An interstellar impact has occurred at Waterfront Park here in Old Town Alexandria. At the foot of King Street on the shore of the Potomac River, a collision that took place 35 million years ago between an asteroid and our planet has re-appeared. Interstellar Influencer (Make an Impact) is a brand new art installation created … More “Interstellar Influencer (Make an Impact)” by StudioKCA
We’re six days away from the opening of More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux. The show opens this coming Friday, February 23rd, and will feature work from nineteen different artists. The exhibition has been curated by the author of Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World and More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux, John Seed. … More Meet the Disrupters: Part 1
Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for an incredible 2023, and we hope 2024 will be even better. With your support, we have been able to help artists pursue their passions and foster their talents to bring a little more beauty into the world for 30 years. Yes, you read that right, 30 years! 2024 … More 2024: Marking Principle Gallery’s 30th Year
For the past five years, our Waterfront Park has lent itself to various public art installations. It’s all thanks to the Alexandria Public Art Program, an extension of the City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts. Together they act as the driving force behind the public art project Site See: New Views in Old Town. … More “Two Boxes of Oranges and Admonia Jackson” by Nina Cooke John
In conjunction with the opening of the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) Best of America Exhibition, the organization (NOAPS) hosted a plein air competition. Participating artists had the opportunity to venture around Old Town Alexandria and find locations to paint, they had two days to complete their work. The artists dispersed the morning … More NOAPS Plein Air Paint Out
Gilbert Gorski’s Solo Exhibition: Into the Woods is now open! We will be hosting an opening reception this evening from 6-8:30 pm and Gil Gorski will be in attendance. The exhibit consists of over 25 new pointillist landscapes. Gorski “encapsulates the tranquil atmosphere of the natural world through his acclaimed, labor-intensive approach to mark-making and … More Gilbert Gorski: Into the Woods
Yayoi Kusama is back and has once again graced the Washington, DC area with a mesmerizing collection. One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection is now open at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden! One with Eternity will be on view until November 27th, 2022. The text featured in this post is credited … More One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama at the Hirshhorn
Opening Tonight! The City of Alexandria will unveil its newest public art installation, I Love You, in Alexandria’s Waterfront Park (1 Prince St.) this evening starting at 5:30 pm. This new temporary installation by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R&R STUDIOS (@rrstudiosmiami) is the fourth in the Site See: New Views in Old Town … More “I Love You” by R&R STUDIOS
Happy Saturday and welcome back to Principle Art Talk! Today we’re celebrating the opening of Geoffrey Johnson’s solo exhibition! We have twenty brand new paintings ranging from 14×11 to 50×62 and the gallery will be open until 8:30pm this evening. As always, if you’re unable to visit us in person you can access our digital … More Geoffrey Johnson Solo Exhibition 2021
Excitement is in the air at Principle Gallery as we prepare for the G.C. Myers talk we are hosting tomorrow. Our doors will be open during Old Town Alexandria’s Festival of the Arts Saturday September 8th through Sunday the 9th. At 1pm on Saturday, G.C. Myers will be here in person to discuss his artwork … More G.C. Myers at Principle Gallery Tomorrow (9/8/12)
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