The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Launches Immersive Art Installation Series REWIND<<Fast/Forward

Richmond, VA — In May 2025, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will launch REWIND<<Fast/Forward, a series of immersive art installations, from the performative to the cinematic. Coinciding with the museum’s current expansion project, REWIND<<Fast/Forward is designed to engage visitors with contemporary art experiences while VMFA’s collection of mid-to-late 20th-century art is temporarily off…

VMFA’s ¡FridaFest! Celebrates Artist Frida Kahlo and Her Heritage on April 5

EN ESPAÑOL Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will celebrate artist Frida Kahlo and her Mexican heritage with a free, fun-filled community event, ¡FridaFest! The event will take place from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025, which is the opening day of the museum’s highly anticipated exhibition Frida:…

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Awards Nearly $160,000 to 2025–26 Fellowship Recipients

Twenty-four Commonwealth residents named Visual Arts Fellowship recipients Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is pleased to announce the 2025–26 recipients of its Visual Arts Fellowship awards. This year, 24 professional artists and graduate and undergraduate students have received awards — totaling nearly $160,000 — to further their artistic careers. Established…

After 30 Years, Richmond Ballet Returns to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in March 2025

VMFA welcomes Richmond Ballet to Leslie Cheek Theater after $5.3 million renovation Richmond, VA — With renovations to the Leslie Cheek Theater nearing completion, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and Richmond Ballet formally announced that beginning March 20, 2025, the ballet company will move its repertory series, rebranded as Moving Art, to the…

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Celebrates Black History Month Through Exciting Art and Programs

Art, exhibitions and programs showcase Black artists and their contributions Richmond, VA — This month the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) celebrates Black History Month with an exciting array of exhibitions, art installations and special events honoring African American artists and community makers. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts welcomes the community to participate…

Tickets for Much Anticipated Exhibition Frida: Beyond the Myth Go on Sale February 1

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts — one of only two U.S. venues — will open the exhibition with ¡FridaFest! Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced that tickets to the highly anticipated exhibition Frida: Beyond the Myth will go on sale February 1, 2025, and can be purchased online at www.VMFA.museum…

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Appoints Dr. Alisa Chiles as the New Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Decorative Arts, 1890 to the Present

Chiles will advance the curatorial vision for VMFA’s decorative arts collection of more than 2,700 works Richmond, VA — Following an international search, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today the appointment of Alisa Chiles, Ph.D., as the museum’s new Sydney and Francis Lewis Curator of Decorative Arts, 1890 to the Present, beginning…

Woodlawn Plantation, 1941, Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958), gelatin silver print, 7 1/1 x 9 1/2 in. New Orleans Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Q. Davis, 82.126.23 © 2024 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

VMFA Announces Free Admission for Commonwealth Employees and Schoolteachers for Two Special Photography Exhibitions

Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today that Commonwealth of Virginia employees and preschool and K–12 teachers, public and private, will receive free admission to the museum’s two special exhibitions, American, born Hungary Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy and A Long Arc: Photography and the American South…