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…
June 24, 2015
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts recently acquired 21 new artworks for its Native American collection. This acquisition includes objects from the Plains, Puebloan Southwest, Arctic North, and Northwest Coast. Highlights of the new collection include a Pueblo/Apache shirt and a Northern Great Lakes/Eastern Plains headdress.
March 12, 2014
A wide range of art acquisitions – including a rare post-World War II modernist painting, important Native American objects, a collaborative work by two contemporary African American artists, and a site-specific glass installation – led VMFA’s year-end acquisitions.
March 4, 2010
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts owns 208 Pre-Columbian ceramic vessels, textiles, sculptures and metalwork objects from Meso, Central and South America as part of its Ancient American Art Collection.
Mar 01, 2011
