Featured Events
VMFA Family Day – ChinaFest: Year of the Water Tiger
Check back on Feb 5, 2022, when our ChinaFest: Year of the Water Tiger Virtual Family Day event goes live!
VMFA Celebrates Native American Heritage Month 2021
VMFA Celebrates Native American Heritage Month 2021 During Native American Heritage Month and throughout the year, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts invites you to join its ongoing celebration of the artistry and cultures of America’s Indigenous peoples. From the museum’s permanent collection to programs and educational content, there are many opportunities to learn about…
Paul Mellon Lecture – Van Gogh and the Olive Groves
with Dr. Nicole R. Myers, The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Senior Curator of European Art, Dallas Museum of Art
Thu, Nov 4, 2021 | 6:30—7:30pm
VMFA'S LESLIE CHEEK THEATER
Between June and December 1889, Vincent van Gogh produced a stunning series of fifteen paintings dedicated to the olive groves that dotted the rugged countryside outside his residence at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Bold and experimental, they comprise one of the most ambitious series in the artist’s oeuvre. Yet despite the aesthetic and symbolic significance…
VMFA Photo Challenge
Challenge #1: The Splendor of Nature Nov 2021 Inspired by the exhibition Ansel Adams: Compositions in Nature, our first challenge invites you to capture the drama and splendor of the American landscape. What places of natural beauty matter to you? How might you showcase the landscape’s pure beauty, breathtaking vistas, and elegant details through photography?…
The Poetic World of Man Ray
Wednesdays starting Nov 3, 2021 through Feb 16, 2022 | 1–1:30pm
MEET AT MAN RAY EXHIBITION ENTRANCE
Enjoy live readings of poetry selections by Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Virginia Woolf and other writers featured in Man Ray photographs. Selections vary week to week and are presented by Ron Smith, former poet laureate of Virginia, and VMFA staff. Please note, due to the holidays, there will be no readings on Nov 24…
Man Ray & Friends Film Night: Significant Logic Goes Without Saying
with an introduction by Dr. Michael Taylor, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education, VMFA
Fri, Jan 14, 2022 | 6:30—9 pm
VMFA'S LESLIE CHEEK THEATER
A slate of five experimental films inspired by the Dada or Surrealist modes. Three made by Man Ray himself and two by Marcel Duchamp and Jean Cocteau, fellow noted artists who sat for portraits. These moving image productions complement and enhance the exhibition of Man Ray’s still photographs. By Man Ray: Retour à la raison…
Barbette’s Brunch Ball
Sun, Jan 23, 2022 | 11 am–2 pm
MARBLE HALL
In 1926, Man Ray captured the legendary trapeze and drag artist Barbette in a stunning photograph. Following in Barbette’s footsteps (also known as Vander Clyde Broadway), six Queens from Richmond’s drag community headline a high-energy brunch show in VMFA’s Marble Hall.
Introducing Ruby Richards
with Dr. Michael Taylor, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education The family of Ruby Richards will join Dr. Taylor for a roundtable discussion and audience Q & A.
Thu, Feb 9, 2022 | 6:30–7:30pm
VMFA'S LESLIE CHEEK THEATER
In 1938 the African American dancer and singer Ruby Richards moved to Paris to replace Josephine Baker as the star attraction at the Folies Bergère. The famous cabaret music hall commissioned Man Ray to help introduce Richards to French audiences through his innovative portrait photographs. Timed to coincide with VMFA’s special exhibition, Man Ray: The…
Mary Lynn Kotz Award For Art in Literature
Fri, Oct 15, 2021 | 6–7:30 pm
VMFA's MARBLE HALL
The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are pleased to announce the winner of the annual Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award. The judges selected Gaylord Torrence’s book Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. This event will feature a presentation by the award honoree,…