InLight Richmond 2015
Organized by 1708 Gallery, InLight Richmond is a public exhibition of light-based art and performances. Each year, InLight invites artists to respond to a particular section of our diverse city, and...
View ArticleKehinde Wiley: A New Republic
The works presented in Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic raise questions about race, gender, and the politics of representation by portraying contemporary African American men and women using the...
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Rodin: Evolution of a Genius
Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée Rodin in Paris, this exhibition will feature nearly 200 works by the greatest sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Auguste Rodin....
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Nightfall: Prints of the Dark Hours
This exhibition explores nocturnes–images that evoke the night. Luminous apparitions of the divine, dazzling fireworks, lamplit urban streets, and twilight’s soft glow over the natural landscape are...
View ArticleThe Likeness of Labor
Where do a photographer’s impulse to create a documentary image and aesthetics meet? In the early 20th century, American photographer Lewis Hine (1874–1940) embarked on a decades-long mission to...
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The McGlothlin Collection of American Art
Extraordinary new collection in McGlothlin Galleries opens to the public Nov 24, 2015 On November 23rd the museum will unveil the permanent installation of the James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin...
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Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott
This exhibition examines the realities of life under segregation in 1950s America, as seen through the lens of groundbreaking photographer Gordon Parks (1912–2006). As the first African American...
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Fine Arts and Flowers
Tickets on Sale May 1 Presented by The Council of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, with floral designs by The Garden Club of Virginia, Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, and Garden Clubs of Virginia...
View ArticleSnowy Landscapes: Japanese Woodblock Prints by Kawase Hasui
A leading printmaking artist, Kawase Hasui was known for his vivid winter landscapes. Snow at the Zojoji Temple depicts a woman holding an umbrella, walking in the snow in front of this ninth-century...
View ArticleKertész
Regarded by art historians as one of the most important and influential photographers of the 20th century, André Kertész was a leading proponent of seeing the world through a Modernist eye. This...
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Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life
Image Credits: Savarin, 1981, Jasper Johns (American, born 1930), lithograph. Art © Jasper Johns and ULAE/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Published by Universal Limited Art Editions The Scream, 1895,...
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The Rachel Lambert Mellon Collection of Jean Schlumberger
This exhibition of 145 works from one of the most stunning public collections of jewelry and objects by Jean Schlumberger celebrates the creativity of this legendary 20th-century designer and the...
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Fabergé and Russian Decorative Arts
See Fabergé and Russian Decorative Arts Collection Like Never Before After an international tour, VMFA’s renowned collection of Fabergé returns to the museum this fall. Five new galleries have been...
View ArticleMountain Scenes in Japan: Woodblock Prints by Kawase Hasui
The twelve works in this exhibition, by Japanese artist Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) belong to a collection of more than six hundred prints donated to VMFA by René and Carolyn Balcer. Created by Hasui...
View ArticleA COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY: The Black Photographers Annual, Volume I
In 1973, a group of African American photographers in New York City published the first volume of The Black Photographers Annual. In a brief forward that succinctly outlined the new publication’s...
View ArticleSHANGHAI PASSAGES: Longtang Photographs by Gong Jianhua
Since the 1970s, contemporary Chinese photographer Gong Jianhua has been photographing Shanghai’s longtang neighborhoods. Unique to Shanghai, longtang are a type of community, started in the late-19th...
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Hear My Voice: Native American Art from the Past and Present
Based on the notion of dialogue, Hear My Voice: Native American Art of the Past and Present explores conversations between Native American artists and their art across centuries, a continent, and 35...
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Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style
The energetic sights and sounds of the fashion runway come to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts this spring with Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style. Drawn from the archives of the Fondation...
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The Horse in Ancient Greek Art
With more than 80 works from private and public collections, this is the first exhibition that focuses on the central role of the horse in ancient Greek art, mythology, and culture from the Geometric...
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Chester Higgins and P. H. Polk: Black Photographers Annual, Vol. II
In the second volume of The Black Photographers Annual, editor and publisher Joe Crawford included an interview with P. H. Polk (1898–1984), the official photographer at Tuskegee University for nearly...
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