Corot to Cézanne
French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Mellon at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
January 25 - June 2

Curated by Bruce Boucher, Director

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon's generous gifts to the Commonwealth of Virginia include French, British sporting, and American paintings and sculpture on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, as well as over a thousand prints and drawings. This exhibition features highlights from their important collection of French drawings. More >

Edouard Vuillard, French, 1868-1940. Young Woman Trying on a Hat, c. 1900. Oil on cardboard, 16 x 12 in, 40.64 x 30.48 cm. Courtesy of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Collection, 95.24. Photo: Katherine Wetzel. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Traces of the Hand
Master Drawings from the Collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
January 25 - May 26

Curated by Lawrence O. Goedde,
Adjunct Curator of Prints and Drawings and Professor of Art History, McIntire Department of Art

Avid collectors since their college days, Frederick and Lucy S. Herman spent over fifty years building an impressive collection of more than 250 works on paper, a majority of which were generously donated to the Museum in 2006 and 2007 for the instruction of the University's students. More >

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, French, 1767-1855. Jeanne Justine Laurice de Salienne (The Artist's Wife), c. 1789. Pencil and grey wash, 7 x 5 1⁄8 in, 17.78 x 13.02 cm (sheet). Gift of The Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation, 2007.15.50

Becoming the Butterfly
Landscapes of James McNeill Whistler
January 25 - April 28

Portraits of James McNeill Whistler
April 30 - August 4

Curated by Emilie Johnson, Luzak-Lindner Graduate Fellow

Best known for his painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, the famous portrait of his mother, and his well-publicized legal battle with the English art critic John Ruskin, the American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) often garners as much attention for his flamboyant personality as for his artistic production. More >

James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903. Seymour Haden, Jr, Seated, 1857-1858. Etching, 5 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄4 in, 13.65 x 9.53 cm (image). Gift of John Barton Payne, 1920.2.69

STrAY
Found Poems from a Lost Time
Suzanne McClelland
January 25 - May 26

Curated by Jennifer Farrell, Curator of Exhibitions and Contemporary Art

STrAY: Found Poems from a Lost Time is an in-situ project in which the contemporary artist Suzanne McClelland responds to Found Poems from a Lost Time (2006), twelve epistolary poems written by George Garrett (1929-2008), the renowned poet and esteemed professor of creative writing at U.Va. More >

Suzanne McClelland, American, b. 1959. Poem Shape with Words (Reconstruction), 2007–2012. Digital inkjet prints of black-and-white photographs. Courtesy of the artist

Jean Arp
Oriforme

Jean Arp’s Oriforme, on long-term loan from the National Gallery of Art, exemplifies the approach to abstraction with which the artist is most closely associated; the sculpture will be on view on The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Entrance Plaza in front of The Fralin beginning March 25, 2013. More >

Jean Arp, French, b. Germany (Alsace), 1886–1966. Oriforme, model 1962, fabricated 1977. Stainless steel, 89 3/4 x 84 1/2 x 23 5/8 in, 227.9 x 214.6 x 60 cm. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, To the American People in Gratitude—Leon Chalette, Arthur Lejwa, and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa, 1978.22.1.

Object Study Gallery

The Object Study Gallery has approximately 140 objects on view, including Chinese bronzes, ceramics and sculpture; ancient Mediterranean coins, glass and marble sculpture; pre-Columbian ceramics; and African masks and figures. More >

UVaM's new Object Study Gallery