Recent Articles by
Robert Hull
September 17, 2014
In 1948 – and for the next 20 years – Gordon Parks was the only black staff photographer at a major U.S. magazine or newspaper. A U.Va. exhibit tells the story of the Life magazine spread that launched his career – and his own ambivalence toward it.
September 10, 2014
Alumna and longtime faculty member Elizabeth Meyer is eager to get started in guiding the School of Architecture to its next phase. She recently took time to discuss her vision as the new dean of the school.
September 02, 2014
Kevin Spacey – Academy Award winner, world-renowned stage actor and current star of the hit Netflix series, “House of Cards” – will speak Oct. 18 at John Paul Jones Arena in the second installment of the President’s Speaker Series for the Arts.
August 29, 2014
Courtly love and lively battles come alive in colorful and stylistically varied Indian paintings from the 15th to the 19th centuries in the new exhibit, “Realms of Earth and Sky,” at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.
August 06, 2014
Iñaki Alday, Margarita Jover and Teresa Galí-Izard – faculty members in the U.Va. School of Architecture – are finalists in an international landscape architecture competition involving some of the world’s leading firms.
July 10, 2014
Since nature often serves as an artist’s muse, each summer, U.Va.’s Mountain Lake Biological Station hosts an artist-in-residence. This year’s guest is Stephen Vitiello, a nationally renowned sound artist.
June 30, 2014
Los Angeles-based artist Cindy Bernard, who has been teaching studio art classes in the U.Va. art department this year, concludes her Ruffin artist-in-residency with an exhibit of her new work at The Fralin Museum of Art.
June 23, 2014
The June 27-Aug. 31 exhibit at The Fralin Museum of Art, drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, features well-known artists, along with others who were key figures in British postwar art but may be less familiar to American audiences.
June 06, 2014
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, U.Va.’s Heritage Theatre Festival presents Frank Ferrante, a world-famous interpreter and performer of Groucho Marx’s material. “Frank doesn’t just do Groucho. … He is Groucho,” Marx’s daughter said.
May 30, 2014
American artist James McNeill Whistler influenced a generation of printmakers whose work – on display at The Fralin Museum of Art – offers artistic impressions of Venice in the early 20th century.