“A System In Place”: Lecture and Performance

Please join the Vicki Myhren Gallery for an evening of conversation and music to accompany the exhibition A System In Place: In Dialogue with Sol LeWitt. The program will feature a performance of composer Alvin Lucier’s Panorama by two musicians from DU’s Lamont School of Music. LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #730––which is on view at the Vicki Myhren Gallery––was a response to this composition by Lucier, both of which were inspired by the Zug mountain range. The performance will be followed by a lecture from Dean Sobel, Professor of the Practice of Art History & Museum Studies and founding director of...

Exhibition: A System in Place: In Dialogue with Sol LeWitt

A System in Place: In Dialogue with Sol LeWitt On view at the Vicki Myhren Gallery September 10 through November 20, 2026 A System in Place brings together artists whose work employs instructions, rules, scores, algorithms, and other generative systems as creative frameworks. Presented alongside two wall drawings by Sol LeWitt, the exhibition considers the enduring influence of conceptual practices that separate conception from execution, embrace collaboration, and invite variation within predetermined structures. Rather than tracing a direct lineage, the exhibition highlights the diverse ways contemporary artists continue to adapt, challenge, and expand the possibilities of instruction-based art. Curated by Ramón...

Summer 2026 Exhibition Opening Receptions

Join the Vicki Myhren Gallery and DU School of Art and Art History to celebrate the opening of our summer exhibitions featuring visiting artists Ana González Barragán and Abbey Peters. Free parking will be available in Lot L across from the Gallery. Click the button below for more information.

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