Visual Arts

As the final weekend of the month approaches, Denver creatives have packed the upcoming days with a bounty of entertainments at the city’s concert halls, DIY venues, breweries, and even churches.

Warren Miller passed away at his home on Orca Island, in Washington State on Wednesday, January 24, 2018.

There are only a dozen pieces in her show, but they dominate Rule Gallery.

You don’t need to wait until Artopia to see Patrick Kane McGregor. Watch our Facebook Live interview today.

There’s more than one way to take in some art this weekend, from a hands-on DIY postcard project to an evening of artful play at the Denver Art Museum — and so much more. Get your art on at these five cool events.

Denver’s techno-marching band Itchy-O has decided to honor filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky on his 89th birthday with a  shower of handmade tarot cards depicting his numerical birth card, The Emperor. Here’s how you can pitch in.

While we’re only in the first month of 2018, this salute to Carlos Frésquez is certain to be one of the most significant shows of the year.

Artists Jonathan Saiz and Wes Magyar are exploring the new frontier of direct-marketing for artists with 7000 Reasons, a collaborative portrait-painting project designed not only to be a money-maker, but to also just make people happy.

Tickets go on sale February 2.

Looking for free things to do this week? Here’s our guide.

On January 15, a giant piece of art commenting on Donald Trump and his “shithole” remark appeared in north Denver.

On January 4, Meow Wolf announced that it had chosen Denver for a massive, five-story, $50-million project slated to open in 2020. But Meow Wolf Vegas has a 2019 opening date.

Can Tree of Transformation change Civic Center Park?

Make your weekend spectacular with these ten affordable events.

Moved by Denver’s artists who’ve been artists displaced by gentrification, Katharine McGuinness and Leo Franco conceived of the The New Underground, the current exhibit at Spark Gallery.

Giant soldiers made out of chair pieces comprise Victory, an installation piece designed to conquer adversity.

Zach Reini’s solo now on view at Gildar Gallery, Zach Reini: A Leaden Stride to Nowhere, might sound like a bummer, but the overall thrust is uplifting.

January gallery openings continue to go full-bore as venues wake up after the holiday season. This month is swarming with new shows on every level in Denver, but you can also welcome — and play with — a new interactive public-art sculpture in the heart of the city.

Last year Denver-based artist and illustrator Matt Dunne gave himself a task: He decided to watch a new movie in theaters every week and create a GIF — a short animated picture — to explain it. He posted every GIF on his Instagram.

Podcasters can develop oddly intimate relationships with their listeners, but it doesn’t get much more intimate than 80 Minutes of Gay Yelling.

Denver artists caught in the crosshairs of gentrification and rampant redevelopment do have alternatives to that predicament, thinks Cortney Stell of the Black Cube Nomadic Museum. Stell is all for seeing artists who feel marginalized in the here and now stop complaining and start changing, by devising new models to replace the old-school ones that aren’t working anymore.

Many readers greet Mondays with weariness. But the beginning of the week also means a fresh list of opportunities to enjoy life in the Mile High…all for free.