August 18, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is excited to announce that conservation of a 14th-century Japanese scroll painting in the museum’s collection, Standing Arhat, has been completed with grant support from the Sumitomo Foundation in Japan. The Sumitomo Foundation grant awarded to the museum is specifically intended for the protection, preservation…
September 25, 2018
Descent of the Amitabha Trinity to return to VMFA’s Japanese gallery RICHMOND, Virginia – The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts recently completed the restoration of an important Japanese hanging scroll, Descent of the Amitabha Trinity (Amida Triad), with the support of a $20,930 grant from The Sumitomo Foundation of Tokyo, Japan. The Foundation, created to…
September 22, 2014
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is launching its first crowdfunding campaign to support the exhibition fund. Supporters will be invited to help build a scaled version of the Forbidden City featuring the hundreds of buildings that make up the complex. The crowdfunding campaign, which starts today, will conclude on October 17, the day before the opening…
September 22, 2014
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is launching its first crowdfunding campaign to support the exhibition fund. Supporters will be invited to help build a scaled version of the Forbidden City featuring the hundreds of buildings that make up the complex. The crowdfunding campaign, which starts today, will conclude on October 17, the day before…
September 12, 2012
On September 20, VMFA will celebrate the public opening of the new East Asian art galleries. The East Asian suite – about 5,000 square feet – is devoted to display 250 artworks in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean galleries. Many of the works acquired in recent years will be on display for the first time.
