What started as a Twitter joke has officially entered the city’s canon. The Valentine announced this week that the now-famous “Richmond Gun Hole”, a gun-shaped indentation in the sidewalk on South Addison Street, will be part of the museum’s “This Is Richmond,...
The public wants more museums, but with a billion-dollar backlog of needed repairs and maintenance, the Smithsonian Institution is focused on fixing the museums that already exist. As the public demand for new museums increases, the Smithsonian Institution's chief says his top priority is getting on top of a huge maintenance backlog at the...
In an age when 22 percent of American millennials said they haven’t heard of the Holocaust or are confused as to what the historical event was, “Faces of Survival” meets the viewer head on with a powerful reminder of what modern genocide looks like. The Virginia Holocaust Museum’s (VHM) newest portrait exhibit features more than a dozen Holocaust...
The Chrysler Museum of Art is taking one small step for photography, and one giant leap for the NASA Langley Research Center with their latest photography exhibition, Picturing Innovation: The First 100 Years at NASA Langley. NASA’s Langley facility actually predates the name NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), having been...
Chinese Art is making a journey to the west by coming to the VMFA next month. The exhibit, Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China will feature 130 pieces of art including 10 life-sized terracotta figures straight from the pits of Xi’an, the capital of the Shaanxi province in China. Riding off the overwhelmingly positive responses...
Rolling hills and a sprawling park lead to the beautiful mansion that sits on a hill. Its detailed architecture and lavish decor are frozen in time as the legacy of the mansion in Maymont has been sealed into its bygone generation, waiting to reveal its ever-present charm of the Gilded Age to the 21st century. If you grew up in Richmond, then at...
In 1943, the nation’s first black-owned art gallery opened its doors in Washington, D.C. Nearly 75 years later, its pieces have been brought back to life in Richmond at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA). A Special Kind of Soul, on display June 14-October 14, features works from 22 original artists showcased in the...
The effects of slavery are still seen in today's society, whether it be the disproportionate rates of incarceration, housing discrimination, or cycles of poverty in the African American community. Yet the historical trend up until very recently was to ignore the true legacy of slavery in favor of a more sanitized version. However, some...
This year marks around the 100th anniversary of Prohibition, also known as the Temperance Movement. Prohibition was an early 1900s social movement against alcohol and the Library of Virginia (LVA) is hosting a new exhibit called, Teetotalers & Moonshiners: Prohibition in Virginia, Distilled on the events surrounding this very sober timeframe...
We're pretty busy today but wanted to blast this out real quick. We LOVED the new exhibit which explores the history and legacy of the forward-thinking French designer - read more about the exhibit here - but read below for details on the free admission day! The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will offer free admission to Yves Saint Laurent: The...
