A Year of Magical Thinking—or Rather Dancing (Self Care for Black Men) How does self-care show up for you, especially in the wake of January 20, 2025? As we witness rollbacks in DEI initiatives and shifts in race relations, it seems that external...
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G40 Murals Progress Update!
We have been getting hit up all weekend by people wondering when and where these murals are happening. Due to rain and in some cases a change of plans, things got moved around. So here is your update. We have been getting hit up all weekend by people wondering when and where these murals are happening. Due to rain and in some cases a change of...
Art For The Rest Of Us! The G40 Group Show.
To borrow a line from our friends at WRIR 97.3FM Independent Radio, the G40 is bringing the low brow scene to Richmond for everyone to enjoy. Let the blue hairs have Picasso, this work is changing the world today. We have been talking murals, but the G40 Group Show might have an even bigger impact on the local scene. Its not an art show, but an...
Insight : Ryan McLennan [REPOST]
Take a look at the latest issue of New American Paintings: 40 Artists on the Rise (#98) and you will find Ryan McLennan there. Look a couple magazines over on the rack and Hi-Fructose, a magazine of New Contemporary Art, includes a feature on… Ryan McLennan. There is something good going on here. Take a look at the latest issue of New American...
Giant Murals Project Under Way In Downtown Richmond [RTD REPOST]
We made the paper! Here is a snippet of the front page story featured in the Richmond Times Dispatch today about the G40. Downtown Richmond is being transformed into an outdoor art gallery. Artists from around the world have begun painting murals on buildings in the Broad Street corridor for a monthlong art show, G40 Art Summit – Richmond. Last...
WHO? WHAT? WHERE? The G40 Mural Painting Schedule
The G40 Art Summit has announced their official list of muralists and the walls they are working on throughout downtown Richmond. (NOTE: London Police and ELMAC are coming thru RVA in the summer.) Street art at its finest from a group of international superstars is starting today! Do yourself a favor, meet the artists and check out the work as it...
Mural Artist Pixel Pancho In RVA For G40!
If the arrival of Gaia to kick things off didn’t get you interested in the G40 Art Summit, I’m not sure what will. But here is another attempt. The amazing Pixel Pancho is killing his robots on Grace Street this weekend as a part of G40. If the arrival of Gaia to kick things off didn’t get you interested in the G40 Art Summit, I’m not sure what...
Joyride with Alex Key
Local graphic artist Alex Key is having a show. Here is a sample of his work and the writeup... Local graphic artist Alex Key is having a show. Here is a sample of his work and the writeup... Joyride is a new collection of work by artist Alex Key opening at Turnstyle on April 6th. The work is comprised of sampled fragments of pop culture...
GAIA RVA Mural Complete!
What an amazing project! G40 is underway. Here are some of the final photos I took of Gaia. What an amazing project! G40 is underway. Here are some of the final photos I took of Gaia. The mural is located at 11 West Grace Street. He is on his way down south, ATL, NOLA, and Memphis, before heading back to B-more. It was a great experience being...
The Tasteful Artistic Sluttiness of Wolford
Wolford is an Austrian lingerie and clothing brand not known for it's varied portfolio of models (are we edging closer to more diverse European modelling? It's tough on the psyche. I'll skip the diversity rant for now), but for it's luxe legwear which incorporates very bold geometric and bio-diverse patterns bi-seasonally. That's right. Wolford...