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  1. Powerful South-Asian Ivory Female Figure Is Acquired by VMFA, June 2009
  2. VMFA Commissions Painting by Ryan Mcginness for Display in Mcglothlin Wing Opening May 1, August 2009
  3. VMFA Hires Bob S. Tarren as Director of Marketing, August 2009
  4. Tiffany: Color and Light Exhibition to Be Shown in Paris, Montreal, Richmond, July 2009
  5. VMFA Acquires Fischer Collection of German Expressionism, Considered to Be One of the Finest of Its Kind in Existence, July 2009
  6. VMFA Picks CEO of National Sporting Library to Be Deputy Director for Development, July 2009
  7. World-Class Art Nouveau, Art Deco Galleries Will Be on View in Expanded VMFA Opening May 1, July 2009
  8. VMFA’S John Ravenal Elected President by Association of Art Museum Curators, June 2009
  9. VMFA’s Barbara Lenhardt Selected as President by Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Museum Store Group, June 2009
  10. TecAccess Wins Top Muse Award in VMFA Business Competition, May 2009
  11. VMFA Director Talks to WWBT-TV About Museum Reopening, May 2009
  12. May 1, 2010, Is Grand Opening for James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing, April 2009
  13. 1880s Worsham-Rockefeller Bedroom Is Given to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, March 2009
  14. Richmond Airport and VMFA Partner for "Art at the Airport" Project, March 2009
  15. Fabergé Gallery Goes off View in June: Bejeweled Russian Imperial Easter Eggs Are Major Public Attraction at Museum, March 2009
  16. VMFA Acquires “Spectacular” Picture Scroll from India and 1888 Oil Portrait by “Best Woman Painter in History", March 2009
  17. Thirty-Three VMFA Fellowships Are Awarded to Virginia Students and Artists for 2009, February 2009
  18. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Picks Stephen D. Bonadies for Chief Conservator and Collections Management Job, January 2009
  19. VMFA Acquires Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, a Heroic French Academic Painting by Bouguereau, December 2008
  20. VMFA Picks Carmen F. Foster for Community Affairs Post, December 2008
  21. Discover Silver Exhibition is Transferred to Lynchburg's Amazement Square, October 2008
  22. VMFA Spotlights George Caleb Bingham's The County Election, October 2008
  23. Children Will Make Gingerbread Houses, Other Gifts in Holiday Programs, November 2008
  24. Tiffany Church Windows from Richmond, Korean Screen, and Ezekiel Sculpture of Jefferson Acquired, October 2008
  25. VMFA Will Receive 50 Contemporary Works from Collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, October 2008
  26. Extraordinary American Silver Teapot to Be Centerpiece of VMFA Installation, October 2008
  27. VMFA Great Hall Is Reinstalled with Focus on 17th-Century Age of Magnificence, September 2008
  28. VMFA Picks Former N.C. Museum Official to Head Sales and Marketing Division, July 2008
  29. VMFA Publication Wins AAM Award, July 2008
  30. VMFA Initiates Series of Spotlight Loans, July 2008
  31. Painting by First American Artist to Visit India is Purchased by VMFA, June 2008
  32. Luce Foundation Awards VMFA $200,000 for New American Installation, June 2008
  33. Two Added to Curatorial Staff at VMFA, June 2008
  34. VMFA Honors Late VCU Art School Dean with Special Display of His 1997 Painting, June 2008
  35. VMFA Receives $75,000 Grant from NEA to Install Expanded Contemporary Galleries, May 2008
  36. Conservator of Paintings Chair at VMFA Named for Margaret H. and William E. Massey Sr., April 2008
  37. VMFA Acquires Striking Modernist Painting by American Artist Max Weber, March 2008
  38. Catalyst Wins Tops Award in VMFA Business Competition—the Muse Awards, March 2008
  39. Thirty-one VMFA Fellowships are Awarded to Students and Professionals for 2008, February 2008
  40. VMFA Acquires Major Sol LeWitt Sculpture, December 2007
  41. Add Some Mystery to Your Holiday with a Free Scavenger Hunt, December 2007
  42. Art Nouveau Buckles, 17th-Century Indian Watercolor, Harry Callahan Photograph Are Acquired by VMFA, October 2007
  43. BBC's Alastair Dickenson to Speak on Oct 24 on History of Silver Fakes and Forgeries, September 2007
  44. Jack and Mary Ann Frable of Richmond Give Funds to Complete Curatorial Endowment, August 2007
  45. VMFA Publishes Revised and Expanded Selections Survey, July 2007
  46. VMFA Selects Li Jian as its New Curator of East Asian Art, July 2007
  47. VMFA Selects Barry Shifman to be Lewis Family Curator of Decorative Arts, July 2007
  48. Thirty-Eight Students and Professionals are Awarded VMFA Fellowships for 2007, June 2007
