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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

New DAM Exhibitions Explore Memory Through Animals

Two current Denver Art Museum exhibits, Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead and Eyes On: Shimabuku, explore ideas of identity, tradition, and inherited memory through the depiction of animals.

By Haley Gray

This Denver Artist is Raising Awareness for Multiple Sclerosis

Sarah Richter uses photography to help others understand how a person with multiple sclerosis perceives the world.

By Kali Robinson

Would You Be Lonely Without Me? Paints Painful Portrait of Life (and Death) Before Roe v. Wade

A new art exhibition at Art Gym Denver honors women who died attempting to terminate their pregnancies before the 1973 legalization of abortion.

By Angela Ufheil

This Month in Colorado Springs, Drinking Beer with Friends Is Art

Tom Marioni will kick off his most well-known exhibit, The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends Is the Highest Form of Art, at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center on July 18.

By Will Jarvis

Colorado Artists’ Work to Be Displayed at Korea’s DMZ Museum

A week after President Trump met with North Korea's leader, University of Colorado Boulder professor George Rivera is bringing 117 pieces of local art to the DMZ Museum, just three miles south of the demilitarized zone.

By Jay Bouchard

Escape the Summer Heat at These 9 Art Shows

Because sometimes the view is better inside.

By Daliah Singer

Take a Walking Tour of Denver’s Forgotten Spaces

The immersive theater gurus at Off-Center—a branch of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts—present Remote Denver, an experience that turns all of the city into a stage.

By Angela Ufheil

Jeffrey Gibson’s “Like a Hammer” Is a Celebration of Native American Culture

The contemporary exhibit—which is a coalescing of nearly 60 of Gibson’s abstract sculptures, paintings, and prints from 2011 to present—is on display at the Denver Art Museum's Gallagher Gallery until mid-August.

By Rejena Carmichael

Denver Gets a Happiness Intervention

For the next six weeks, 11 artists from Colorado and beyond will present work across Denver to explore how the city’s design can influence feelings of well-being.

By Angela Ufheil

The Month of Printmaking Makes an Impression This March

This month, celebrate this popular medium by exploring Mo'Print events—from mixers to exhibits, workshops, and more.

By Julia Talen

New Exhibitions Celebrate Unity & Empowerment Through Art

More than 40 local artists and writers will honor the worldwide Women's Marches with three art exhibitions in Colorado.

By Rejena Carmichael

Introducing Odessa, A Nomadic Arts Incubator

The Denver organization has a yearlong curatorial residency at a local studio, and its first show, Sad Magic, opens this month.

By Daliah Singer

How a Blind Photographer Created a New Vision

Nearly 20 years after a car accident left him blind, Ted Tahquechi has transformed his life and career with his family’s help.

By Jay Bouchard

MCA’s Latest Exhibition Grapples with Violence and Grace

Works by painter Cleon Peterson, a mentee of street artist legend Shepard Fairey, will be shown in a museum for the first time, alongside two other powerful exhibits.

By Haley Gray

“Tree of Transformation” Brings Interactive Art to Civic Center Park

The park's first-ever art installation is a musical tree you can visit—and play!—until April 15.

By Daliah Singer

What We Know So Far About Meow Wolf’s Expansion to Denver

The Santa Fe-based arts collective announced Thursday that it would bring its most ambitious project yet to the Mile High City.

By Mike Tish

Local Art is on Display at LoDo’s Newest Hotel

The newly-opened Hotel Born near Union Station hosts a stunning array of original and limited-edition work—much of which is open to the public—created by local and regional artists.

By Priscilla Blossom

The Denver Art Museum’s North Building is Undergoing a Major Renovation

The refreshed galleries—and a new welcome center—should be completed in time to celebrate the venue's 50th anniversary in 2021.

By Daliah Singer

Her Paris Makes National Debut at the Denver Art Museum

Get a taste of 19th century life in Paris at the DAM's latest exhibit, which celebrates the often-overlooked female artists of impressionism.

By Mike Tish

Denver Hosts the Work of Legendary Chinese Artist, Ai Weiwei

Weiwei’s “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads” will stay in Civic Center Park through October of 2018.

By Mike Tish

Don’t Miss Works from Jalisco, Mexico at MCA’s Newest Exhibit

Saber Acomodar: Art and Workshops of Jalisco 1915-Now showcases works by the artists and artisans of the Jalisco state of Mexico.

By Haley Gray

Denver Street Artists Brighten I-70 Viaduct with “Duct-Work 2”

The city of Denver teamed up with local street artists to dress up a stretch of freeway underbelly, which will be demolished once the I-70 expansion gets underway.

By Mike Tish

Denver Artists Are Hiding Works Across the City For Art Drop Day

If you can find it, you can keep it.

By Ali Longwell

5 Colorado-Made Sculptures to Seek Out at Burning Man

The annual festival is a spectacular display of human creativity.

By Haley Gray

Levitt Pavilion Adds A Multi-Sensory Sculpture

Concert-goers are encouraged to make their own music with Sky Song, the new interactive sculpture at Levitt Pavilion.

By Haley Gray