January 9, 2025
Chiles will advance the curatorial vision for VMFA’s decorative arts collection of more than 2,700 works Richmond, VA — Following an international search, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today the appointment of Alisa Chiles, Ph.D., as the museum’s new Sydney and Francis Lewis Curator of Decorative Arts, 1890 to the Present, beginning…
November 27, 2024
Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today that Commonwealth of Virginia employees and preschool and K–12 teachers, public and private, will receive free admission to the museum’s two special exhibitions, American, born Hungary Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy and A Long Arc: Photography and the American South…
October 15, 2024
Preliminary architectural renderings re-envision VMFA after expansion, the largest in the museum’s history Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) released the first preliminary architectural design renderings of the museum’s exterior today, showing what the institution might look like after it undergoes its planned expansion and renovation project. “Both functionally and aesthetically, this…
September 25, 2024
VMFA is one of only two U.S. venues for this captivating exhibition of works by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will open Frida: Beyond the Myth, exploring the life of one of the most beloved, yet enigmatic artists of the 20th century, Frida Kahlo (1907–1954),…
August 6, 2024
The impact of Hungarian American artists on 20th-century photography explored in VMFA’s new exhibition Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is excited to announce its upcoming exhibition, American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy, on view at the museum from Oct. 5, 2024, to Jan. 26, 2025.…
August 6, 2024
The comprehensive survey, A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, contemplates Southern identity through photography Richmond, Virginia — The first major exhibition of Southern photography in more than 25 years, A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, will be on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in…
July 16, 2024
VMFA hosts the popular free performance series every Wednesday evening Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is excited to announce that Dominion Energy has renewed its sponsorship of the popular free weekly jazz performance series, the Dominion Energy Jazz Café. VMFA began Jazz Café in partnership with the Richmond Jazz Society…
May 28, 2024
NEH grant award of nearly $350,000 will underwrite support staff for the Raysor Collection initiative at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today that its Foundation received a Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The award…
May 15, 2024
Hyte will manage the growth, interpretation and stewardship of VMFA’s Indigenous American art collection Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today that Siera Hyte (Cherokee Nation) has been appointed as the museum’s inaugural Schiller Family Curator of Indigenous American Art. Hyte will begin working at VMFA on August 26, 2024.…
April 30, 2024
Horticulturalist Robbie Honey and Floral Designers Ingrid Carozzi and Canaan Marshall Headline Benefit Event for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announces the return of Fine Arts & Flowers, a biennial museum-wide exhibit that pairs original interpretive floral arrangements with works from the museum’s permanent…