  49. Renaissance Altarpiece by Il Bachiacca, Salon Painting by Charles Sprague Pearce Acquired, June 2007
  50. Mrs. Richard S. Reynolds III to Head VMFA Trustees, June 2007
  51. VMFA Publishes Catalogue of Contemporary Collection, May 2007
  52. VMFA 2007 Muse Award Winners Announced, May 2007
  53. Trustees Approve Acquisition of American, South Asian, Swedish Works, March 2007
  54. Philip Morris USA Named Collector of the Year, March 2007
  55. VMFA Celebrates Black History Month, January 2007
  56. Sylvia Yount to be Cochrane American Art Curator, January 2007
  57. Stunning Array of English Silver, Japanese Prints, Murry DePillars Painting Given to VMFA, December 2006
  58. Jamestown 2007 Traveling Exhibitions, November 2006
  59. VMFA and Met Museum Collaborate on New Reproductions, October 2006
  60. Dr. Peter Schertz Joins VMFA as Curator of Ancient Art, October 2006
  61. A feature story, U.S. Museums Cope with Art Tainted by Nazi Looting, ran on National Public Radio's All Things Considered on October 10 and included an interview with VMFA director, Alex Nyerges. VMFA has restituted two works from its collection to the rightful owners after conclusively determining that the works were appropriated by the Nazis during World War II, October 2006
  62. VMFA Given Pierre Bonnard Painting from the Estate of Paul Mellon, October 2006
  63. VMFA Closes Capital Campaign with $171.8 Million, September 2006
  64. Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Will Sponsor VMFA Business Council, September 2006
  65. VMFA Awarded $610,000 NEH Challenge Grant to Strengthen Art History Library, July 2006
  66. 19th-Century American Landscape by Duncanson, Pair of Japanese Screens are Acquired, June 2006
  67. Alexander Nyerges is New VMFA Director, May 2006
  68. New Membership Category for Students, April 2006
  69. VMFA Council Cookbook Wins Awards, July 2006
  70. VMFA Names 2006 Muse Award Winners, May 2006
  71. Robert Scott Duncanson Painting is 50th Anniversary Gift from VMFA Council, May 2006
  72. VMFA’s New Address in Cyberspace, February 2006
  73. VMFA Acquires Moreau Painting of Narcissus; Tiffany "Poppy Filigree" Lamp Given to Museum, January 2006
  74. VMFA Muse Awards Finalists Announced, April 2006
  75. Robin Nicholson, Parker Agelasto Join VMFA Staff, February 2006
  76. VMFA Gets Major Grants for Expansion and Endowment from Kresge and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, October 2005
  77. VMFA Acquires Cleopatra Sculpture of Historic and Aesthetic Importance, October 2005
  78. VMFA to Return Painting Looted by Nazis to Descendant of Rightful Polish Owners, September 2005
  79. VMFA Director Michael Brand is Named to Head J. Paul Getty Museum, August 2005
  80. Thirty-Six Students and Professionals Awarded Fellowships for 2005, July 2005
  81. Ruscha Tells ARTNEWS He Wishes He'd Kept Painting Now in VMFA Collection, July 2005
  82. VMFA Business Council Honors Nine Firms with Creativity in Business Awards, June 2005
  83. VMFA Announces Landmark Gift. Major Private Collection of American Art
    Coming to Virginia’s Flagship Fine Arts Museum    , May 2005
  84. Virginia Museum Real Estate Foundation Sells Holdings in Manchester, August 2005
  85. VMFA's Cochrane Fund for American Art Increased by Sale of Manchester Property, September 2005
  86. VMFA Acquires Rare Chinese Funerary Couch, African, Asian Works, June 2005
  87. VMFA Council Celebrates 50th Anniversary, April 2005
  88. VMFA Names Rubie Britt-Height as Head of Community Affairs, July 2005
  89. Large Marble Pavilion from India Acquired by VMFA, May 2005
  90. VMFA Observes Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, May 2005
  91. VMFA Shop Launches Cookbook to Celebrate Council's 50th Anniversary, April 2005
  92. VMFA Applaudes Old Partner's New Space, April 2005
  93. VMFA Business Council Offers Creativity Awards and an Un-Gala, February 2005
  94. VMFA Welcomes Newest Statewide Partner, February 2005
  95. Just in time for Easter and Mothers’ Day: Fabulous Fabergé Trunk Show, February 2005
  96. VMFA Purchases Winterhalter Portrait, Pair of Qing Dynasty Ritual Paintings, January 2005
  97. Art by Richmond Metro Students on View at VMFA, December 2004
  98. Twenty-eight Students, Professionals are Awarded VMFA Fellowships for 2004, June 2004
  99. Contemporary and Art Nouveau Works Installed at VMFA October 2004
  100. You Read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code; Now Learn More About Leonardo's Genius, October 2004
  101. George Stubbs will be Topic of Annual Mellon Lecture, October 2004
  102. Mitchell Merling Named Mellon Curator at VMFA, August 2004
