After a summer-long closure and with a new executive director Jessica Bell Brown at the helm, the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) at Virginia Commonwealth University is set to reopen its doors this Friday, September 6th, from 6 to 9 p.m. The reopening marks the...
Kris Kuksi, a visionary artist whose works combine techniques of sculpture, found art, crafting and painting, has been featured in RVA Magazine before. Needless to say, we're big fans of his work, and thrilled that his book will be coming out this year! Preorder is available here on BeinArt; BeinArt is a surreal art collective that is very much...
Galvanized Monstrocities is a three person exhibition of works by James Callahan, Matt Deans and Bizhan Khodabandeh. All of these illustrators have been highly influenced by the genre of sequential art, an art form frequently seen as low brow or ephemeral. This perception is changing through the recognition of prolific cartoonists through long...
In looking over Sam Chiver's artblog you can see that he is constantly evolving his ideas. The blog runs back to 2008 when he was screenprinting women vampires and fire mistresses, painting anonymous happy faces over old magazine photos, cut out collages of complete abstract landscapes to now doing digital work for clients from bands to...
I've had to be real patient. It all didnt happen right away. Even in the midst of the whole gallery art world I thought this was the greatest thing in the world, but there was more. -Futura Known for pioneering a more abstract style of graffiti writing, Futura played a major role in the NYCs graffiti scene of the 70s. As the popularity of...
Thirty-three years after the release of the first Star Wars movie, cinematic master of merchandising, George Lucas has teamed up with Adidas and released a series of sneakers and apparel that are based on themes from the original three Star Wars films. To check out the slide show click here. Thirty-three years after the release of the first Star...
To view artwork by Grand Master Moy Yat, please join us for an exhibition at our school (1324 W Main St) on Friday March 5, 2010. For additional information on Kung fu classes please call 804-497-7555 or contact us on the web at www.kungfurichmond.com. The Renaissance era, 1300-1600, was a time in history when the human spirit evolved, creating...
This weekend make sure you go by Gallery 5 twice. This weekend make sure you go by Gallery 5 twice. Friday will be a fashion focused art show in the upper level of G5 where you can 'hobnob' with the classy and the ashy. Then Saturday we party, because what is fashion if you don't have a chance to show off a little right? Runway show starts around...
Despite the snow Richmond's art scene still had a lot going on in February. In this episode we paid a visit to DIY gallery 101 S. Addison, talked with Geraldine Duskin of Ghostprint about their current showing of Italian high art group Memphis, caught bands My Son The Doctor and Les La Britanica at the galleries and interviewed painter Chris...
"Chemicals in Balance" by Tom McCormack Acid etchings of industrial sites on reclaimed steel plates. Opening March 5th , 7-10 p.m. on view through March 27th "Chemicals in Balance" by Tom McCormack Acid etchings of industrial sites on reclaimed steel plates. Opening March 5th , 7-10 p.m. on view through March 27th More information can be found at...
