Current Exhibitions
Highlights from the Heywood and Cynthia Fralin Collection
- Curated by Matthew McLendon, J. Sanford Miller Family Director
- Curated by Matthew McLendon, J. Sanford Miller Family Director
In 2011, Heywood and Cynthia Fralin, major collectors of 19th- and early 20th- century American art, committed to making the largest gift of art in the University of Virginia’s history. The collection includes works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Mary Cassatt, Robert Henri, Reginald Marsh and many other... Read more
The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is generously supported by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. We also thank our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Image: Walt Kuhn, American, 1877–1949. Acrobat in Red, 1944. Oil on board, 24 x 29 3/4 in (61 x 50.8 cm). Promised collection of W. Heywood Fralin and Cynthia Kerr Fralin. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery.
Unexpected O'Keeffe: The Virginia Watercolors and Later Paintings
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia presents Unexpected O'Keeffe: The Virginia Watercolors and Later Paintings, on view Oct... Read more
Image: Georgia O’Keeffe, American, 1887–1986. Anything, 1916. Oil on board, 20 x 15 3/4 in (50.8 x 40.0 cm). Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 2006.05.029. © 2018 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Camera Work: American Photography of the Early 20th Century
- Curated by Hannah Cattarin, Curatorial Assistant
- Curated by Hannah Cattarin, Curatorial Assistant
Photography played an important role in the development of modern art in the early 20thcentury. American photographer Alfred Stieglitz spent his 50-year... Read more
Image: Alfred Stieglitz, American, 1946–1964. The Steerage, 1907. Photogravure on tissue, 11 x 7 15/16 in (27.9 x 20.2 cm). Museum purchase with the Curriculum Support Fund, 1999.21.
Image: Julie Mehretu, American, b. 1970. Entropia (review), 2004. Lithograph and screenprint on Arches paper, 33 1/2 x 44 in (85 x 111.8 cm). Image courtesy of Highpoint Editions and Julie Mehretu.
Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu
- Organized by Highpoint Center for Printmaking
- Organized by Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu is a spectacular collection of Mehretu’s work in the medium of printmaking. Best known for her large-scale paintings and drawings, Mehretu layers maps, urban planning grids and architectural renderings with whorls of abstract markings and bright... Read more
The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is generously supported by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. We also thank our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Image: Julie Mehretu, American, b. 1970. Entropia (review), 2004. Lithograph and screenprint on Arches paper, 33 1/2 x 44 in (85 x 111.8 cm). Image courtesy of Highpoint Editions and Julie Mehretu.
Image: Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee, b. 1935. Bear Paw Battlefield #2, 2003. Gouache and charcoal with encaustic on paper, 25 x 50 in (63.5 x 127 cm). Museum purchase with funds from the Graham Fund, University of Virginia Alumni Association, 2004.11. © Kay WalkingStick
Reflections: Native Art Across Generations
- Curated by Adriana Greci Green, Curator of Indigenous Arts of the Americas
- Curated by Adriana Greci Green, Curator of Indigenous Arts of the Americas
Reflections: Native Art Across Generations brings together historic Native American art drawn from the collections of The Fralin Museum of Art with the work of several distinguished contemporary Native artists: Teri Greeves, Wendy Red Star, Lily Hope and Kay WalkingStick. This... Read more
This exhibition is made possible through generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Mullen Family Fund, a Fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana. The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is underwritten in part by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. We also thank our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Image: Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee, b. 1935. Bear Paw Battlefield #2, 2003. Gouache and charcoal with encaustic on paper, 25 x 50 in (63.5 x 127 cm). Museum purchase with funds from the Graham Fund, University of Virginia Alumni Association, 2004.11. © Kay WalkingStick
Image: 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
Jean Arp: Oriforme
Jean Arp’s Oriforme, on long-term loan from the National Gallery of Art, will be on view on The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Entrance Plaza in front of The Fralin Museum of Art beginning March 25, 2013. Arp (... Read more
The Fralin Museum of Art's programming is made possible by the generous support of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board, Albemarle Magazine and Ivy Publications LLC's Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Image: 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. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Joanne B. Robinson Object Study Gallery
Drawn from the permanent collection of The Fralin Museum of Art, the works of art on view in the Joanne B. Robinson Object Study Gallery highlight the role of the collections in teaching. Object-based inquiry – learning directly through close study and analysis of objects... Read more