  103. International Silver Symposium to Feature English and American Experts, May 2004
  104. Spectacular Silver Elephant Saddle Purchased by VMFA, June 2004
  105. VMFA Trustees Vote to Return French Painting Believed to Have Been Stolen by Nazis in 1944, May 2004
  106. Learn About VMFA and Nazi Era Provenance Research, May 2004
  107. VMFA Acquires Kiki Smith's Ice Man Sculpture and 5th-Century B.C. Bronze Greek Helmet, March 2004
  108. Studio School Chair Endowed to Honor Thomas C. Gordon, Jr., March 2004
  109. Fine Arts Seminar to Focus on Artists, Architects and Patrons, March 2004
  110. VMFA Collaborates with Freer Galleries to Present Whistler Exhibition, October 2003
  111. VMFA Purchases Rare, Historic Pair of 11th-Century Bodhisattvas, December 2003
  112. CANVAS is for Art Lovers, October 2003
  113. VMFA Celebrates Black History Month, February 2004
  114. Twenty-Four Students and Professionals Awarded VMFA Fellowships, June 2003
  115. Gift from SunTrust Allows VMFA to Drop Charge for Lazzarini Show, December 2003
  116. VMFA Unveils Design and Master Plan For $100-Million Expansion and Transformation, April 2003
  117. VMFA's Purchase of Rare, Early Silver from India Makes Its Collection the Finest in North America, November 2003
  118. Smithsonian Official to Speak About Native-American Art and Identity, November 2003
  119. Lecture Topic at VMFA will be Artemisia's Hands, November 2003
  120. Gift-Purchase Agreement to Position VMFA Among Most Significant in African Art in U.S., July 2003
  121. Japanese Folding Screens, Indian Painting Among Works Acquired by VMFA, March 2003
  122. VMFA was Successful Bidder for Rare Sculpture of Buddha Auctioned in September, December 2002
  123. VMFA Announces Cuts to Accomplish Budget Reductions, November 2002
  124. WCVE-TV to Air Four Virginia Museum Videos April 13, March 2003
  125. Rick Mather Chosen as Architect For $79 Million Expansion-Transformation of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, November 2001
  126. VIrginia Museum Acquires Painting by Severin Roesen, Notable American Artist of Mid-19th Century, February 2003
  127. 1850 Frontiersman Painting, 19th-Century German Cabinet, and Two French Sculptures Acquired by Virginia Museum, October 2002
  128. Christopher Lloyd, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, to Lecture at Museum, November 2002
  129. Brand Announces Two Appointments to Museum's Curatorial Staff, October 2002
  130. Rare Morris Secrétaire and African Figures are Purchased by the Virginia Museum, June 2002
  131. Museum to Observe National Day of Remembrance Sept. 11, August 2002
  132. Twenty-Eight Students and Professionals Awarded Virginia Museum Fellowships, June 2002
  133. Museum's Actions Enable Jumpin! to Continue in Bad Weather, July 2002
  134. Two Photography Shows Emphasize Commitment to Outreach and Virginia Artists, April 2002
  135. Art Nouveau Jewelry Collection, Tanner Painting are Acquired by the Virginia Museum, March 2002
  136. Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Concludes Current Fast/Forward Series, March 2002
  137. Virginia Museum's Sicilian Heritage Tour to Explore Island's Art and Architecture, April 2002
  138. Tune in to Art on the Air: Two-Minute Escapes into the World of Art, March 2002
  139. Richard Roth, Grief: A Collection, December 2001
  140. Free Public Preview Set for Outer & Inner Space Opening, March 2002
  141. New Online Exhibition! Explore the Art of Ancient Mali, October 2001
  142. Purchase of Three Works of Art from India Continues Celebration of Book and Exhibition, January 2002
  143. Variety of Special Events Accompany Indian Painting Exhibition at Virginia Museum, October 2001
  144. Miranda July to Kick Off 2002 Fast/Forward Season, December 2001
  145. Virginia Museum's Entry in Richmond's "Go Fish" Project to be Auctioned on eBAY, December 2001
  146. Major Baroque Painting by Artemesia Gentileschi Purchased by Museum, October 2001
  147. Renovated American Galleries Now Open, October 2001
  148. More Than 350 Rare Works on Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau Donated to Museum's Library, August 2001
  149. Monet's Rouen Cathedral, Façade, is Now on View at Virginia Museum, Seprember 2001
  150. African-American Outreach 2001 at Virginia Museum, August 2001
  151. Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty is Celebrated in Museum Exhibit, October 2001
  152. Large Collection of English and American Silver and Dramatic African Mask Acquired by Virginia Museum, June 2001
  153. Narratives in African American Art and Identity; The David C. Driskell Collection, November 2000