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Art & Exhibitions

Freyer – Newman Center gallery hours: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily. Included with admission. Here are early or full closings for the galleries.

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Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Elliot Ross, "Portal," digital pigment print, 2022.
York Street

Elliot Ross: Geography of Hope

June 23, 2024 – Feb. 2, 2025
Indoor
York Street

Discover the resilience and beauty of Glen Canyon’s ecosystem through the large-scale photographs of Elliot Ross.

Meredith Feniak, "Mikado California Poppy," watercolor, 2015. Artwork © Botanical Interests, Inc.
York Street

Seeds of Inspiration

Jan. 18 – May 20, 2025
Indoor
York Street

Explore botanical art used to inspire gardeners across the nation.

Colorful hand-painted polyester velvet and digital inkjet print
York Street

Contemporary Fiber: Botanicals

May 17 – Sept. 28, 2025
Indoor
York Street

Inspired by the world around us, this exhibition features artworks made with fiber materials and innovative textile techniques.

Person with braids and flowers in their hair. person wearing a turban, and flamingos in the background.
York Street

Nourished: Works by Jazz Holmes

Sept. 27, 2025 – March 15, 2026
Indoor
York Street

Savor the complex origins of southern American food culture through artworks celebrating Creole dishes.

Colorful painting with two people, two horses and two yellow sunflowers
York Street

Agave: Symbol and Spirit

Sept. 27, 2025 – March 22, 2026
Indoor
York Street

Discover the spirit of agave, a succulent plant with a storied role in the religion, culture and economies of Mexico.

Past Exhibitions Highlights

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York Street

Sculpture by Alexander Calder

April 28 - Sept. 24, 2017
Outdoor
York Street

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience Alexander Calder’s sculptures among the ever-changing living galleries of Denver Botanic Gardens.

Minimalist horse sculpture using branch and stick pieces
York Street

Deborah Butterfield: The Nature of Horses

May 23 – Oct. 18, 2015
Outdoor
York Street

Deborah Butterfield captures the essence of the horse with her contemporary sculpture—characters of strength, spirit and grace. Explore the American artist’s use of minimalistic line...

Chihuly
York Street

Chihuly

June 14 – Nov. 30, 2014
Outdoor
York Street

Denver Botanic Gardens presented the Rocky Mountain Region's first major outdoor exhibition of artwork by celebrated American artist, Dale Chihuly. Chihuly's sculptures – ranging in...

Other Past Exhibitions

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Henry Moore, "Draped Reclining Mother and Baby," 1983. © The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2021 / www.henry-moore.org
York Street

Moore in the Gardens

March 8, 2010 - January 31, 2011
Outdoor
York Street

The first presentation of the Henry Moore’s monumental works offered in the American West, Moore in the Gardens showcased Moore’s modernist reclining figures and interlocking...

Joellyn Duesberry’s Southwest: Sharpening the Edge
York Street

Joellyn Duesberry’s Southwest: Sharpening the Edge

January 23, 2010 - April 4, 2010
Indoor
York Street

Joellyn Duesberry’s Sharpening the Edge showcases the artist’s modernist brushstrokes in color-rich, plein-air landscape paintings. Organized in collaboration with Gallery 1261 in Denver.

Alchemy Garden: Works by Bonny Lhotka
York Street

Alchemy Garden: Works by Bonny Lhotka

August 1, 2009 - September 20, 2009
Indoor
York Street

A commentary on humankind’s relationship with nature, Alchemy Garden explores the remarkable intersection of botanical resources and digital technology through Bonny Lhotka’s artworks.

Extinction: Artists Respond
York Street

Extinction: Artists Respond

May 23, 2009 - July 28, 2009
Indoor
York Street

Juried by Simon Zalkind and Ivar Zeile, this exhibition asks contemporary artists to interpret the concepts, problems and issues of ultimate finality.

RARE: Imperiled Plants of Colorado
York Street

RARE: Imperiled Plants of Colorado

March 7, 2009 - May 17, 2009
Indoor
York Street

Plants depicted in exquisite botanical illustrations are identified in part with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program. RARE was organized by the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists to...

Traveling Exhibitions & Displays

Jacobo and María Ángeles, "Monkey-Iguana," fiberglass and acrylic paint, 2024.

Spirit Guides: Traveling Exhibition

Traveling Exhibition: Booking Now

Experience celestial creatures rendered in monumental scale in "Spirit Guides: Fantastical Creatures from the Workshop of Jacobo and María Ángeles."

Catrina

La Calavera Catrina

Booking Now

Offer your visitors a taste of the history and symbolism of La Catrina through joyful large-scale skeleton sculptures.

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