Press support archive, Spring 2011

Supporting material, including self-guided tours, press releases, are posted for exhibitions and special events as they become available. Exhibition images for the press are available upon request by emailing: U.Va. News Services or U.Va. Art Museum.

Around Grounds | Special exhibitions, Spring 2011 | Museum as classroom
Special programs, Spring 2011 | Collections | Museum staff

Alexander Calder Sculpture on Display
	Alexander Calder, American, 1898-1976
	Tripes, 1974
	Sheet metal, bolts and paint
	Courtesy Calder Foundation, New York
	Sculpture is installed in front of Peabody Hall.
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	Sculpture temporarily removed for restoration.
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	Sculpture returned to Grounds Tuesday after undergoing restoration.
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Henry Moore, Seated Woman, 1958-59
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	UVaM Hosts Henry Moore Foundation Director
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From Classic to Romantic: British Art in an Age of Transition
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	Battle of Wonders Literary Contest Reception
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Southern Views/Southern Photographers
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Society Portraits: Andy Warhol's Photographic Legacy
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Excavating New Ground, American Art in the 1970s
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New Images, New Techniques: Abstraction in British Screenprints circa 1970
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Henry Moore, Seated Woman, 1958-59
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Early Visions
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Eyes on Art
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Family Art JAMs
Sunday, January 23
Quiet Tiger, Ferocious Lion
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Sunday, February 27
Playing with Paint: Exploring Abstract Painting
Sundays, April 17 & April 24
The Floating Circus: Calder and Kinetics
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Saturday, May 14 & Sunday, May 15
Southern Photography Expedition
Final Fridays
Friday, January 28
Southern Views/Southern Photographers and Society Portraits: Andy Warhol's Photographic Legacy
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Friday, February 25
Excavating New Ground, American Art in the 1970s
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Friday, March 25
Southern Views/Southern Photographers, Society Portraits: Andy Warhol's Photographic Legacy, and Excavating New Ground, American Art in the 1970s
Friday, April 29
Southern Views/Southern Photographers, Society Portraits: Andy Warhol's Photographic Legacy, and Excavating New Ground, American Art in the 1970s
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Flowers Interpret Art
Thursday, May 5
Flowers Interpret Art Buffet
6-8 pm
In the Museum
RSVP required
Friday, May 6
Flowers Interpret Art
10 am - 5 pm
In the Museum
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Saturday Special Tours
January 22
From Classic to Romantic
by Bruce Boucher
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February 26
Excavating New Ground
by Andrea Douglas
March 26
Native American Art
by Mary Jo Ayers
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Saturday, April 30, 2-3 pm
Southern Views/Southern Photography
by Pamela Pecchio
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May 21
Society Portraits
by Matthew Affron
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June 4
Society Portraits
by Matthew Affron
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Gladys S. Blizzard Lecture
Thursday, March 31
by Richard Calvocoressi
Director, Henry Moore Foundation
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Lunchtime Talks
Wednesday, January 26
From Classic to Romantic
by Jerome McGann
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February 15
Aboriginal Art
by Margo Smith
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March 15
Southern Views/Southern Photography
by William Wylie
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Friday, April 15
Society Portraits
by Matthew Affron
May 17
Southern Views/Southern Photography
by William Wylie
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Ellen Bayard Weedon Lecture in the Arts of Asia
Thursday, February 24
Japanese Modern Art in the World: Global Modernism from a Local Perspective
by Alicia Volk
Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, University of Maryland
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Thursday, March 3
A New Aesthetic for a Manchu Emperor: Kangxi Porcelain from Jingdezhen, 1661-1722
by Julia Curtis, Independent Curator
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Writer's Eye
Writer's Eye 2010
September 12 - November 12
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Winners Announced for U.Va. Art Museum 2010 Writer's Eye Competition
December 15
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Writer's Eye Ceremony & Reception
Sunday, March 20

Online Collection and Object Study Gallery
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New Acquisition
Vintage Photo Sheds New Light on Some of U.Va. Art Museum's Oldest Pieces
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