Current Exhibitions
Andrew Beckham, American, born 1969. Pleiades Rising from the series Twenty Thousand Square Miles: The Sand Hills of Nebraska, 2011. Inkjet print, 17 x 22 inches (43.18 x 55.88 cm). Collection of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. Gift of Carl and Kira Cafaro, 2016.10.14. © Andrew Beckham
Looking Up
From nighttime constellations to fun cloud shapes to manifestations of the divine, we often look for something when our eyes turn toward the sky. Through select artworks from The Fralin’s collection, this exhibition explores the nuanced and complex... Read more
This exhibition is made possible through support from The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board and UVA Arts Dollars. The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is made possible through generous support from The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Thanks to our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Andrew Beckham, American, born 1969. Pleiades Rising from the series Twenty Thousand Square Miles: The Sand Hills of Nebraska, 2011. Inkjet print, 17 x 22 inches (43.18 x 55.88 cm). Collection of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. Gift of Carl and Kira Cafaro, 2016.10.14. © Andrew Beckham
Patrick Nagatani and Andrée Tracey. Sioux City, Iowa, from “Radioactive Inactives,” 1987-1988. Ektacolor print, 20 in x 16 in. Gift of the artists through the courtesy of Ray A. Graham III, 1989.21.11. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. © Patrick Nagatani and Andrée Tracey
Radioactive Inactives: Patrick Nagatani & Andrée Tracey
Radioactive Inactives: Patrick Nagatani & Andrée Tracey presents a series of 11 fictional portraits depicting people in highly constructed sets resembling domestic interiors. Each subject or set of subjects is placed between a... Read more
This exhibition is made possible through support from The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board. The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is generously supported by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Thanks to our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Patrick Nagatani and Andrée Tracey. Sioux City, Iowa, from “Radioactive Inactives,” 1987-1988. Ektacolor print, 20 in x 16 in. Gift of the artists through the courtesy of Ray A. Graham III, 1989.21.11. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. © Patrick Nagatani and Andrée Tracey
Plate, Maya, 700-750 CE. Motul de San José (the Ik’a’ site), central Petén lowlands, Guatemala. Earthenware with slip paint. Gift of Mr. Harvey Sarner, 1981.22.2.
Look Three Ways: Maya Painted Pottery
The homelands of the ancient Maya spanned a vast region that today includes central and south Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. Maya peoples expressed their cultural practices and belief systems... Read more
This exhibition is made possible through support from The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board. The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is generously supported by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Thanks to our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Plate, Maya, 700-750 CE. Motul de San José (the Ik’a’ site), central Petén lowlands, Guatemala. Earthenware with slip paint. Gift of Mr. Harvey Sarner, 1981.22.2.
Benjamin Champney, American, 1817-1907. Moat Mountains and Ledges from Intervale, ca. 1880. Oil on canvas. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III, 2005.11.
N’Dakinna Landscapes Acknowledged
In the 1850s many artists from Boston, New York, and other eastern cities were establishing their reputations by painting landscapes of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Dedicated to capturing the natural beauty of Mount Washington and other... Read more
This exhibition is made possible through support from The Angle Exhibition Fund and The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board. The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is generously supported by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Thanks to our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Benjamin Champney, American, 1817-1907. Moat Mountains and Ledges from Intervale, ca. 1880. Oil on canvas. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III, 2005.11.
Processing Abstraction
Pour, drip, splash, stain, soak, splatter—these words are often used to describe abstract artists’ experimental application of paint. The creative process of many abstract painters is highly visible in their finished artworks. Vigorous... Read more
This exhibition is made possible through support from The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board. The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is generously supported by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Thanks to our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Emilio Sanchez, American, born Cuba, 1921–1999. Untitled (Looking West from My Studio), ca. 1985. Oil on canvas, 14 x 14 inches. Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, 2011.3.2. © Emilio Sanchez Foundation
Structures
This dynamic selection of 20th- and 21st-century artworks from the Museum’s permanent collection explores the ways that art can speak to or question the... Read more
This exhibition is made possible through support from The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board. The Fralin Museum of Art’s programming is made possible through generous support from The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Thanks to our in-kind donors: WTJU 91.1 FM and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book.
Emilio Sanchez, American, born Cuba, 1921–1999. Untitled (Looking West from My Studio), ca. 1985. Oil on canvas, 14 x 14 inches. Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, 2011.3.2. © Emilio Sanchez Foundation
Tsiuya Turuza Waurá, Waujá Giant Anteater, 2018
Photo: Rafael Costa / © Coleção BEĨ
Virtual Exhibition: The Indigenous Benches of Brazil
- A Collaboration Between the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia and Coleção BEĨ
- A Collaboration Between the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia and Coleção BEĨ
Click here to view the exhibition in... Read more
Tsiuya Turuza Waurá, Waujá Giant Anteater, 2018
Photo: Rafael Costa / © Coleção BEĨ
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... Read more