December 17, 2013
Signs and protests were inseparable in the 1960s, with words painted or printed large scale to produce maximum impact when photographed or filmed by the media. Like a visual bullhorn, they both amplified and unified the voices fighting injustice. Ninety percent of the works featured in Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era were acquired by VMFA in the past three years and emphasize the museum’s commitment to diversifying its photography collection.
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Related Exhibitions: Race, Place & Identity and Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era
December 11, 2013
Starting in January 2014, eight Richmond-based arts and cultural organizations will partner to facilitate community-wide conversations inspired by their respective exhibitions and programs. Participating institutions include Candela Books + Gallery, Anderson Gallery VCUarts, Black Iris, 1708 Gallery, Elegba Folklore Society, Reynolds Gallery, the Valentine Richmond History Center, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Related Exhibitions: Posing Beauty in African American Culture, Race, Place & Identity, and Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era
December 5, 2013
With an exciting lineup of special exhibitions, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts brings the world to Virginia in the form of great art representing the span of world cultures. VMFA is internationally recognized for its ambitious special exhibitions drawn from the world’s finest public and private art collections as well as the museum’s permanent collection. Exhibitions are subject to change. For the latest information please visit vmfa.museum/exhibitions. General admission is always free. Some special exhibitions require an admission fee.
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Related Exhibitions: Catching Sight: The World of the British Sporting Print, Clare Leighton: From Pencil to Proof to Press, Fabergé Revealed, Hollywood Costume, Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation, Posing Beauty in African American Culture, Ryan McGinness: Studio Visit, Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era, and Unreal: Conceptual Photographs from the 1970s and 80s
November 18, 2013
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts recently acquired one of only two known Herter Brothers Drawing Room chairs, four Cy Twombly photographs from his Black Mountain residency, a pair of Lockwood de Forest chairs, a Marguerite Zorach painting, and two Zulu costumes. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired the mate to VMFA’s Herter Brothers chair, which continues the museums’ history of collaboration.
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October 17, 2013
VMFA’s E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden is now Wi-Fi accessible. The outdoor space is part of a three-phase program to hardwire the museum’s entire campus with broadband-speed Wi-Fi. Includes
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October 9, 2013
Three retail outlets serve holiday shoppers this year 2013-10-09 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Shop announces its first off-site retail presence in the Richmond region. The VMFA Pop-Up shop, will open on Columbus Day, October 15, and remain open seven days a w
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Related Exhibitions: Hollywood Costume
October 3, 2013
Although Modern and Contemporary art spans just a century of the 6,000 years of world culture represented in VMFA’s collection, these holdings are nationally and internationally recognized as among the best in an American encyclopedic museum. Collection
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Related Exhibitions: German Expressionist Art: Selections from the Fischer Collection and Tiffany: Color and Light
October 3, 2013
VMFA has built a collection of some 1,200 photographs during the past 75 years.
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Related Exhibitions: Aaron Siskind and Abstract Photography of the 1950s and 60s, Darkroom: Photography and New Media in South Africa since 1950, The Fleeting Glimpse, and Visions of France: Three Postwar Photographers
September 24, 2013
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Library of Virginia are pleased to announce Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award. This award recognizes an outstanding book in fiction or nonfiction that demonstrates the highest literary merit as a creative or scholarly work on the theme of visual artists or art.
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September 23, 2013
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was recently awarded a federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Museums for America grant in the amount of $132,320 will assist with the purchase of a compact shelving system, additional cabinets and other shelving units, and in contracting two part-time registration assistants and a consulting conservator.
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