May 6, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is excited to announce Elegance and Wonder: Masterpieces of European Art from the Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection is now on view at the museum in Richmond. This exceptional private collection, which the Saunders have assembled over the past 25 years, includes rich oil paintings by…
April 29, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Commonwealth of Virginia employees and preschool and K–12 teachers (public and private) can receive free admission to the highly anticipated exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France, now open at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Active military and their immediate families can also receive free…
March 24, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is the recipient of a generous contribution from Eda “Edie” Hofstead Cabaniss. Her gift will support a new wing and second exhibition suite, both spaces that are part of the museum’s current expansion project. The museum’s Amuse dining room and terrace will be named to honor…
March 17, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is delighted to announce the 2022–23 recipients of its Visual Arts Fellowships. Twenty-three students and professional artists were awarded over $120,000 toward their artistic careers. The VMFA Visual Arts Fellowship program has awarded more than $5.9 million to more than 1,400 artists since 1940. Recipients…
March 15, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today their receipt of a significant gift from longtime patrons James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin. With a total collective value of nearly $60 million, the donation includes a substantial contribution to VMFA’s expansion campaign, which will culminate in a second major wing at the…
March 3, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to announce that VMFA on the Road: An Artmobile for the 21st Century is kicking off 2022 with a new exhibition, Revealing and Obscuring Identity: Portraits from the Permanent Collection. This exciting exhibition of paintings, photographs and prints from the museum’s permanent collection explores…
February 24, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today that the highly anticipated exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France will be on view at the museum from April 16, 2022 to July 31, 2022. The exhibition, which made its debut at the Denver Art Museum, focuses on a group of…
February 23, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced that Bank of America is the National Tour Sponsor for the highly anticipated exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France. The exhibition, which focuses on a group of aspiring 19th- and early 20th-century artists who left the United States to train abroad and…
February 18, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Arts (VMFA) announced today that Commonwealth of Virginia employees and preschool and K–12 teachers (public and private) can receive free admission to the exhibition Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits on view at the museum from February 19, 2022 to October 16, 2022. Active-duty military and their immediate families can also…
February 15, 2022
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) recently acquired Portrait of an African Man, a painting by French artist Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). “We are very excited to have this exemplary painting by Géricault — the masterful artist behind some of the most recognized works from early 19th-century French art — in the…
