September 29, 2011
Wall Street Journal Bureau Chief Betsy McKay traveled to Richmond to write an in depth feature on Xu Bing: Tobacco Project. Click the link below to view the interview. Wall Street Journal Video on Xu Bing
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National TV News Personality Eric Burns Tobacco
September 20, 2011
Eric Burns will speak at VMFA Sept. 30, Friday, on the topic of his book The Smoke of Gods: A Social History of Tobacco. After his talk, there will be a book signing and then the movie Coffee and Cigarettes will be shown. This event complements VMFA’s Xu Bing Tobacco Project exhibition. Mr. Burns was…
Xu Bing’s 9/11 Commemoration
September 8, 2011
Where Does the Dust Itself Collect? An installation by Xu Bing In this award-winning installation, Xu Bing explores the boundaries between the physical and spiritual realms, between impermanence and eternity. The Bodhi (True Wisdom) is not like the tree; The mirror bright is nowhere shining; As there is nothing from the first, Where does the…