Style features Richmond’s must-see Fall art shows — two of which are in your own backyard at the University of Richmond.

The Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond gets downright sexy with “The Sacred and the Sensuous: Hindu Art from the Collection,” (Sept. 19-June 29). The esoteric gang’s all here: Ganesha, the half-elephant, half-man deity of education and intellectual pursuits, is delicately carved from wood; and a bronze Cambodian Vishnu strikes a contortionist pose that predates Cirque du Soleil — and Sting — by a good two centuries.

The Harnett also offers “‘Of Human Bondage’: Etchings by John Sloan Illustrating W. Somerset Maugham’s Novel” (Sept. 28-Feb. 16). This classic tale of self-discovery by everyone’s favorite sexually ambiguous writer is told in a series of prints by John Sloan, a pioneer of American modernism who famously told the stuffy National Academy of Design where to stick it in 1907. (And no, the book has nothing to do with S&M.)