Featured Events

Join Assistant Chief Conservator, Debbie Linn, for a discussion and demonstration about conservation efforts being made on a piece from the permanent collection of South Asian art.

Join Initiatives of Change USA for Intersecting History’s first Museum Crawl on Saturday, December 14, 2019, from 10 am to 4 pm, in celebration of the permanent installation of Kehinde Wiley’s sculpture, Rumors of War. Free. Transportation includes stops at all six participating institutions. Hop on and off the bus to visit: Virginia Museum of…

Join us on Sunday, December 1st in the VMFA Shop for the 3rd annual Museum Store Sunday! Shop local, shop with a purpose, shop hand-selected, unique, curated gifts for your family and friends! 20% Discount for Members and 10% for non-members!* Sign up with your email to spin our prize wheel and be entered to…

Join us in the VMFA Shop for the most anticipated shopping day of the year! Members save 20%* all day in-store and online. To shop online, enter your member ID at checkout to receive the 20% discount. *Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Excludes Chihuly Studio Editions, Marie Chamblin, Gabriel O’Fiesh, Memberships, Sale…

Join artist Paul Rucker for a discussion of his multidisciplinary practice as a visual artist, composer, and musician. He combines media, live performance, sound, original compositions, and visual art to explore issues related to mass incarceration, racially motivated violence, and the continued impact of policies that sustain inequity. To describe the video installation Proliferation (pictured…

Join the VMFA on Nov. 17 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for the launch of Now Upon A Time, a new storytelling podcast that reimagines classic tales with modern, empowering messages. Kids and parents will hear live music, participate in hands-on activities and listen to the stories of two smart, brave and bold princesses…

*Sold Out* Discover the history of The Negro Motorist Green Book through a screening of the Smithsonian Channel film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (51 min) followed by a discussion between Melody Short, Director of Operations and Marketing, Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns; Dr. Michael Hall, Assistant Professor of English, VCU; and Neverett Eggleston…

Learn more about the VMFA Fellowship Program with this free discussion open to practicing and aspiring artists and art historians. Former Fellowship Program Coordinator Jenny Harding will provide a history of the program and review the eligibility requirements as well as helpful hints for navigating the application process.

Edward Hopper was known for his love of movies. VMFA recreates the matinee double feature with movies inspired by Hopper’s painting style. Force of Evil (1948; B&W; 79 min) The great John Garfield plays a crooked lawyer who urges his small-time racketeer brother to move up into the hardcore gangster numbers racket. Director Abraham Polonsky…