DAM Ticketing

Enjoy these 45-minute tours of Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks, and get a closer look at the artworks on view. This ticket includes admission to the exhibit.

Tickets are only currently available through November 11. Tickets for All Stars: American Artists from the Phillips Collection (and tickets to see Amoako Boafo for November 12, 2023 – February 19, 2024) will go on sale in October (October 16: Members at the Contributing Level and above and October 17: all members).

Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks is the debut museum solo exhibition tour for Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo (born 1984). One of the most acclaimed artists of his generation, Boafo’s works focus the viewers’ gaze on his subjects’ presence through his portraits representing Black life.

More than 30 works created between 2016 and 2022 are featured in Amoako Boafo, displaying Boafo’s vibrant use of color and thick gestures shaped by improvisational techniques such as finger-painting. His works actively center Black subjectivity, Black joy, and the Black gaze as the foundation of his inspiration and artistic practice.

The exhibition’s title was inspired by civil rights activist, sociologist, and Pan-Africanist W.E.B. Du Bois and his study, The Souls of Black Folk, published in 1903. Boafo grew up near the burial site of Du Bois in Accra, Ghana, and was affected by his research, especially his coining of the phrase "double consciousness," meaning the experience of Black people simultaneously having to look at themselves through their own and through white people’s points of view. Boafo’s artworks serve as an invitation to think about and challenge the "othered" perspective concerning Black people and the Black figure.

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Members see it first! Enjoy a preview of the debut solo exhibition for Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo.

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Please select the date you would like to visit the Denver Art Museum. Your tickets will be valid for the entire day.

Tickets grant you admission for the entire day.

Enjoy free general admission for all! Engage with art, explore onsite activities and experience exhibitions on view all while enjoying free general admission. For admission to the 34th Annual Friendship Powwow on Saturday, September 9th, click here.

Here's this year's dates:

• Tuesday, January 10
• Saturday, January 28
• Tuesday, February 14
• Tuesday, March 14
• Tuesday, April 11
• Sunday, April 30
• Tuesday, May 9
• Sunday, May 14
• Tuesday, June 13
• Tuesday, July 11
• Sunday, July 30
• Tuesday, August 8
• Saturday, September 9
• Tuesday, September 12
• Tuesday, October 10
• Saturday, November 4
• Tuesday, November 14
• Tuesday, December 12

Untitled: Artist Takeover is a quarterly collaboration with local artists and creatives to create an evening full of events, performances, artmaking, and one-of-a-kind experiences. Throughout the night, artists showcase their work while providing a hands-on and engaging atmosphere.