I hadn’t seen him in years. Then I caught his pop-up photo show in an alleyway gallery in Oregon Hill a few months back. The images were real life. Honest. Some of them tough to even look at. Street people, prostitutes, gang bangers, punks mid-fight, scenes in bars,...
The Richmond Mural Project is back for 2015, and we're here to help you learn The Richmond Mural Project is back for 2015, and we're here to help you learn more about the artist who will be adding to RVA's already world-class collection of murals. Below is a profile of one of the RMP 2015 artists. Keep an eye out for the rest in the coming weeks,...
Richmond is getting its first Japanese tattoo-inspired mural-and you get to be apart of the fun starting today. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts launched the RVA Japanese Scavenger Hunt today and from now until May 28, the museum will put a piece of the tattoo around the city and you must use your savvy detective skills to find them. You'll also...
The official lineup has been released for Richmond Mural Project 2015 and Art Whino is bringing a diverse group to our city from July 13th-24th featuring internationally known artists from Berlin to Singapore. The official lineup has been released for Richmond Mural Project 2015 and Art Whino is bringing a diverse group to our city from July...
As part of the Richmond Mural Project, David Flores came to RVA with his partner in crime, Olivia Bevilacqua, to paint the town. From the start of his career in the 90s with Shorty's Skateboards to his recent work creating iconic stained-glass-style murals around the world, Flores has received many accolades in the skateboard, street art, and...
Art Whino returned to RVA for the third installment of the Richmond Mural Project, and here's the video which caught it all. Art Whino returned to RVA for the third installment of the Richmond Mural Project, and here's the video which caught it all. After completing 48 murals during the last mural project, Art Whino worked with 10 of the top...
Australian muralist Meggs came through Richmond this summer and wowed everyone with his colorful contributions to the Richmond Mural Project. His murals on the sides of Bacchus (Main & Meadow) and The Pig And Pearl (Broad & Allison) burst from the walls with energetic lines and a sense of frantic motion. Straight on view of 'Minotaur'...
When Ron English, often called the godfather of street art, came to Richmond this summer for the Richmond Mural Project, we knew the stories would be as crazy as his murals. Our published interview captured some of his sharpest insights, but it barely scratched the surface. English has a way of turning every memory into a parable, every anecdote...
Onur and Wes21 are two Swiss artists who've been collaborating on murals for a while, but have established artistic careers in their own right. Since he's a decade older, it's no surprise that Onur has a bit of a head start over Wes21; however, as you'll learn from this interview, Wes21 was a teenage prodigy who soon began breathing down Onur's...
Soho Design House were in Richmond this summer for the Richmond Mural Project, but that's not because they were doing a mural. Instead, this unique company was producing rugs from the artwork of several different RMP muralists. Soho Design House were in Richmond this summer for the Richmond Mural Project, but that's not because they were doing a...
