The Arts at the University of Virginia is dedicated to building on innovative research and fostering inspired expression that equips us for the future.
Looking At the New West Contemporary Landscape
PhotographyMore >
June 7 - October 13
Frenemies Animals in Art
More >
June 7 - October 13
From Alaska to the Mountain Peaks of Central Mexico Depicting Native American Life in the Late Nineteenth CenturyMore >
June 7 - October 13
The Fralin Museum of Art displays a diverse range of works from its collection in addition to special exhibitions featuring artwork from other institutions, and offers programming which provides the opportunity to study and directly experience art.
Suzanne McClelland, American, b. 1959
Top to bottom
Poem Unit from Active Duty, 2007–2012
Digital scan of handmade drawing
Blind Contour at Tobey's Pawn Shop
(AR15 Bushmaster), 2012
Digital video still
400 Worrell Drive, Peter Jefferson Place,
Charlottesville VA 22911 Map >
Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am-4 pm; Sunday, 1-5 pm
On view—
Black Prints from Cicada PressMore >
May 31 – August 18, 2013
Past Forward > > Contemporary Aboriginal ArtMore >
August 28, 2012 – July 21, 2013
As part of the University of Virginia, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection has undertaken a full program of rotating exhibits, public lectures, research on the collection, and education programs for children and adults. On grounds, works from the Kluge-Ruhe Collection can been seen at the The Fralin Museum of Art.
Christian Thompson, Desert Melon, 2012. Copyright Christian Thompson, 2012. Image courtesy Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi.
Harrison Institute
Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library
McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904 Map > Monday - Friday, 9-5; Saturday 1-5
John Dos Passos Papers, 1908-1967, Accession #5950-co, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections, University of Virginia.
Ruffin Gallery
Ruffin Hall, McIntire Department of Art, Studio Art
197 Culbreth Road, Charlottesville VA 22904 Map >
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9-5
Tuesday, Thursday, 9-4:30
On view—
Ruffin Gallery in Ruffin Hall, the home of the Studio Art program, features the working of visiting artists, faculty, students, and alumni.
William Wylie, Gazometri, Rome, 2010 Pigmented ink print, 44 x 37”
School of Architecture Elmaleh Gallery, Dean's Gallery, East Wing Gallery and Corner Gallery
Campbell Hall, U.Va. School of Architecture
Culbreth Road, Charlottesville VA 22904 Map >
Monday - Friday, 9-5
On view—
Located in the main entrance of the School of Architecture, the Elmaleh Gallery hosts exhibitions selected by the Architecture School's faculty. There are around five exhibitions per semester.
The Dean's Gallery, which employs found materials for its lighting and display cases, held its inaugural exhibition in the fall 2009. Dean Kim Tanzer had the initial idea to turn the space located within the School of Architecture"s Campbell Hall into a gallery with changing exhibits.
Hana Kim, Blue Bowls
The Library Video Niche
Bayly Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4131 Map >
Summer Session
M–F 9 am – 6 pm
The Library Video Niche is venue for new media in the Fine Arts Library at the University of Virginia. Consisting of a Mac Pro connected to a wall mounted 60-inch flat screen, the gallery in a highly trafficked area of the library, has a couple comfy chairs and several pairs of wireless headphones to encourage viewers to sit and take their time viewing cutting-edge work by multimedia artists from around the country. The programming is a collaboration with the McIntire Department of Art and videos loop continuously while the library is open, seven days a week.
André Kertész Capturing Paris and New YorkMore > Curated by Loren Moulds, Digital Collections Librarian; Philip Herrington, Special Collections Research Fellow; Cecilia Brown, Archivist
August 2012 - July 2014
1985, an anonymous alumnus of the University of Virginia School of Law donated to the Law Library Special Collections a set of fifty black-and-white photographs by André Kertész. Kertész, one of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century, produced over seventy years of arresting, exceptionally crafted, often amusing images that reflect the artist’s unending curiosity about life. In 2012, one hundred years after he took his first photograph, the Law Library is pleased to announce a two-year exhibition of Kertész’s work entitled André Kertész: Capturing Paris and New York. This exhibition, displayed at the Law Library, consists of forty-two original images of the two cities that most inspired Kertész and where he spent most of his life. The complete set of fifty prints can be viewed in the online gallery.
The Digital Media Lab, a collaborative effort between ITC and the U.Va. Library, actively fosters an environment for peer-driven teaching and learning and hosts a collection of photos by Steve Gong and other U.Va. alumni.
Steve Gong
Photograph from China, Vietnam, Cambodia series
School of Nursing Art Collection School of Nursing Art Collection/
Claude Moore Nursing Education Building
School of Nursing
Jeannette Lancaster Way, Charlottesville, VA 22903 Map >
Monday - Friday, 8-5
The School of Nursing art collection includes a collection of work by Harry Nadler donated by Dr. and Mrs. Glen Rhodes. Charlottesville artist Trisha Orr's painting interprets poetry by her husband, Gregory Orr, U.Va. Professor of Creative Writing. Local artist Anne Chesnut's Abecedarium and Labyrinth: La Destra are located on the ground floor. Walter H. Mason (N'83) donated two 1980s photographs of Charlottesville and evocative photographs by George A. Hurt, MD are found throughout the Dean's suite.
Anne Chesnut. Abecededarium, 2007 Series six digital prints, 12 x 9”, image size, sheet size 20 x 13”
John P. Connaughton Art Gallery
McIntire School of Commerce
Rouss & Robertson Halls, East Lawn
Charlottesville, VA 22903 Map > Monday - Friday, 7:30 - 5 pm
On view—
Student Art ShowMore >
February 22, 2013 – June 10, 2013
In keeping with the tradition of Thomas Jefferson's model and the McIntire School of Commerce's vision of developing the well-rounded student, they support the diversity and interaction that art has with commerce. The John P. Connaughton Art Gallery, located on the third floor of Robertson Hall, is the perfect space for showcasing art generated by McIntire and U.Va. faculty, staff, and students. Featured exhibits in this art gallery will be on a rotating basis and are contingent upon the McIntire Art Committee's approval.
Noble Lion, on scratch board
Megan Rose
Darden School of Business
Darden School of Business
100 Darden Blvd Charlottesville, VA 22903
Map >
Monday - Friday, 8 - 5 pm
The Darden Art Project (DART) is an initiative to highlight the global experiences, travel and homes of the Darden community. The exhibit features photographs from all constituents of the school that have been taken of places and people around the world and in the US. The photographs could be of landscapes, buildings, people and of course Darden student, staff, faculty and alumni.
Reproduction, including downloading of ARS works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
