Vicki Myhren Gallery

Vicki Myhren Gallery The Vicki Myhren Gallery is the principal exhibition venue of the School of Art & Art History at the The Gallery is named in honor of Vicki Myhren.

The Vicki Myhren Gallery is the principal exhibition venue of the School of Art & Art History (SAAH). Dedicated to interdisciplinary visual arts programming and practice, the Gallery is integral to the educational mission of the School. A rotating calendar of exhibitions features local, national and global artists, both emerging and established. The gallery is FREE and open to the public during posted open hours.

Our BFA senior showcase opens this Thursday, May 14th! Please join us to celebrate five incredibly talented artists, and...
05/12/2026

Our BFA senior showcase opens this Thursday, May 14th! Please join us to celebrate five incredibly talented artists, and enjoy some charcuterie while you're at it! Swipe to see a sneak peek of the work you'll see in the show - it's absolutely not one to be missed!

The BFA senior showcase opens next week, May 14th! Please join us to celebrate five incredibly talented artists. Swipe t...
05/07/2026

The BFA senior showcase opens next week, May 14th! Please join us to celebrate five incredibly talented artists. Swipe to see a sneak peek of the work you'll see when you come to the show - it's absolutely not one to be missed!

Our pop up exhibition's close this week! Make sure to stop by the gallery for your last chance to see our newly acquired...
04/28/2026

Our pop up exhibition's close this week! Make sure to stop by the gallery for your last chance to see our newly acquired Enrique Chagoya prints, and when you do, use our travel guide for some help doing some close looking! 🔎

“As I age, while I still have time, I yearn to know now, more than ever, my true self, that random and illusive thing, d...
04/22/2026

“As I age, while I still have time, I yearn to know now, more than ever, my true self, that random and illusive thing, decorated with personality. We believe ourselves to be this kaleidoscope of passions and distractions. We are a brilliant and unknown moment, suspended between memory and anticipation, anxious in our uncertainties, and doomed to fade with our consciousness. How can such a mystery be photographed? What is left for us but amazement?”

Duane Michals is a self-taught American photographer who revolutionized the medium in the 1960s by moving away from traditional photojournalism to explore the invisible world of the human psyche. Michals pioneered the use of narrative sequences, series of images that function like film strips, to tell complex, surreal stories. With his portraiture, he asserted that a photograph cannot truly reveal a person’s inner nature but that his subjects allowed the viewer to see what they wanted us to see about them.

Written by Elaina Fleming, Graduate Class of 2027

Earlier this week, we were honored to host artist Enrique Chagoya as he spoke about his works that were recently acquire...
04/16/2026

Earlier this week, we were honored to host artist Enrique Chagoya as he spoke about his works that were recently acquired by the university and are currently on display. DU students and faculty heard about Chagoya's background, the symbols present in his work, and even his favorite superhero!

In Enrique Chagoya's "Les Adventures des Cannibales Modernistes" (1999) Superman and Captain America serve as the protag...
04/10/2026

In Enrique Chagoya's "Les Adventures des Cannibales Modernistes" (1999) Superman and Captain America serve as the protagonists of the narrative, with images of the 1936 Mexican comic heroine Adela Negrete from José Cruz’s series Adelita y las Guerrillas fighting in defense of the indigenous people.ix Adelita appears in the first panel of the codex, delivering a sharp punch to the face of a Mexican military official. She is introduced to us by the shocked officer behind her, going “c’est…. Adelita y las Guerrilas.” Her title translating directly to “Adelita and the Female Soldiers.” She served as both a Mexican heroine of the revolution and argued for the “chica moderna,” the modern Mexican girl who wanted autonomy and excitement in her life.

We next see Adelita on the fourth panel as she punches DC’s Superman across the panel with a quick “órale,” the force throwing Superman across a Mayan codex page. Superman is evidently the villain in this scene. Although the reasoning is unclear, it can be inferred that Adelita’s presence as Mexico’s heroine places the white superhero as a threat to Mexico and Mesoamerican history. Is the man of steel a colonizer within Chagoya’s world?

The other freedom loving American superhero within the codex, Marvel’s Captain America, seems to confirm this villainy. Appearing on the seventh panel of the codex, Captain America charges angrily across the panel towards a pair of enlarged standing indigenous masks. Although the context for why Captain America is doing this is not provided, nor are the masks given any identification, the superhero surges forward as if to break the two objects.

Written by Amelia Satterwhite, Graduate Class of 2027

Pop culture has invaded the Vicki Myhren Gallery! Comment below a pop culture icon you see, either real or cartoon! Make...
04/08/2026

Pop culture has invaded the Vicki Myhren Gallery! Comment below a pop culture icon you see, either real or cartoon! Make sure to come see our pop up exhibitions "There's No Place Like Utopia: The Satirical Worlds of Enrique Chagoya," and "Duane Michals: Beyond Likeness" to see all of these works and more!

Luigi Gioli (1854 - 1947), despite having no formal art training, is known for his delightful depictions of animals. Gio...
04/02/2026

Luigi Gioli (1854 - 1947), despite having no formal art training, is known for his delightful depictions of animals. Gioli was a part of the Macchiaioli, alongside his brother Francesco, who were a group of young Italian painters that worked predominantly in Tuscany during the period of Risorgimento or Italian National unification.

In Four Easter Oxen, which is part of the university collection, Gioli depicts the white oxen who pull a decorated cart as part of Pasqua (Easter) in Italy. The oxen, who are dressed in bright colors or often flowers and herbs, pull a cart called the Scorpio del Carro (Explosion of the Cart) in a religious procession. The cart is filled with a battery of fireworks, and when “Gloria” is sung inside the church, the Archbishop lights a dove-shaped rocket that flies down a wire on a crash course with the cart. If the fireworks explode according to plan, it ensures a good harvest for the year!

For our final month of print spotlight, we wanted to highlight printmaker Gene Kloss. Kloss learned etching while at the...
03/23/2026

For our final month of print spotlight, we wanted to highlight printmaker Gene Kloss.

Kloss learned etching while at the University of California at Berkeley, and for the rest of her career predominantly worked in etching along with oil and watercolor painting. After spending her honeymoon in the American Southwest in 1925, Kloss spent the rest of her career capturing the beauty of the region, permanently moving to Taos, New Mexico in 1945. Now, Kloss is predominantly known for her prints of New Mexico, though the university is incredibly lucky to have a few of Kloss' prints showing the charm of our very own Centennial State!

For our third month of print spotlight, we felt like it was only right to highlight some of Andy Warhol's print in the u...
03/18/2026

For our third month of print spotlight, we felt like it was only right to highlight some of Andy Warhol's print in the university collection, like those seen here from the Cowboys and Indians series, showing Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull respectively.

Printmaking was central to Warhol's career, from his beginnings as an illustrator to some of his final works. From monoprint to stencils and the photo-silkscreen, Warhol's prolific printmaking served to elevate commercial processes to the status of fine art, and highlights Warhol's own fascination with printmaking as a means of reproduction - an act that blurs the line between the original and the copy. Many of Warhol's print focus on popular culture, spanning from icons like Marilyn Monroe to political posters and works that address Warhol's own identity as a gay men in a time where homosexuality was heavily stigmatized. The university is extremely grateful to hold some of these incredibly important prints in our care, and especially for the ability to share them with students!

This Sunday, March 15th, is your last chance to see our current exhibition, Echoes, which showcases the work of longtime...
03/13/2026

This Sunday, March 15th, is your last chance to see our current exhibition, Echoes, which showcases the work of longtime DU painting professor Deborah Howard. This is a show you absolutely don't want to miss, make sure to stop by before it's too late!

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