September 28, 2018
RICHMOND, Virginia – On Friday, Sept. 28, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Director Alex Nyerges signed a five-year cooperative agreement with Wang Chunfa, director of the National Museum of China in Beijing, to develop a cultural exchange between the two institutions. The ceremony took place at 10 a.m. in VMFA’s Claiborne Robertson Room. Commonwealth of…
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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…
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September 7, 2018
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation (VMFAF) has named Caprice Bragg as its new vice president for board relations and strategic planning. Bragg comes to the museum from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, where she has spent the past five years as vice president of…
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August 16, 2018
Recipient to be honored at the 2018 Library of Virginia Literary Awards in October Richmond, VA – The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are pleased to announce the winner of the annual Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award. The judges selected Sargent’s Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas…
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