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.
Article Categories: Acquisitions and Ancient American Art
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.
Article Categories: 21st-Century Art, Acquisitions, American Art, Ancient American Art, and VMFA News
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
Article Categories: Ancient American Art and Collections
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