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When Frankie Mananzan landed a job at the esteemed Sotheby’s auction house after graduating from the University of Virginia in 2021, you might forgive her for feeling a little daunted. After all,…

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Educators gathered for a workshop at The Fralin Museum of Art.

“I think one of the ways that teachers can care for themselves is like reigniting their love of learning and finding the…

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The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia explores abstract artists’ experimental use of paint in Processing Abstraction, on view through Dec. 31. The exhibition demonstrates the…

UVAToday

If you’re looking for art at the University of Virginia, you probably already know about The Fralin Museum of Art, the exhibit spaces at the Rotunda, the Albert and Shirley Small Special…

C-Ville Weekly

A pair of shows on view at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia shine a spotlight on arts, culture, and the very existence of two groups of Indigenous people in North and Central…

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- Look Three Ways: Maya Painted Pottery is on view through Dec. 31 at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia alongside three other exhibitions. The…

UVAToday

The empty red dresses spun in the wind where they hung from hooks along Culbreth Road. Their skirts flared with the breeze. Each one represented a missing or murdered Indigenous woman, girl or “…

Getaway Mavens

The Fralin is a dynamic, community-integrated college art museum, with the vibe of a much larger institution. One of its signature programs is the creative “Writer’s Eye,” developed for 3rd…

The Daily Progress

To a new American middle class in the 1850s with disposable income for pleasure travel and a blossoming network of railroads — not to mention the artists who enticed them with exquisitely detailed…

UVA Today

Matthew McLendon, J. Sanford Miller Family Director and chief curator of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, will leave at the end of the month to become director and CEO of…

The Cavalier Daily
“Power Play: Reimagining Representation in Contemporary Photography,” the latest exhibit at the University’s Fralin Museum of Art, reimagines popular feminine figures like Disney princesses and…
The Daily Progress
Draped in pearls that reflect the luminosity of their skin, the young subjects in Atlanta photographer Tokie Rome-Taylor’s images pose with family heirlooms and other meaningful objects as they evoke…
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia presents a new exhibition featuring artists that utilize portraiture, satire, pop culture references and advertising…
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia has four new exhibits opening this Saturday. The new exhibits are called, Power Play: Reimagining…
UVA Today
The shadow boxes each contain a few items – a broken toy or a red rubber ball, a blue and white pottery shard or a row of tiny hooks, a seashell or a stone, tossed in a bed of blue sand or set with…
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In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passing of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), one of America’s most important and enigmatic artists, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia…
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The New York-based Henry Luce Foundation—named after and established by the founder of Time, Fortune, Life and Sports Illustrated magazines—has awarded the Fralin Museum a $250,000 grant that will…
Richmond Times-Dispatch
[ ... ] Reconnecting to Native communities And now the news: The New York-based Henry Luce Foundation — named after and established by the founder of Time, Fortune, Life and Sports Illustrated…
The Roanoke Times
A $250,000 grant given to an institution bearing the name of a prominent Roanoke family will help to give those of us who live in the Roanoke Valley a better understanding of our pre-colonial history…
Artnet News
This spring, Matthew McLendon, the director of the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, taught a class on a largely shadowy subject: museum collecting. Along with sections on…
artdaily.com
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia (UVA) has received a $250,000 American Art Program Responsive Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to focus on the Museum’s Native North…
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The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia announces the establishment of The Ruth C. Cross Endowment for Acquisitions and Collections Care. The $1 million endowment is created by the…
C-VILLE Weekly
Since The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA was built in 1935, it’s had to close its doors a few times—once during World War II and again in the ’60s when the space was requisitioned for classrooms. In…
The Daily Progress
At first glance, a four-minute video loop at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia resembles any number of news conferences a viewer might see on television on a given day. But once…
NBC29
The Fralin Museum of Art has four new exhibits that opened February 6. They range from contemporary to ancient, with one installation even exploring what the future may look like. The Fralin wants to…