February 12, 2019
$167,000 Awarded as Part of the Largest Fellowship Program of Its Kind in the Country Richmond, VA––The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the 2019–20 recipients of VMFA fellowships. Twenty-eight students and professional artists were selected from 753 applicants to receive a total of $167,000 towards professional advancement in the arts. Since…
January 28, 2019
Events include a public art project, African American Read-In and Artist Talk with Glenn Ligon Richmond, VA––As part of its longstanding initiative and 2015–2020 strategic plan, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will celebrate Black History Month with special events honoring African American artists and the museum’s growing African American art collection. In 2018, VMFA…
January 22, 2019
Richmond, VA––After more than a year of renovations, the newly refurbished and expanded Robinson House will reopen at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on Mar. 1. In addition to a Richmond Region Tourism Center, the historic mansion includes offices for VMFA’s Human Resources Division and an exhibition that interprets the history of the house…
December 27, 2018
More than 200 prints by 17th-century artist Wenceslaus Hollar to be featured in new exhibition Richmond, Virginia––Celebrating one of the most remarkable and “modern” artists of the Baroque period, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents Hollar’s Encyclopedic Eye: Prints from the Frank Raysor Collection, an ambitious works on paper exhibition that will be on…
December 17, 2018
Dr. Monroe E. Harris Collectively Honored with Marlene Paul and Joseph Seipel for Contributions to Art in Richmond Richmond, VA––Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Board of Trustees President, Monroe E. Harris, Jr., D.M.D., was named one of the Richmond-Times Dispatch (RTD) 2018 People of the Year at a private luncheon on Monday. The RTD Person…
December 13, 2018
Gift marks first time the painting has been in public domain since its creation in 1853 Richmond, VA – The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts recently received the generous anonymous gift of Asher B. Durand’s painting Progress (The Advance of Civilization), which was approved by the VMFA Board of Trustees yesterday. One of the most…
December 13, 2018
Works range in age from circa 2040-1786 BC to the present Richmond, VA––The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to announce a number of new significant acquisitions to its collections, including works by Nick Cave, Frederic Edwin Church and Hale Woodruff. In addition to several other notable acquisitions this quarter, the purchase of…
December 7, 2018
Neptune Virginia Beach Maquette Served as Model for the Well-Known Virginia Beach Statue of “King Neptune” Richmond, VA – The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the addition of Neptune Virginia Beach Maquette by Richmond-based sculptor Paul DiPasquale to the E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden, which was installed on Thursday. This is the…
December 5, 2018
Richmond, VA – Richmond Ballet is pleased to announce that the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is serving as the 2018/19 community partner for the Ballet’s acclaimed community engagement program Minds In Motion (MIM). This partnership is focused on the museum’s permanent African Art collection with supplemental support from their special exhibit, Congo Masks:…
December 4, 2018
Bank of America Art Conservation Project Grant Helps to Preserve Kamoinge Workshop Collection Richmond, VA––The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has been awarded a 2018 Bank of America Art Conservation Project grant, one of only 21 institutions in the world to receive the grant this year. This grant supports a year-long effort to conserve, stabilize…
