Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10/14/2026

A fabulous, floral time was had 💐

🫶 Thanks to everyone who joined us for Fine Arts & Flowers—a weekend full of fashion, fine art, festivities, and flowers.

🎉 Congrats to all the organizers, floral designers, and special guests for the resounding success of Fine Arts and Flowers 2026! We hope to see you again for the next exhibition in 2028.

💝 Fine Arts & Flowers is presented by The Council of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts with creative floral designs by The Garden Club of Virginia, Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, and Ikebana of Richmond.

🌹Strange's Florist is the official supplier of flowers and plant materials for Fine Arts & Flowers since 1987.

10/12/2026

🖼️ VMFA is open today, Mon, Oct 12, and 365 days a year, from 10 am to 5 pm.

10/10/2026

"We want his works to stay in museums. We want to keep sharing them with the world." —Yaba Baker, fourth great grandson of artist David Drake (ca. 1800–ca. 1870)

This week, VMFA invited the descendants of artist David Drake to the museum for a ceremony to officialize the museum's restitution and repurchase of Drake's artwork "Double-handled Jug."

17 of Drake's descendants across generations gathered and watched as three of his eldest descendants signed an authorized certificate giving VMFA ethical ownership of the 1840 stoneware storage jug.

Having started talks surrounding the restitution this past February, VMFA is now one of five institutions nationwide that has reached an agreement with Drake’s descendants concerning the return or ethical ownership of Drake’s artwork in its collection.

VMFA's agreement follows a precedent set by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, GA.; the Telfair Museums in Savannah, GA.; and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

➡️ Learn more about this historic restitution at the following link: https://bit.ly/3TtAata

10/09/2026

What have you always wanted to know about museum conservation? 🙋

🔍 Ask A Conservator Day is Wed, Nov 4, and we want to hear what questions you have for our conservators.

💬 Ask away in the comments, and we'll share our conservator's answers on Wed, Nov 4!

🙌 VMFA's conservators work diligently to preserve, care for, and ensure the safety of our art objects whether they're on display, traveling, or in storage.

➡️ Visit the following link in our bio to learn more about Conservation at VMFA : https://bit.ly/4j9x1sV

10/08/2026

Fine Arts & Flowers is NOW OPEN! 💐 Experience this floral extravaganza through Sun, Oct 11.

🌹 View 70+ art-inspired floral arrangements for free throughout the permanent collection.

🗣️ Attend floral arranging talks, workshops, guided tours, and more.

🛍️ Browse floral merch and a special artist pop-up at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Shop.

➡️ Learn more about Fine Arts & Flowers 2026 at the following link: https://bit.ly/4cWCnTz

10/08/2026

10/06/2026

Cozying up to your special someone 🫂

🤎 Over the course of his career, American artist Frederick Jones gained renown for his vibrant figural style in his paintings. In "Couple," Jones presents a woman and a man in a pose suggesting they are dancing closely or enacting some other choreographed movement.

👀 "Couple" is currently on view in the Mary Ann Frable Works on Paper Gallery as part of "Painted on Paper: American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection"

🎨 "Couple" (detail), ca. 1940–50, Frederick Jones (American, 1913–1996). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund for American Art

10/04/2026

🎪 Last weekend, VMFA on the Road hosted "Paint the Fair," a special artmaking contest at State Fair of Virginia.

🫶 Big thanks to all five participants for sharing your artistic talents with us...

🥇 Brian Hennesey, Blue Ribbon Winner
🥈 Mary Beth Beasley, Red Ribbon Winner
🥉 Linda Shaw, Yellow Ribbon Winner
🎨 Amy Mendelson and Molly Pratt

🚚 Next up, VMFA on the Road will be at the 70th Annual Virginia MOCA Boardwalk Art Show in Virginia Beach, VA (10/9–10/11).

➡️ Visit the following link to view the full VMFA on the Road schedule: https://bit.ly/4huBcgc

10/03/2026

An autumnal view of a Parisian cityscape 🇫🇷

🎂 Happy birthday to Pierre Bonnard who was in 1867!

👀 "The Pont de Grenelle and the Eiffel Tower" is currently on view in the Mellon European Art Galleries.

🎨 "The Pont de Grenelle and the Eiffel Tower," ca. 1912, Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon