Visual Arts

New exhibitions and events go in every direction, from Halloween-inspired shows to an artist battle in the streets of Boulder.

Rocky Mountain Punk Nature Art & Oddities may be in a normal strip mall near the Jefferson County DMV, but its offerings are anything but ordinary.

Take a step inside the Museum of Illusions, whose installations are meant to show the science behind perception.

“If you love Goosebumps, The Twilight Zone or Black Mirror…The Woman in Black is the show for you.”

Denver Botanic Gardens displays Little Golden Books illustrations, a tiki bar Halloween pop-up and Denver Art Museum’s new Amoako Boafo show are among this week’s offerings.

Participants will learn about their past secrets, confront the circumstances of their death and discover what unfinished business binds them to the earthly realm under the guidance of enigmatic psychopomps.

CHAC comes back to Santa Fe Drive, Fort Collins goes to North Africa, and more art to see.

On the exhibit’s final day, Whitney Bradshaw will host a “scream session” for people to let it all out.

This is Denver artivist Diego Florez-Arroyo’s first play, and explores the prison system and Aztec culture.

Seeing is believing.

Thomas Evans, aka Detour, has painted some of the city’s most recognizable murals, from the Nuggets to local activists, and has a new one of the Broncos in Mile High Stadium. He’s now painting his biggest mural yet at Denver Walls.

Spookadelia is coming back to Spectra, and more Halloween pop-ups have arrived.

“The cowboy is such a powerful icon, and icons inevitably are larger-than-life figures. But in a sense, they’re also kind of empty.”

“Usually, loving to party and being smart don’t go hand in hand, but in Denver’s case, they do.”

Murals and more at local galleries.

“The best indie comedy festival in the United States” takes over South Broadway from September 21-23.

The store closed its RiNo location this summer.

“Being a poet isn’t so much about how we show up to the page. It’s how we show up to the world.”

Catch the Denver Art Museum’s show of Indigenous skateboards, find ceramics at Edge Gallery, and take in Emilio Lobato’s retrospective at the Arvada Center.

The curtain’s rising on a season full of inventive performances, including Beautiful, Dracula and a production on male genitalia.

Dave YÅ«st will give a talk at the Kirkland on September 13 to discuss his process and history as one of the most prominent artists in Colorado.

Paint the town this weekend.