McGinness Painting

Ryan McGinness: Studio Visit

The creative process for Ryan McGinness’s 2009 commissioned painting Art History Is Not Linear (VMFA) is the focus of this inventive exhibition. This painting marked the first time that McGinness created an installation with site-specific imagery that directly links to a museum collection. The exhibition will be on view January 25 – October 19, 2014.

Leighton Painting

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McGinness Painting

VMFA Commissions Painting by Ryan McGinness for Display in McGlothlin Wing

2009-08-05 200 Works from Museum’s Collection To Be Represented in Artist’s New Painting When the doors of the expanded Virginia Museum of Fine Arts open on May 1, the first work of art that visitors will see is “Art History is Not Linear (VMFA),” a Ryan McGinness painting commissioned