Fri, Sep 2, 5:30–7:30 pm
Marble Hall and Museum Galleries
The 2016 Teacher Open House: Inspired by Kehinde Wiley provides teachers with an opportunity to gather information about VMFA programs and resources. Light refreshments will be offered as teachers join colleagues to snap Wiley-inspired selfies; enjoy selected gallery tours; and make Spirograph designs. Participants must present a hard-copy ticket or e-ticket at the check-in tables in…
Sat, Sep 17 2016, 11 am–3 pm
Museum-wide
Generously sponsored by Apoyado generosamente por Servicios de Traducción proveídos por Rachel Contreras, contrerarts@gmail.com SAVE THE DATE! Join us Feb 11, 2017, 10 am–5 pm for ChinaFest: Year of the Fire Rooster
Thu, Sep 1, 5:30–7 pm
Conference Room 1
The author, who is primarily a poet, meditates on painting and the history of the everyday objects in our lives. Part memoir, part essay, he asserts that still life paintings are more complex than they first seem. Why, after hundreds of years, do we still appreciate their beauty and intimacy? The artist is long gone,…
Fri, Jun 24, Jul 29, Aug 19, 6:30–9 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Fri, Jun 10, 5–9 pm
VMFA Atrium & Leslie Cheek Theater
with Eugenie Tsai, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Fri, Aug 26, 6:30–7:30 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Join Dr. Eugenie Tsai for an in-depth look at the special exhibition Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, a retrospective of the contemporary artist at the height of his career. Dr. Tsai, the curator of the exhibition, will discuss the selection and presentation of nearly 60 works, including sculpture, stained-glass panels and oil paintings which together,…
Fri, Aug 12, 6:30–8:30 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
This PBS documentary presents an intimate portrait of one of this generation’s most intriguing artists. The program studies and challenges the definition of beauty while discussing the correlation between fashion and art. The film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A led by three guest commentators. This program is inspired by the special exhibition, Kehinde Wiley:…
with Dr. Leo Mazow
May 2 & May 4 - 11am & 6:30pm
Meet at Visitor Services Desk
With Dr. Leo Mazow, Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator and Head of the Department of American Art Appeal to your sense of sound and join Dr. Leo Mazow in exploring three works of art from the American Art collection that depict or hint at making sounds by including musical instruments and other objects.
Fri, Jun 10, 6–7 pm
$15 | $12 VMFA members & students with valid ID
Leslie Cheek Theater
Join contemporary artist and subject of the current retrospective Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic as he talks about his career and creative process. Ticket includes admission to the exhibition during the Fri, Jun 10 member preview.
with Frank Saunders, Administrative Assistant for the Studio School and Photography Collection Educator
Tue, Jun 7, 11–11:30 am & Thu, Jun 9, 6:30–7 pm
Meet at Visitor Services Desk
Hungarian born photographer André Kertész was a renowned flaneur, an idle but observant man of the street. His street photographs, interiors and portraits are poetic and timeless, making him arguably one of the greatest photographers of everyday life. This 3 in 30 will explore the visual language that makes his images so universally appealing.
