Local Artist Ashley Joon Reimagines Monet’s Water Lilies

Ashley Joon collaborated with the Denver Art Museum to create a one-of-a-kind mural to celebrate world famous impressionist, Claude Monet.

By Victoria Carodine

Art

Poems for Our Country: Artists’ Hopes and Proclamations for 2020

By Maya Chiodo

Colorado’s Jewish Healthcare Workers Get the Spotlight in This New Exhibit

By Meredith Sell

This Local Art Exhibition Is Inspired by Life on the Range

By Laura Beausire

Duke Beardsley Confronts What It Means to Belong

By Maya Chiodo

Downtown’s New Permanent Art Installation Will Light up the Night

The 16th Street Mall's historic Daniels & Fisher Tower will get an artistic makeover with the new projection art installation, Night Lights Denver.

By Madi Skahill

This New Exhibit Explores Music From the Future

Denver artist Thomas "Detour" Evans' new exhibit, The Five Pointers, transforms the RedLine Contemporary Art Center into a museum set in the year 2120.

By Angela Ufheil

La Frontera de Cristal Aims to Reshape How We View the Border

In the latest exhibit at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, three photographers focus their lenses on the U.S.-Mexico border and all that surrounds it.

By Maya Chiodo

5 Can’t-Miss Art Shows in October and November

This autumn’s most anticipated openings feature subjects to strike any fancy, from cityscapes to Western landscapes to portraits of cows.

By Karah Kemmerly

MCA’s New Director Continues the Tradition of Telling Untold Stories

Nora Burnett Abrams brings her curatorial vision into her new role as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art.

By Meredith Sell

Josephine Lobato’s Award-Winning Embroidery Preserves the Stories of the San Luis Valley

The 84-year-old needlework artist was recently granted the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship from the the National Endowment for the Arts.

By Kaitlyn Kinshella

Discover Denver Artist Ashley Joon’s Ethereal Floral Murals

Meet the local painter behind some of the city’s loveliest walls—and imagine her work on yours!

By Christine Deorio

5 Local Art Shows to See in August and September

From thought-provoking portraits to surreal scenes, there's something to inspire every art enthusiast at Denver's best end-of-summer exhibitions.

By Karah Kemmerly

Must-See Art Exhibit: The Parallel State Blurs Reality and Fantasy

Renowned British documentary photographer Guy Martin brings his first solo show to Denver's Pattern gallery.

By Daliah Singer

The Denver Art Museum Exhibition (and Giveaway) You Won’t Want to Miss

Denver artist Jonathan Saiz created 10,000 miniature artworks for his "#WhatisUtopia" installation at the DAM, and you just might have the chance to take one home.

By Christine Deorio

Black Cube’s Latest Public Art Series Raises Questions About Monuments

Monumental is using community programs and art installations in Denver public spaces to prompt reflection about monuments and what they represent.

By Meredith Sell

5 Can’t-Miss Summer Art Exhibits

There’s no better season for gallery-hopping in Denver. Here, five shows you'll want to experience this June and July.

By Karah Kemmerly

MCA’s Colorful New Exhibit Celebrates a Colorado Art Legend

Clark Richert in Hyperspace takes a multi-dimensional look at the artist's mathematical painting career.

By Haley Gray

DAM’s Newest Exhibition Challenges Visitors to Think About Light

The Light Show explores the many ways light is used and understood in art, and features 250 pieces from the DAM's nine curatorial departments.

By Victoria Carodine

At Denver’s 701 Gallery, Creativity Comes Alive

The contemporary gallery near the Art District on Santa Fe gathers artists to experiment with wild ideas.

By Meredith Sell

Studio Chat with Photographer and Collage Artist Susan Goldstein

Susan Goldstein’s art is showing in three Denver galleries this month. She gives a behind-the-scenes look at how and why she creates.

By Meredith Sell

This Art Installation Is a Walking Tour of RiNo

For eight nights, select walls in Denver's River North Arts District will act as large-format art installations.

By Victoria Carodine

10 Must-See Exhibits During the Month of Photography 2019

Month of Photography exhibits run the gamut from portraiture and street photography to abstract work and collage.

By Meredith Sell

How Jordan Casteel’s Returning the Gaze Landed in Denver

The new exhibit, opening at the Denver Art Museum on February 2, celebrates the work of the 29-year-old, Colorado-born painter, whose colorful portraits reimagine the relationship between artist and subject.

By Kiran Herbert

Prepare to Stop and Stare at This New Art Exhibit

Painter Jordan Casteel returns home to the Mile High City for her first major solo art exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.

By Daliah Singer

Stock Show Artist Paints a Realistic Image of the Rural West

Terry Gardner, the featured artist at the Coors Western Art Exhibit—part of the National Western Stock Show, beginning January 12—doesn't want to "glorify" the West. Instead, he produces raw, sometimes melancholic, paintings that highlight the most urgent issues facing rural Colorado.

By Jay Bouchard

Learn Light Art from Denver’s Luminary Sculptor

Dorothy Tanner, the lauded 95-year-old Denver sculptor and recipient of the 2018 Denver Mayor’s Award for Artistic Excellence and Innovation, is now taking students.

By Haley Gray

The European Refugee Crisis Inspired This Denver Artist’s Latest Collection

Artist Calvin Lee will donate 90 percent of the money he makes during December’s First Friday Art Walk to the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, which provides free legal services to immigrants in the United States.

By Angela Ufheil

Adam Lerner, Longtime Director of MCA Denver, to Step Down in June 2019

After 10 years at the helm of one of Denver's most creative art institutions, Lerner is ready for something new.

By Daliah Singer

How the Denver Art Museum Curated Its 2019 Monet Exhibition

One of the largest-ever selections of Claude Monet paintings is coming to the Denver Art Museum in 2019. Here's a look at how the museum organized this extraordinary exhibition.

By Victoria Carodine

Denver’s Newest Billboard Isn’t Trying to Sell You Anything

The massive photograph in southwest Denver is part of For Freedoms' nationwide effort to prompt civic engagement and dialogue through art.

By Daliah Singer

Nothing Is as It Seems in Tara Donovan’s Fieldwork, Now Open at MCA Denver

"There’s a visual shift that happens in all of my work that isn’t really apparent in a photograph," Donovan says.

By Haley Gray

DAM’s Exclusive Rembrandt Exhibit Is a Must-See

Rembrandt: Painter as Printmaker is a once-in-a-lifetime collection of 100 pieces by the 17th century Dutch artist, offering unique insight into his skill, artistry, and impact on modern printmaking.

By Victoria Carodine

Join the Discourse on Gun Violence at the Dairy Arts Center

A new exhibition opening Friday explores an epidemic of death by guns in excruciating detail.

By Haley Gray

At GatherHouse Glassblowing, Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Get hands-on instruction in the art of glassblowing at this vibrant Frisco studio, which doubles as a retail space and community center.

By Terri Cook