A sculpture by a famed artist will soon be calling Richmond home. Kehinde Wiley, who painted President Barack Obama’s national portrait, is slated to have his first public sculpture revealed in Times Square in September. Later in the year, it will permanently be installed outside the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Titled “Rumors […]
Via: TimesDispatch.com By Will Jones Photo courtesy of : JOE MAHONEY/TIMES-DISPATCH The American Indian sculpture at The Diamond appears headed to the Lucky Strike power plant building on Richmond’s Tobacco Row. The Richmond Metropolitan Authority voted today to accept a proposal from Odell Associates for the sculpture, which is known as “Connecticut.“ The four-story Lucky […]
Via: TimesDispatch.com By Will Jones Photo courtesy of JOE MAHONEY/TIMES-DISPATCH The Native American sculpture “Connecticut” won’t be part of the nest for the Richmond Flying Squirrels. The Richmond Metropolitan Authority, which owns and operates The Diamond, is getting ready to seek proposals to relocate “Connecticut” from the baseball stadium before the Class AA Flying Squirrels […]
