July 15, 2013
The following artworks were approved by the VMFA Board of Trustees in June 2013. VMFA is a state agency and a public/private partnership. All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments. After VMFA’s board approves proposed acquisitions on a quarterly basis, the art becomes the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve, and interpret.
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Related Exhibitions: Indian Silver for the Raj and Pop Art and Beyond: Tom Wesselmann
April 10, 2013
The following artworks were approved by the VMFA board of trustees in March 2013. All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments.
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Related Exhibitions: Gesture: Judith Godwin and Abstract Expressionism
December 24, 2012
December 2012 Acquisitions VMFA’s New Acquisitions Celebrate African and African American Culture
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Related Exhibitions: Making History: 20th Century African American Art, Race, Place & Identity, and Visions from the Congo: Ancestral Contact
November 8, 2012
The following artworks were acquired in September 2012 by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments.
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Related Exhibitions: Elvis at 21 and Indian Silver for the Raj
July 15, 2012
The following artworks were acquired in May 2012 by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments.
Article Categories: Acquisitions
Related Exhibitions: Gesture: Judith Godwin and Abstract Expressionism
April 4, 2012
More than two years ago, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Director Alex Nyerges proposed to his curatorial staff a special collection-building effort to mark the museum’s 75th anniversary year in 2011 – 75 gifts of art for 75 years of VMFA history. The goal was surpassed and the museum received 235 gifts throughout the year.
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Related Exhibitions: Native American Art: The Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Temples and Shrines in Japan: Woodblock Prints by Kawase Hasui, and The Jewels of Jean Schlumberger
March 19, 2012
All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments. After the board of trustees accepts the acquisitions, the art becomes the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve and interpret.
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Related Exhibitions: The Majestic and The Mundane: Landscape Photographs
November 30, 2011
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a state agency and a model public/private partnership. All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments.
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Related Exhibitions: Jacob Lawrence: The Legend of John Brown
September 27, 2011
After the board of trustees accepts the acquisitions, the art becomes the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve and interpret.
Article Categories: Acquisitions
May 30, 2011
After the board of trustees accepts the acquisitions, the art becomes the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve and interpret.
Article Categories: Acquisitions