aug 11, 2024: Biophilia: Nature Reimagined
Jul 28, 2024–Jun 1, 2025: The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama
Sep 8, 2024–Jan 12, 2025: Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Oct 13, 2024–Feb 17, 2025: Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak
Ongoing: By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects; Gio Ponti: Designer of a Thousand Talents
Ongoing: Islands Beyond Blue: Niki Hastings-McFall and Treasures from the Oceania Collection
Ongoing: Arts of Africa from the Collection
Ongoing: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection
Ongoing: The 19th Century in European and American Art
Ongoing: Ingredients: Ink, Watercolor, Oil, Graphite, Pastel, Acrylic, Charcoal, and Gouache on Paper—Acquisitions from the Hitchcock Foundation
Ongoing: European Art Before 1800
Ongoing: Arts of the Ancient Americas
Ongoing: Indigenous Arts of North America
Ongoing: Arts of Asia
Ongoing: Latin American Art
Ongoing: Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art
Ongoing: Western American Art
Denver Performing Arts Complex, Buell Theatre Lobby, 1400 Curtis St, Denver, CO, 80204, open during events and by appt
May 24–Aug 4: Click, Clack, Squeak
Jun 14, 5pm: Denver Arts & Venues Cultural Runway Series: Click, Clack, Squeak (Buell Theatre Stage)
Denver Public Library, Central Library Gallery, 10 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, 720-865-1111, galleries currently closed, first floor access Mon-Thu: 1-6pm
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 2024: 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 2024: 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
May 1–Jul 19: Modern Post-Modern: Presentness is Grace: Cami Galofre, Vivian George, Collin Parson, and Autumn T. Thomas
Evans School, 1115 Acoma Street, Denver, CO, 80204, Sat: 6:30-7:30 pm
Jun 1–Jun 22: UNDOCUAMERICA: RECLAIMING OUR PRESENCE
Jun 22, 6:30pm: QUEER IMMIGRANT PRIDE! EMPOWERING PERFORMANCES OF LGBTQIA+ IMMIGRANTS
Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St, Ste 1, Denver, CO 80204, 303-571-1261, Tue-Sat: 12-4pm and by appt
Jul 18–Aug 6: Adrienne Stein: The Enchanted Eye
Aug 30–Sep 17: 20th Anniversary Show
Oct 11–Nov 12: Fred Wessel: The Iconic Beauty of Flowers
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
Jan 8–May 3: Dylan S. Griffith: Magic Apple
May 8–Jun 21: Denver Public Schools STEAM Program Exhibition
Jun–Oct: StarrSprite
History Colorado Center, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-447-8679, Daily: 10am-5pm
May 13, 2023–Jul 28, 2024: Virgil Ortiz: Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders
Oct 20, 2023–Oct 6, 2024: Through the Lens: The Photography of Frank Muramoto
Jan 29, 2024–Jan 26, 2025: Flow: On the River with John Fielder
Feb 29–Sep 15: Danielle SeeWalker: But We Have Something to Say
May 10–April 2025: Owl Club of Denver: Legacies of Excellence
Aug 23, 2024–May 2025: De la Tierra
Oct 18, 2024–Oct 2025: ¡Viva La Causa! Long Live the Cause!: The Art of Change
K Contemporary, 1412 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-590-9800, Tue-Fri: 12-6pm, Sat: 12-5pm
Apr 13–May 25: Mychaelyn Michalec: Trying to get all my birds to land in the yard (Main Gallery); Matt Tripodi: Hoist the Black Flag (Project Space)
Jun 8–Jul 6: Group Exhibition
Jul 20–Sep 14: Elizabeth Alexander (Main Gallery); Daisy Patton (Project Space)
Sep 28–Nov 9: Taylor White (Main Gallery); Marielle Plaisir (Project Space);
Nov 23, 2024–Jan 4, 2025: Kristopher Wright (Main Gallery); Jason Craighead (Project Space)
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, 1201 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-832-8576, Tue-Sat: 11am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm (visitors must be 13 or older)
May 22, 2024–Jan 12, 2025: Vanity & Vice: American Art Deco
McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80202, 720-865-5570, Daily: 10am-4pm (closed during events)
May 12–Dec 8: 201 Kimonos
