Visual Arts

Catch the color fields of Alma Thomas, moving pictures at the Digerati Experimental Media Festival, outdoor painting at Street Wise’s Mural Fest and more.

“Our strategy and model going forward is to produce our own work every other year and, in between, to bring in the coolest stuff we can find from around the world.”

Muralists take over Alto, a photographer channels H.P. Lovecraft, and CHAC artists examine what it means to be Chicano.

Emmanuel Gallery’s new exhibit uses a world-class group of artists to ask: “How do we set limits to limits?”

Get in line for the Art Students League of Denver’s Summer Art Market, or mentally tongue-tied with word-gamer Joel Swanson.

It’s your last chance to see art in a taxidermy shop in 2024, but you can also paint on your glam-metal face for the BRDG Project’s Big Hair ’80s Dance Party.

See Miguel Osorio’s blood paintings at Leon and Rule Gallery’s farewell memorial for the late Joe Clower.

“Loveland is the only show like this I do because the money stays in the community, and they just really love and support artists.”

See D’art Gallery’s fully expanded space, observe work from an artist who stayed at the Amache internment camp and get down with a hip-hop art show and concert.

Set yourself free at Evans School, celebrate co-ops in 40 West, or see the Denver Art Museum’s Biophilia with different eyes.

This expertly designed retro summer-camp experience puts visitors back in 1999 to solve a murder at Camp Z.

Dance to Firefly Music with Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, Daisy Patton is back at K Contemporary, and Pard Morrison and others keep Robischon Gallery filled to the rafters.

See slippery geometrics at Space Gallery, Sasha Novotny’s oil-stick masterworks and SÁ£o Paulo-bound artist Peter Yumi’s doorbuster at Talk Gallery.

An artsy holiday weekend includes the return of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, free art-walking in Denver and Colorado Springs and elevated street art at Alto Gallery.

The legendary artist will show his bronze insect sculptures for his final exhibition at the William Havu Gallery.

Yoshitomo Saito is on the fly at Havu Gallery and the Green Box Arts Fest brings James Tapscott’s Arc ZERO: Nimbus to Colorado.

Donald Fodness’s show will be gob-smacking good at the Evans School, while British artist Laura Ellen Bacon goes big at the Denver Art Museum

Learn more about the production from the perspective of Olaf, who is played Jeremy Davis, an actor with strong Denver ties.

Artists wrangle with world violence, high-concentration cannabis and healing art for sexual assault survivors as the summer heat rises in Denver.

Watch improvisers create spontaneous scenes and songs based on audience suggestions in Denver Center’s cabaret space from June 12 to 30.

24 Horror Pin Ups is a new art book that showcases illustrations of the horror-loving model crew.

June’s First Friday sees art shows happening all weekend, with exhibition openings at MCA Denver and the Arvada Center.