Big Events in 2010

January may get off to a sleepy start in the River City. But it's going to be a good, good year, Richmond.  Put these special events on your calendar and make note. There are plenty of fun events and big news coming your way this year. Biggest Art News: Re-Vamped Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Opens May 1 It's been a long, lonely year with the majority of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts closed for the expansion. But grab your beret and clove cigarettes, art fans everywhere. It's time to

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Va. Museum acquires prized German Expressionist art

A major family collection of German Expressionist art “so rare that it is almost indescribable” has found a permanent home at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ...

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Virginia Museum closing for expansion

Time is running out to view exhibitions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The galleries will close Sunday at 5 p.m. for 10 months as construction is completed on the new James and Frances McGlothlin Wing. The grand reopening will be May 1. “People should look forward to 10 months from now, for this fabulous new museum ... that will be nothing less than spectacular,“ said Alex Nyerges, the museum’s director ...

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VMFA visitors get final look before 10-month hiatus

For many people, yesterday was just a normal day as they strolled through the collections at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. But for the museum itself, it was the last day of normalcy for nearly a year as the galleries closed in preparation for the completion of a $150 million expansion that almost doubles the amount of gallery space ...

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Art professor receives fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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