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Making History: 20th Century African American Art

Yellow Painting

December 2012 VMFA’s New Acquisitions Celebrate African and African American Culture Acquisitions

December 24, 2012

December 2012 Acquisitions VMFA’s New Acquisitions Celebrate African and African American Culture

Article Categories: Acquisitions

Related Exhibitions: Making History: 20th Century African American Art, Race, Place & Identity, and Visions from the Congo: Ancestral Contact

Rediscovered Artworks from the Barnett Aden Collection

March 13, 2012

Making History: Twentieth Century African American Art offers a fascinating glimpse at artistic production and patronage associated with the renowned Barnett Aden Gallery, operating in Washington, D.C., from 1943 to 1969.

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Related Exhibitions: Making History: 20th Century African American Art

Street Corner Painting

Major Painting by American Artist Philip Evergood is Acquired by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

April 5, 2010

Italian Plaster Study, American Mirrored Sconce, And an Array of Additional Works Also Added

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Related Exhibitions: Aaron Siskind and Abstract Photography of the 1950s and 60s, Making History: 20th Century African American Art, and Sally Mann: The Flesh and The Spirit

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