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This PBS documentary presents an intimate portrait of one of this generation’s most intriguing artists. The program studies and challenges the definition of beauty while discussing the correlation between fashion and art. The film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A led by three guest commentators.  This program is inspired by the special exhibition, Kehinde Wiley:…

With Dr. Leo Mazow, Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator and Head of the Department of American Art Appeal to your sense of sound and join Dr. Leo Mazow in exploring three works of art from the American Art collection that depict or hint at making sounds by including musical instruments and other objects.

Join contemporary artist and subject of the current retrospective Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic as he talks about his career and creative process. Ticket includes admission to the exhibition during the Fri, Jun 10 member preview.

Hungarian born photographer André Kertész was a renowned flaneur, an idle but observant man of the street. His street photographs, interiors and portraits are poetic and timeless, making him arguably one of the greatest photographers of everyday life. This 3 in 30 will explore the visual language that makes his images so universally appealing.

Come to VMFA for this year’s Family Day celebration of African and African American arts and culture. Explore the theme of “adornment” through artwork in VMFA’s collection and enjoy artist demonstrations, performances by the Elegba Folklore Society, and music with DJ Mikemetic. Participate in art activities, including Zulu-inspired jewelry making, and so much more! Event…

Inspired by the painting The White Slave featured in the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, curator John Henry Rice will lead a gallery talk focusing on painted portraits in the museum’s South Asian collection. Such portraiture became widespread during the reign of the Mughals and was itself largely a product of foreign artistic ideas.…

View the short films World Stage: Haiti (22:37 minutes) and World Stage: France (18:53 minutes) which chronicles artist Kehinde Wiley as he embarks on a cultural exploration of different countries including Haiti, Morocco, Republic of Congo among others. Following the films, curators Dr. Sarah Eckhardt and Dr. Richard Woodward will be joined in conversation by…

What could contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley have in common with a 19th-century painter of American thoroughbred horses? Join Jeffrey Allison, VMFA’s Paul Mellon Collection Educator, to explore three works in the Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art and discover the connections between the work of artist Edward Troye and Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic.

Set in India in the first half of the 20th century, this novel tells the tale of two Sikh women who are both married to the same man. Satya has been a loyal companion to her husband, so it is difficult when he takes the younger Roop as a second wife. As the women navigate…

Open Studio fun expands this Sunday! Stop by the MWV Art Education Center studios to make a Kehinde Wiley inspired art project, take a selfie at our portrait stand and join in hip-hop line dancing in the Atrium with Kemel Patton, local dance instructor and line dance aficionado.