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The Fralin is open Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free. Click here for hours. 

The museum follows current UVA COVID-19 guidelines.

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

March 25, 2023 to July 16, 2023

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

February 25, 2023 to November 26, 2023

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

February 4, 2023 to December 31, 2023

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

February 4, 2023 to December 31, 2023

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

February 4, 2023 to December 31, 2023

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

August 28, 2021 to June 1, 2024

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

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

Museum Hours

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 am – 5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am – 5 pm
Thursday: 10 am – 5 pm 
Friday: 10 am – 8 pm 
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm 
Sunday: 12 pm – 5 pm

The museum is closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.