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Photos: Browsing Some of the Country's Hottest Art at Cherry Creek Arts Festival

By Kristen Fiore

Jul 5, 2025

Now in its 34th year, the event is one of the most competitive fine arts festivals in the United States.

Arty Parties: Your Guide to July's First Friday in Denver

By Kristen Fiore

Jul 4, 2025

First Friday is a largely unofficial event celebrating community, culture and art on the first Friday of every month.

Review: Novo Ita is a Lush, Eco-Themed Art Playground

By Toni Tresca

Jul 1, 2025

Spectra Art Space’s Novo Ita: Propagation brings story-rich, hands-on immersion to South Broadway.

Effin' Birds Migrates to Denver for Events

By Teague Bohlen

Jun 28, 2025

Creator Aaron Reynolds hits Mutiny Comics before Fan Expo.

A Dragon in the Front Range: An Exploration of Japanese-Style Tattooing Around Denver

By Edward Simpson

Jun 26, 2025

"It’s important to acknowledge where something came from and show as much respect to it as you can."

Volumes 2 and 3 of Dystopian Times magazine

Local Artists Create Dystopian Times Magazine to Channel Eco-Socialist Activism

By Brendan Joel Kelley

Jun 25, 2025

Representatives of the Marxist collective found community at the Psychedelic Science conference.

UV Magic: Local Artist Uses the Sun to Print Images Onto T-Shirts

By Nate Day

Jun 24, 2025

"I was like, ‘What can I do to be able to stay home with my dogs and earn money?’”

Two pieces of art that showcase someone taking a photo of a banana duct-taped to the wall and someone taking a photo of a male statue's genitals.

"Snarky Norman Rockwell" Rick Dallago Debuts THIRST TRAPS at The Lab on Santa Fe

By Alexander Hernandez Gonzalez

Jun 19, 2025

The exhibit comments on society's obsession with inserting ourselves into every narrative via our smartphones.

Burners Share Apogaea Experience After Fentanyl Threat Cancellation

By Brendan Joel Kelley

Jun 12, 2025

"Ultimately, this community has to really think about how we're going to fight this fentanyl thing long-term," says one attendee.

an overshot view of Apogaea, a regional Burning Man event in Colorado

Regional Burning Man Event Shut Down After Fentanyl Threat

By Brendan Joel Kelley

Jun 9, 2025

By 8 p.m. on Friday, Apogaea's official account announced, "Attention all Apogaeans: please start packing up your things and leave the land as soon as possible."

Why Not Close Santa Fe Drive to Traffic for Every First Friday Art Walk?

By Kristen Fiore

Jun 4, 2025

It would be cool to attend First Friday without worrying about being hit by a car.

People use chalk to create street paintings.

Watch Street Paintings Come to Life at Denver’s 23rd Chalk Art Festival

By Toni Tresca

Jun 4, 2025

This colorful two-day outdoor festival in the Golden Triangle Creative District features 230 artists and 4,000 pieces of chalk.

Your 2025 Guide to the Sixth Annual Denver Fringe Festival

By Toni Tresca

May 30, 2025

Fringe returns June 4-8 with 75 shows, free events, visual art and more. Here's how to make the most of the event.

Blindfolded woman explores an art gallery.

Going in Blind: Oracle Is Loosely Immersive, but Highly Reflective

By Toni Tresca

May 29, 2025

This visual art exhibition at Union Hall invites visitors to pose a question and then enter the gallery blindfolded.

Freshly Baked: New Art Exhibition Space Cookie Factory Opens in Baker

By Ayah Al-Masyabi

May 23, 2025

Cookie Factory opens to the public on Saturday, May 24 with a block party showcasing its inaugural exhibit Nothing Without Nature.

A stage of people with their backs turned

Funds and Games: Checking in With the Colorado Arts Organizations That Lost Their NEA Funding

By Kristen Fiore

May 20, 2025

Colorado arts organizations comment on their lost NEA funding.

AI Has No Role in Denver Artists' New D&D Campaign Book

By Teague Bohlen

May 15, 2025

Denver game designers and artists come together to create new worlds by hand.

Denver Creates: City Announces New Cultural Plan

By Patricia Calhoun

May 14, 2025

Five years and a pandemic after Imagine 2020 expired, Denver Arts & Venues just announced a road map for the next ten years.

A bird drawing with an orange background

City's Spirit: Denver Art Museum Celebrates Susan Wick in Eyes On Exhibit

By John Flathman

May 14, 2025

The DAM's Eyes On series for contemporary has returned with a tribute to Susan Wick, who ran legendary hipster hangout City Spirit from 1984 to 1997.

A tiny book with a pencil and dice for comparison

The Smallest Book in Space: How One Denver Artist Is Making His Celestial Mark

By Lillian Fuglei

May 13, 2025

“I keep finding myself out at night, just looking up at the moon and realizing I have this totally new relationship with it."

Visual Art

Duke Beardsley on Reimagining Western Art

Paul McCartney Takes Over Union Station

Visual Art

Duke Beardsley on Reimagining Western Art

Paul McCartney Takes Over Union Station

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