June 26, 2025
Richmond, VA — To prepare for the largest expansion and renovation project in its history, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced that some of its art collections impacted by or adjacent to the construction area will be taken off view and select galleries will be temporarily closed. These gallery closures will begin July…
Article Categories: African Art, Ancient American Art, Collections, and Expansion
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
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