If you walk into the 2025 VCUarts MFA Thesis Exhibition expecting a finale or a big conclusion, prepare to encounter something else—something quieter and less resolved. A residue. A gesture mid-motion. An echo. When I walked into the opening reception on April 11, I...
If you've driven through the Broad and Belvidere intersection at any point in the last year and a few months, you've noticed the construction of a hulking glass and steel building that will soon house VCU's new Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). In a press conference held today, VCU teamed up with BCWH Architects to offer some insight into the...
Gallery5 has a birthday coming up this weekend and if you’ve ever been to one of their parties, you know they bring the weird, wacky and wonderful. The old firehouse-turned-art space is turning 12 and will celebrate the only way they know how - with fire spinning, a group art show, burlesque, live music and dance tunes in the streets this Friday,...
Gallery5 has a birthday coming up this weekend and if you’ve ever been to one of their parties, you know they bring the weird, wacky and wonderful. The old firehouse-turned-art space is turning 12 and will celebrate the only way they know how - with fire spinning, a group art show, burlesque, live music and dance tunes in the streets this Friday,...
April 7th marks the first Friday of this month, and you know what that means. RVA First Fridays Artwalk is back with tons of exhibits, music, artist showcases, events and fun happenings for you to check out. Here are a few picks from this month's roundup that RVA MAG liked: Gallery5’s 12th Birthday Party Gallery5 is turning 12 this weekend and...
Step back in time this weekend-for free-to check out 19 of Richmond's greatest historical sites courtesy of The Valentine. In partnership with the museum, many of the area's museums, schools, and other historic sites are offering free admission to visitors who show their Time Travelers Passport, which you can download here. (You can also show the...
Every year, Ringmaster Parker Galore, and a collective of fire spinners and performance artists, shut down Marshall Street in Jackson Ward for what may be the biggest First Friday event of the year. This year’s circus of fire spinners and burlesque performers kick off the month-long Carnival of Five Fires this weekend in a celebration of the...
The infamous Salvador Dali has graced Richmond with yet another short visit. The infamous Salvador Dali has graced Richmond with yet another short visit. This article was featured in RVAMag #25: Summer 2016. You can read all of issue #25 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. It wouldn't be the first time, with a stay in in...
We recently caught up with Attaboy, co-founder of California-based art magazine Hi-Fructose, at the opening of Turn the Page exhibition at Virginia MOCA in Virginia Beach, celebrating the publication’s first ten years. As a fan, it was something to be surrounded by the work that made the magazine a favorite for art lovers around the world. As a...
The hot, sluggish days of summer are here, and what better way to spend them than inside of a nice air conditioned art gallery with cool, refreshing paintings that will revive your intellectual-self b The hot, sluggish days of summer are here, and what better way to spend them than inside of a nice air conditioned art gallery with cool,...
