Dr. Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ New Curator of African Art

Dr. Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba Named VMFA’s New Curator of African Art

Richmond, VA — Following an international search, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today the appointment of Dr. Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba to the position of Curator of African Art beginning May 25, 2022. Ezeluomba, better known as Endy, was most recently the Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of…

Idle Hours, ca. 1894, William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916), oil on canvas. Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982.1

Governor Youngkin Announces Free Admission for State Employees and Preschool and K–12 Teachers to See Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France at VMFA

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…

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Photo by David Stover, © 2020 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

VMFA Awards More Than $120,000 to 23 Virginia Student and Professional Artists

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…

Forgive Me (Portrait of Keith McDaniel), 1984, Jerry Torn (American, 1933–2018), color lithograph on paper. Gift of Jerry Torn

VMFA on the Road Artmobile Exhibition Coming to a Location Near You

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…

Sunlight, 1909, Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862–1951), oil on canvas. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, John Herron Fund, 11.1. © The Frank W. Benson Trust

VMFA Announces Upcoming Exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France

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…

Fly High, 2019, Tsherin Sherpa (American, born Nepal, 1968), metal leaf, acrylic and ink on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund, 2021.65

VMFA Announces Free Admission for Commonwealth of Virginia Employees and Preschool through 12th Grade Educators to the Exhibition Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits

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…