Mirada Fine Art, 1331 15th St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-697-9006, Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm, Sun: 12-4pm
May 11–Jun 9: Lyudmila Agrich: Texture (Opening reception: May 11, 4-6pm)
Jun 15–Jul 14: TUNES (Opening reception: Jun 15, 4-6pm)
Jul 27–Aug 25: Jill Shwaiko and Kimberly Santini: Wild Things (Opening reception: Jul 27, 4-6pm)
Sep 11, 3-6pm: Mirada Fine Art's 9th Annual Fine Wine & Art Gala
Mirus Gallery, 1144 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, 303-828-9060, Wed-Fri: 12-6pm by appt
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-298-7554, Tue-Fri: 12-7pm, Sat-Sun: 10am-5pm
Mar 8–May 26: Steven J. Yazzie: Meandered; Ken Gun Min: The Lost Paradise
Mar 8–Sep 1: Gala Porras-Kim: A Hand in Nature
Jun 7–Sep 1: Critical Landscapes: Selected Works from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection
Sep 21, 2024–Feb 2, 2025: Movements Toward Freedom
neü folk, 1115 Acoma St Room 220, Denver, CO 80204, theneufolk@gmail.com, Fri-Sun: 12-4pm and by appt
Apr 13–May 4: Perspective: Sculpture Group Exhibition
May 11–Jun 2: Ways to Leave(Save) Earth (curator: Dani Cunningham)
Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80202, Tue-Sun: program runs approximately dusk to midnight
May 1–31: LoVid, MSHR, p1xelfool, Sabrina Ratté, and Yoshi Sodeoka (curator: Peter Burr)
Jun 1–30: Raul Gonzo, Sam Grabowska, Elizabeth Leister, and Jeremy Oury
Jul 1–31: John Lake, Bryan Leister, Karl Orion, and Eileen Roscina (curator: Libby Garon)
Aug 1–31: Travis Vermilye
Sep 1–30: Denver Digerati Emergent Media Festival
Oct 1–31: Jason Biehner, Sapphire Goss, and Ahmed Salvador (curator: Shana Cruz-Thompson)
Pablo’s Coffee on Penn, 1300 Pennsylvania St, #102, Denver, CO 80203, 303-832-1688, Daily: 7am-2pm
May 1–Jun 31: Dean Inman
Pablo’s Coffee on 6th, 630 E 6th Ave, Denver, CO 80203, 303-744-3323, Daily: 6am-4pm
Robischon Gallery, 1740 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202, 303-298-7788, Tue-Fri: 11am-6pm, Sat: 12-5pm
Apr 25–Jun 15: Linda Fleming: Inside Outside Through; Ana María Hernando: Una pequeña inmensidad / A Small Immensity; Brad Miller: Negentropy; and Jonathan Parker: Notes; Kim Dickey: New and Recent Work (Opening reception: Apr 25, 6-8 pm)
Jul 11–Oct: Omar Chacon, Pard Morrison, and Deborah Zlotsky (Opening reception: Jul 11, 6-8 pm)
Oct 24–Dec 23: Derrick Velasquez (Opening reception: Oct 24, 6-8 pm)
Understudy, 890 C 14th St, Denver, CO 80202, Thu-Sun: 12-6pm
Apr 5–May 12: Beatie Wolfe and Aaron Rose: Solar Signs
May 23–Jun 30: Brady Smith
Jul 11–Aug 18: Christine Nguyen
Aug 29–Oct 6: Tricia Waddell
Oct 17–Nov 24: Maki Teshima
Nov 28–Dec 31: Window Boxes
Union Hall, 1750 Wewatta St, Ste 144, Denver, CO 80202, located inside The Coloradan, 720-927-4033, Wed-Sat: 12-6pm
May 2–Jun 1: The Obstacle is the Path
Jun 13–Aug 10: The Center Cannot Hold
May 31, 7-10pm: Union Hall's 5 Year Anniversary Party
Aug 22–Oct 19: Kate Stone and Saul Acevedo Gomez
Oct 31, 2024–Jan 4, 2025: Diego Florez-Arroyo
Walker Fine Art, 300 W 11th Ave, Unit A (enter on Cherokee St), Denver, CO 80204, 303-355-8955, Tue-Sat: 11am-5pm
Mar 22–May 11: Stripped: Theresa Clowes, Doug Haeussner, Lee Heekin, Sandra Klein, Morgan Robinson, and Zelda Zinn
May 17–Jul 13: Portals: Melana Bontrager, Aaron Morgan Brown, Melanie Grein, Caprice Pierucci, Sharon Strasburg, and Ana Žanić
Jul 19–Sep 6: Brian Comber, Jamie Gray, Gloria Pereyra, Sara Sanderson, Meagen Svendsen, and and Allison Svoboda
Sep 13–Nov 2: Sabin Aell, Rob Mellor, Heather Patterson, Angela Piehl, Martha Russo, and Melanie Walker
William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee St, Denver, CO 80204, 303-893-2360, Tue-Fri: 10am-6pm, Sat: 11am-5pm, and by appt
Mar 15–May 4: Sushe Felix and Tracy Felix: Modern Perspectives; Hart James
May 10–Jun 22: Amy Metier: Taking Shape
Jun 28–Aug 17: Heidi Jung and Yoshitomo Saito
Aug 24-Oct 5: Dennis Lee Mitchell and Zachariah Rieke
Oct 11-Nov 30: Clay Johnson, Lola Montejo, and Laura Wait