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September 19, 2025

A seated woman with an infant on her lap and three children are clustered on a terrace overlooking green hills and a body of water in this square painting. They all have pale skin with flushed cheeks. The group is centered in the composition, and the woman sits to our left, facing our right, almost in profile. The wooden chair is upholstered in scarlet-red fabric and a large slate-blue bird perches on the backrest. Gold-edged, red drapery hangs behind the woman, suspended from stone columns on either side of her. The woman’s brown hair is covered by a frilly, silvery-gray cap with a matching shawl layered over a short, three-quarter sleeve jacket. Her fern-green skirt, covered with a pattern of coral-red flowers and gold vines, gleams in the soft light coming from behind us. A thin black band encircles her neck, and a round, black earring dangles from the ear we can see. She bows her head slightly and gazes down at the children. The infant lies across her lap with its head coming toward us, its chubby arms reaching up to the woman while turning to look at the three standing children. They appear to be a young boy and two girls, and they all have blond hair, large brown eyes, and delicate rose-red mouths. They crowd together at the woman’s knees. The boy is taller than the girls and stands behind them, visible from the shoulders up. He is dressed in red garments and stands almost in profile to gaze up at the woman. The girls turn their heads to look directly at us. At the center of the trio, the taller girl wears a long, voluminous brown gown. Her hair is pulled back and long ringlets frame her face. She also wears round black earrings and two delicate black cords around her neck, one of which holds a gold ring. At the front, the shortest girl wears a black and white gown with a sheer neckerchief along neckline, and she rests one arm across the woman’s lap. The girl’s long, puffy, black sleeves are slashed to create openings for white fabric to show through. Her hair is also upswept with ringlets framing her face. To the right of the group is a column made of two creatures with pink female heads, faces, and nude torsos with scaly, olive-green, twisting, snake-like legs. One creature faces us and the other faces our right. The sky beyond the terrace is filled with clouds that transition from slate gray at the top to tan and rust orange where it meets the distant hills.
Talks & Conversations

The Art of Looking: Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Deborah Kip, Wife of Sir Balthasar Gerbier, and Her Children

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September 20, 2025

Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography

Learn More about Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Registration Required

Talks & Conversations
Artist Talk: Carla Williams in Conversation with Deborah Willis

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East Building Auditorium

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September 21, 2025

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 Opening Day

Celebrate the opening of the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985 with a curator-led talk, a film screening, and more.   Learn More about Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 Opening Day

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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Talks & Conversations
Introduction to the Exhibition: Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

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East Building Auditorium

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September 25, 2025

Talks & Conversations

Wood Work: The Parasole Woodblock Carvers in Early Modern Rome

West Building Lecture Hall

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October 3, 2025

Talks & Conversations

Storytime: I Like Myself!

East Building Atrium

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Talks & Conversations

The Art of Looking: María Berrío, A Sunburst Restrained

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Finding Awe

We all could use a little more awe in our lives, and art is the perfect place to start. In this series of interactive workshops, explore where artists have found awe, how it has inspired their work, and meditate on awe in your own life.   Learn More about Finding Awe

2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration Required

We look out onto a sweeping, panoramic view with trees, their leaves fiery orange and red, framing a view of a distant body of water under a sun-streaked sky in this long, horizontal landscape painting. The horizon comes about halfway up the composition, and is lined with hazy mountains and clouds in the deep distance. Close examination slowly reveals minuscule birds tucked into the crimson-red, golden yellow, and deep, sage-green leaves of the trees to either side of the painting. Closest to us, vine-covered, fallen tree trunks and mossy gray boulders line the bottom edge of the canvas. Beyond a trickling waterfall and small pool near the lower left corner, and tiny within the scale of the landscape, a group of three men and their dogs sit and recline around a blanket and a picnic basket, their rifles leaning against a tree nearby. The land sweeps down to a grassy meadow crossed by a meandering stream that winds into the distance, at the center of the painting. Touches of white and gray represent a flock of grazing sheep in the meadow. A low wooden bridge spans the stream to our right, and a few cows drink from the riverbank. Smoke rises from chimneys in a town lining the riverbank and shoreline beyond, and tiny white sails and steamboats dot the waterway. Light pours onto the scene with rays like a starburst from behind a lavender-gray cloud covering the sun, low in the sky. The artist signed the painting as if he had inscribed the flat top of a rock at the lower center of the landscape with his name, the title of the painting, and date: “Autumn – on the Hudson River, J.F Cropsey, London 1860.”
Talks & Conversations
Finding Awe: Jasper Francis Cropsey’s Autumn—On the Hudson River 

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 64

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October 4, 2025

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First Saturdays

Each month, join us for a fun and relaxed experience featuring art making, films, and a variety of special pop-up activities. All activities are free, and most are first come, first served. Some activities require registration. Learn More about First Saturdays

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Talks & Conversations
Storytime: I Like Myself!

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East Building Atrium

Finding Awe

We all could use a little more awe in our lives, and art is the perfect place to start. In this series of interactive workshops, explore where artists have found awe, how it has inspired their work, and meditate on awe in your own life.   Learn More about Finding Awe

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Registration Required

We look out onto a sweeping, panoramic view with trees, their leaves fiery orange and red, framing a view of a distant body of water under a sun-streaked sky in this long, horizontal landscape painting. The horizon comes about halfway up the composition, and is lined with hazy mountains and clouds in the deep distance. Close examination slowly reveals minuscule birds tucked into the crimson-red, golden yellow, and deep, sage-green leaves of the trees to either side of the painting. Closest to us, vine-covered, fallen tree trunks and mossy gray boulders line the bottom edge of the canvas. Beyond a trickling waterfall and small pool near the lower left corner, and tiny within the scale of the landscape, a group of three men and their dogs sit and recline around a blanket and a picnic basket, their rifles leaning against a tree nearby. The land sweeps down to a grassy meadow crossed by a meandering stream that winds into the distance, at the center of the painting. Touches of white and gray represent a flock of grazing sheep in the meadow. A low wooden bridge spans the stream to our right, and a few cows drink from the riverbank. Smoke rises from chimneys in a town lining the riverbank and shoreline beyond, and tiny white sails and steamboats dot the waterway. Light pours onto the scene with rays like a starburst from behind a lavender-gray cloud covering the sun, low in the sky. The artist signed the painting as if he had inscribed the flat top of a rock at the lower center of the landscape with his name, the title of the painting, and date: “Autumn – on the Hudson River, J.F Cropsey, London 1860.”
Talks & Conversations
Finding Awe: Jasper Francis Cropsey’s Autumn—On the Hudson River 

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 64

Registration Required

C. Daniel Dawson, Amiri #10, 1970, gelatin silver print, Collection of Charles Daniel Dawson, courtesy of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond L.2023.20.3
Talks & Conversations

E. Ethelbert Miller, Black Magic and the Black Arts Movement

East Building Auditorium

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