April 21, 2015
1708 Gallery and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are pleased to announce that InLight Richmond 2015 will be held on Friday, November 13, 2015 on the VMFA campus. VMFA will stay open from 7 a.m. until midnight in honor of the free event.
April 3, 2015
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Speakers Bureau is now accepting requests for engagements at social and civic group programs. The organization is a dedicated group of volunteers that speaks on behalf of the museum.
February 25, 2015
Enhanced professional development for VMFA staff and funds for the upkeep and maintenance of VMFA’s gardens and grounds are the beneficiaries of the newly established Lizzie Edmunds Boyd Fund.
January 15, 2015
Works from the life estate of Paul Mellon, longtime VMFA donor and trustee, are in the newly reinstalled Mellon Galleries, opening on Friday, January 16.
December 9, 2014
An important matching challenge grant of $600,000 from the Mary Morton Parsons Foundation will support ARTshare, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ digital technology and education initiative.
November 24, 2014
On November 22, 2014, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Director Alex Nyerges was honored by the French government as Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres), a prestigious international association of leaders recognized for their contributions toward promoting international relations with France.
November 17, 2014
John B Ravenal, VMFA’s Sydney and Frances Lewis family curator of modern and contemporary art, has been named the new director of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass. Since his arrival in 1998, John has enhanced the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ collection and reputation in modern and contemporary art through scholarship, innovative curatorial projects, major publications, and key acquisitions.
November 10, 2014
In honor of Veterans Day Art on Wheels will install the Veterans’ Impact Project on the hilltop Belvedere in VMFA’s E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden.
November 6, 2014
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has appointed Hossein Sadid as the new chief financial officer.
October 20, 2014
VMFA kicked off its first-ever crowdfunding campaign on September 22, 2014, and has received enthusiastic responses from the public—from Bon Air to Barcelona—raising $61,225 in a 26-day campaign. The total includes a generous match from Frank Qiu and Ting Xu on behalf of Evergreen Enterprises, who agreed to match donors’ contributions dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.…
