The GIANTS! Exhibition Preview Party was last night at VMFA, and for the first time in my 20+ years moving within Richmond’s arts scene, I saw a mix of people I honestly didn’t expect to ever share the same room. High-end collectors, street artists, curators, younger...
UPDATED 8/14/13: Check out the final epic video from Art Whino showing how the Richmond Mural Project has become the amazing piece of city art that it is! Richmond Mural Project 2013 from Love RVA on Vimeo. View 2013 Richmond Mural Project in a larger map Art Whino, with the help of RVA Mag, has kicked off the second edition of The Richmond Mural...
BuzzFeed is really the Human Centipede of the internet, but its always good to see Richmond get the exposure it deserves. On a recent list of "Best Street Art in the World" BF puts more pictures than words into the post, but rank's Richmond as #3, behind Sao Paulo, Bazil, and "More Honest and Free ads, by Vinz" (which seems to be more of a...
Last Saturday afternoon, Art Whino and RVA Magazine got together at Selba to present the official opening reception for the Richmond Mural Project. Plenty of our fellow RVA citizens came out to celebrate with us, have drinks, dance to tunes provided by Long Jawns, Mike Kemetic, and DJ Phenom, and most importantly, watch several of the Richmond...
A whole bunch of street artists from around the country and abroad have descended upon RVA over the past few days, and with the Richmond Mural Project officially kicking off this week, a lot of work is getting done around town. Along with our friends at Art Whino, we've been running around town keeping track of paint hitting walls at various...
Gaia finished up his piece on the corner of Rowland and Main St. today. You might recognize this wall from an earlier post during the RMP that showed an outline that had been started by local tattoo artist Jesse Smith. Because of problems with the lift and some other administrative issues, Jesse was not able to finish in the window of time he had...
Art Whino and RVA Magazine present the 2013 Richmond Mural Project reception, taking place at Selba on Saturday, July 27. Beginning at noon and continuing til 6 PM, stop by Selba, located at 2416 W. Cary St, for an all-day reception featuring live painting and signing by muralists, as well as live music from Long Jawns, Mike Kemetic of Audio Mass...
Baltimore artist GAIA has returned to RVA again this year to contribute a piece to the 2013 Richmond Mural Project. Having previously worked with us for the G40 Street Art Festival last year (his piece is on a wall at 11 W. Grace St), we already knew that GAIA was an excellent artist and all-around rad dude, so it's great to have him back in town...
Argentinian street artist EVER has recently finished a new project at Selba, bringing his unique artistic vision to the vibrant Richmond art scene. This morning, we captured shots of the work. These images by Marc Schmidt offer a glimpse into the creative process and dedication that go into each mural, highlighting the meticulous effort and...
Ladies and gentlemen, the Richmond Mural Project is one step closer to being a reality. A sequel to Art Whino's 2012 G40 Mural Project, which brought dozens of new murals to RVA throughout April of last year, this new mural project hopes bring us 20 new murals from 10 different internationally known artists during the month of July 2013. Ladies...
