Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Check out this special coverage of GIANTS at VMFA from PBS! ✨ 🫶 Thank you to Geoff Bennett and PBS News for sitting down with the Deans to discuss GIANTS and the significance behind The Dean Collection. 👀 Take a peek into the exhibition and see Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys experience their collection at VMFA for the first time. ➡️ Get tickets to "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" at the following link: https://bit.ly/47vOGoP

The GIANTS have landed in VA. Check out this recap of the pre-opening celebrations. ✨ 🤩 You can now view over 130 works of modern and contemporary art by 40 Black diasporic artists and discover how these artistic GIANTS are expanding the art canon of greats in a big, bold way. 🌍 VMFA is the fourth stop on the world tour of this groundbreaking exhibition curated from the art collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Dean) and Alicia Keys. 🎟️ Visit the following link for tickets to "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys": https://bit.ly/47vOGoP 🏛️ This exhibition is organized by Brooklyn Museum

"We want people to see themselves." ✨ GIANTS opens tomorrow, Sat, Nov 22. In "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" we invite you to... 🖼️ Experience an expansive collection of 130+ works by 40 Black diasporic artists 📷 View art pieces by legendary and emerging artists and photographers 🤩 Take in monumental works that tower in scale and thought 🌍 See how these celebrated GIANTS are impacting the art world in a big, bold way 🎟️ Get tickets to opening weekend of "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" at the following link: https://bit.ly/47vOGoP

Join our team at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts! Application due dates are approaching fast for the following positions: - Administrative Assistant - Advancement Division - Line Cook, Best Café and Special Events Team - Security Associate - Museum-wide college internships (Spring Semester; Feb–May) Visit the link below to see full job descriptions and apply today.

Following an international search, VMFA has appointed Wai Yee Chiong, Ph.D., as its new E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of East Asian Art. Dr. Chiong comes to VMFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum in Providence, where she was the Curator of Asian Art, responsible for a collection of approximately 4,300 objects. A deeply knowledgeable and accomplished curator, Dr. Chiong says she looks forward to, "...developing and interpreting the museum’s holdings of Chinese, Japanese and Korean art, and...organizing engaging exhibitions that welcome new audiences and foster different ways of looking at art.” Please join us in welcoming Dr. Chiong to the VMFA Curatorial Team and read more about her appointment at the link below.

✨ NEXT MONTH ✨ Get ready for the GIANTS to make their grand entrance! "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" opens to the public at VMFA on Saturday, November 22. Experience legendary photographers, iconic contemporary artists, and emerging names in the art world, in this towering exhibition. 🎟️ Visit the following link to learn more and get tickets: https://bit.ly/47vOGoP

This past year, VMFA has added a diverse group of compelling artworks to our growing permanent collection. Said acquisitions include notable additions to our collections of South Asian Art, Decorative Art, Indigenous Art, African Art, Photography, and Modern & Contemporary Art. Click the link below to read what our curators have to say about a number of these recent acquisitions and how some of them will fit into the forthcoming expanded and renovated galleries.

A Frida Kahlo painting is making headlines just in time for the end of our run of "Frida: Beyond the Myth." When Kahlo's “El sueño (La cama)” goes to auction at Southeby's, it could set the record for the highest price paid at auction for a Frida Kahlo work—a record currently held by her painting "Diego y yo." The piece could also set the record for the highest price paid at auction for any work by a female artist—a record currently held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.” Read more about the potentially history-making sale at the link below. Visit www.vmfa.museum to dive into Kahlo's life, art, and legacy in "Frida: Beyond the Myth," closing Sunday, September 28.

We're closing in on the end of an incredible run of "Frida: Beyond the Myth" at VMFA. Over the past five months, our visitors have enjoyed the rare opportunity to be in the presence of artist Frida Kahlo's immortalizing work. The exhibition focuses on the artist's life and legacy as portrayed through her own paintings and drawings, as well as photographs of Kahlo taken by many of those closest to her. Due to popular demand, additional timeslots are now available to see "Frida: Beyond the Myth" on the final five days of the exhibition. Visitors can view the exhibition 9 am–9 pm, Wednesday–Sunday, September 24–28. Get your tickets to the exhibition at the link below now through September 28.

Tickets for "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" are now on sale to the general public! 🎟️ ✨ With over 370,000 visitors to date, “Giants” is making VMFA its fourth stop on the first global tour of The Dean Collection. “Giants” opens to the public at VMFA on November 22. Get tickets today at the following link: https://bit.ly/47vOGoP