November 15, 2021
Richmond, Virginia — Governor Ralph Northam announced today that Commonwealth of Virginia employees and preschool and K–12 teachers (public and private) can receive free admission to the groundbreaking exhibition Man Ray: The Paris Years on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) now through February 21, 2022. Active-duty military and their immediate families…
November 10, 2021
Richmond, Virginia — Visitors to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond will now see a statement acknowledging the presence of Indigenous peoples on the land on which the museum now stands inside its main entrance and in the Native American galleries, as well as on VMFA’s website. The newly installed land acknowledgment…
November 4, 2021
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexis Assam to the position of Regenia A. Perry Assistant Curator of Global Contemporary Art. Assam comes to VMFA from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she worked as the Constance E. Clayton Curatorial Fellow in the Contemporary…
October 19, 2021
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is excited to announce that Chef Cody Dickey has been appointed to the position of Culinary Director and Senior Executive Chef. With twelve years of experience, including five years in key chef roles, he brings impressive credentials to the job. Chef Cody, as he is…
October 18, 2021
Richmond, Virginia — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $339,500 in grant funds to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to support the delivery of virtual programming and online resources for its visitors and the public during the pandemic. The American Rescue Act of 2021 recognizes the humanities sector as crucial…
September 30, 2021
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is delighted to announce the return of the Mellon Collection. After traveling nationally and internationally for four years while the Mellon Galleries were being renovated, the beloved collection of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, Sporting art and Jean Schlumberger jewelry, gifted by Paul and Rachel…
September 17, 2021
Left: Stephen Bonadies © David Stover, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts August 2013; Right: Hossein Sadid © David Stover, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts August 2015 Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) today announced the upcoming retirement of two members of the museum’s senior leadership team. Stephen Bonadies, Chief Conservator and…
August 24, 2021
Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announces its upcoming exhibition, Man Ray: The Paris Years, on view in Richmond from October 30, 2021, through February 21, 2022. Organized by Dr. Michael Taylor, VMFA’s Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education, the exhibition includes more than 100 compelling portrait photographs made…
August 10, 2021
Gift from Bev Perdue Jennings Funds New Curator Title Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today the establishment of an endowment that will provide significant ongoing funding for an important new position at the museum — the Bev Perdue Jennings Assistant Curator of American Art. “Bev and her husband, Ed…
July 23, 2021
Richmond, Virginia –– The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is delighted to announce its newest exhibition, Ansel Adams: Compositions in Nature. The exhibition, which features an iconic collection of more than 70 works by American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984), will be on view at the Richmond museum from September 25, 2021, through January 2,…
