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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Elsie Wagg, 1894, oil on canvas, courtesy of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen PhD Foundation
American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection
American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection features more than 100 works of art by renowned American artists such as John Singer Sargent, Elizabeth Catlett, Mary Cassatt, Robert Henri, Sarah Miriam Peale, Thomas Cole, and Charles Alston, among others.
Though many objects from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection have been on view at other museums, ranging from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is the first exhibition to bring the best of the collection together in one location.
Join us for the Opening Celebration – a Through the Decades: Glowback Party! – on Saturday, October 10! Details through link below.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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Charles Wilson Peale, George Washington at Yorktown (detail), ca. 1780-1782, oil on canvas, courtesy of a private collection
Washington’s Greatest Victory: Yorktown and American Art
Organized in collaboration with George Washington’s Mount Vernon and presented in celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Washington’s Greatest Victory: Yorktown and American Art explores how artists have interpreted Yorktown and shaped its place in national memory.
Annette Nancarrow, Toreadors (Bullfight), n.d. oil on canvas, Gift of the Kaneff Foundation, 2022.002
Annette Nancarrow and the Mexican Avant-Garde
Annette Nancarrow was an American-born artist whose life and work were deeply intertwined with Mexico’s cultural and artistic movements of the 20th century. Living and working in Mexico for much of her career, Nancarrow carved a unique space within its artistic circles through her experimental practice and close relationships with prominent artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Miguel Covarrubias, and Leonora Carrington in the Mexican avant-garde.
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925), Portrait of Norah Gribble (detail), 1888, Oil on canvas, Acquired with Funds Provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2000.021
Our Permanent Collection
The Taubman Museum of Art has more than 2,000 works in the collection, including sculptures, photographs, paintings, figures, drawings, artifacts, and objects.
Free general admission — always. Come explore.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
VMFA on the Road – Virginia as America: Navigating Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
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