Visual Arts

Paint the town tonight at shows and celebrations stretching from RiNo to Santa Fe Drive.

Known for his ferocious comedy style, Lewis Black has been a standup comedian for over thirty years and is retiring from touring to focus on his podcast and writing.

“I don’t want it to be all doom and gloom. It’s more about change than that.”

Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz discuss the makings of their world-famous podcast, and tease their new book.

History Colorado opens its new John Fielder Mezzanine Gallery, and the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative shows creative works made behind bars.

The $20,000 Failure Award scholarship is given each year to a student who displays outstanding creativity, fearlessness and a willingness to risk failure in the pursuit of something new.

All Stars is on view at the Denver Art Museum through March 3.

This exciting rock opera features a local performer and reimagines the last days of Jesus Christ through a kaleidoscope of rock, funk and soul.

“One of the things we wanted to bring into the show is the diversity of Africa itself.”

The week also brings a collab with designer Mona Lucero, several free-form shows and a celebration of Mexico.

Everyone knows Blucifer, but there are other baffling works, from those that make noise to those that recall niche history.

“It’s necessary for a new group of artists to show how great it is to know where you’ve come from.”

“We have an overwhelming majority of support from eligible workers and we believe that what’s in our best interest is to form our union.”

The “Old North Denver Art Scene” gets a nod by BRDG, personal photography by veterans lands at Colorado Photographic Arts Center, a Stock Show-inspired exhibit and more.

With a comedic twist as unpredictable as the Whomping Willow, this seventy-minute farce celebrates the beloved wizarding world at the Newman Center this week.

Get out and paint the town!

“Public art is a beautiful way for individuals to feel represented and understood.”

From psychedelic ant farms to a Succession actor from Denver, here’s what people were reading the most.

Andrea Gibson has big plans for their tenure.

From new mural festivals and blockbuster art shows to drama in the theater community and major milestones for some nonprofits, the Denver art scene showed its innovation and resilience.

“There’s just something special about closing up the year in a city that I love so much with friends, in a theater that has so many good memories for me.”

Colorado legalized several psychedelics, but this experience helps to fill a gap for the psychedelic-curious or sober Denverites.