May 19, 2014
Thanks Need Supply Co. for featuring Posing Beauty in this week’s Moments with Sunday. By: Molly Szkotak, PR & Social Media Manager, Need Supply Co. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has an incredible collection of art from all eras, and luckily for us it’s right in our backyard. Their newest exhibit, Posing Beauty,…
March 4, 2014
Having to sometimes wear pantyhose is a small price to pay compared to what women used to have to do for the sake of fashion. Hoop skirts, or the Spanish originating farthingale, dominated women’s fashion for almost 300 years. Hoop skirts would be covered in petticoats and provide shape to a woman’s gown. The hoops on…
November 22, 2013
U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) It’s not everyday that VMFA is cited by the U.S. Secretary of State and the Vice Premier of China. Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC November 21, 2013 Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong co-chaired the fourth annual U.S.-China Consultation on…
July 9, 2013
Monica Serra, Wesselmann’s longtime studio assistant, model and a country music singer traveled from New York to savor VMFA’s Pop Art and Beyond: Tom Wesselmann retrospective. Serra worked for Wesselmann and now the Wesselmann studio for the past 20 years. How did she snag such a fascinating job? A mutual friend invited her to an…
June 7, 2013
During the wildly popular Chihuly exhibition, which ended in February, his studio editions in the VMFA shop were quite a hit. We’re pleased to announce that new 2013 editions, fresh out of Chihuly’s workshop, are now available. It was the spirit of experimentation that led Dale Chihuly to work with all 300 colors available in…
October 4, 2012
As I listened to Dr. Sarah Eckhart, the Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Robbie Kinter, from VCU’s Department of Dance and Choreography, discussing the relationship between modern dance and Judith Godwin’s paintings, I felt a real connection with Ms. Godwin. Sarah and Robbie made her come alive just like her oversized canvases. …
May 31, 2012
“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.” –Walt Whitman Happy Birthday, Walt! 193 years ago today, America’s greatest and most influential poet was born on Long Island, New York. VMFA is honoring Walt Whitman’s life and work in a special summer exhibition—Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era—that opens in…
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
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…
August 22, 2011
Faberge Revealed is truly a spectacular exhibition of more than 500 objects, and what better way to illuminate these jewels than with fiber optic lighting systems. Fiber optic lighting, unlike fiber optics for telecommunications, transmits light from a light source at one end, through many strands of fiber, and out through focused fixtures which we…
