The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has unveiled two major photography exhibitions, showcasing its dedication to this ever-evolving art form. The first exhibition, The Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, marks the first major Southern...
Even if you don't consider yourself learned in the arts, you can still spot something utterly bizarre and question its validity. What is art? What is the artist telling me? Does that blue really go with the splash of red? What's up with the spaghetti? Questions to be asked and answered at a challenging upcoming exhibit from ADA Gallery titled...
Richmond, Virginia, might be an unexpected contender on a list of cities with the highest number of tattoo shops per capita, but the numbers speak for themselves. With an impressive average of 14.5 tattoo shops per 100,000 people within the city limits, Richmond stands as a testament to the enduring appeal of body art. This statistic becomes even...
The decade old animated .gif continues to evolve as the fashion driven designer Insa and street artist Inkie bring a fresh take on an old favorite. Can you see this in an ad somewhere soon? The decade old animated .gif continues to evolve as the fashion driven designer Insa and street artist Inkie bring a fresh take on an old favorite. Can you...
Nationally known, locally grown artist Sterling Hundley will be showing for the second time at Ghostprint Gallery in September. He continues his journey away from the clean, strong narratives that defined his illustration work into the fuzzy world of abstraction with a purpose. Nationally known, locally grown artist Sterling Hundley will be...
Do you like strange video experimentation? Do you like the internet and wonder how it is affecting your daily perception of reality? If you are looking for answers, you won't find them at the new exhibit at Reference Gallery but there are other people trying to figure out the same thing. Maybe you can take comfort in that....
Tonight is RVALUTION 18: Wild Wild West featuring Jackie O from DC. You can listen to her absolutely kill it on RVA RADIO Jackie O, "GRIND", she is coming to Richmond and cannot be missed. We are stoked to see her tonight at the Hat Factory. If you like the photo above taken by our own Ben Muri, make sure to check out the whole set on his...
Do you like records? How about records 6 feet tall? A hipster's wet dream? If you have never seen one before, the Anderson Gallery can help you knock on off your bucket list with the upcoming Imaging South Africa: Collection Project. VCUarts professor Siemon Allen has giant records, postage stamps, thousands of newspaper clippings from his...
Christian Breeden has a lot of room to work and play. On a farm close to Charlottesville he likes to build his own toys usually giant metal structures resembling creatures. In this episode of 'The Process' we learn what makes his mind tick. We also learn a little bit about how the 'Dragon Wagon' came together and how it brought 'burn' culture to...
Showing at 1708, Cynthia Camlin's Glacial Speed examines mankind's impact on our world, from the point of view of, well, a god. From 1708: Through watercolor washed screen prints and video, Glacial Speed portrays the phases of a melting glacier. The 80 screen prints shown are depictions of a USGS map featuring glaciers at Mt. Sanford in Alaska....
