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African Art

Painting Acquisition

New Acquisition Coincides with U.S. Postal Stamp Series

January 23, 2013

A version of one of VMFA’s recent American acquisitions is among 12 featured on a new Forever stamp in the Postal Service’s Modern Masters series, which will be released in March.

Article Categories: African Art and VMFA News

Related Exhibitions: Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era, Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria, and Modern Masters: Sean Scully and John Walker

African Fabric

African Art Collection Fact Sheet

January 3, 2011

Regarded as one of the strongest African Art collections in the United States, the museum’s collection spans 2,000 years with more than 100 cultures represented through some 500 works.

Article Categories: African Art and Collections

Related Exhibitions: Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria and Visions from the Congo: Ancestral Contact

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