Below are links to pages that detail the expansion project. At right are images related to the expansion project. Grand Opening of
Expanded VMFA Is Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2 Expansion
overview narrative VMFA
Director Alex Nyerges
Architect Rick Mather Patrons
of VMFA: The Collections Richmond
Architecture Overview SMBW
Architects: Leading Design in Virginia Hankins
and Anderson Consulting Engineers A
short history of VMFA: VMFA
expansion main page VMFA
expansion news archive FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Suzanne Hall, 804/204-2704; or Sarah Pennington, 804/204-2701; Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard, Richmond VA 23220-4007; FAX
804/204-2707; e-mail suzanne.hall@vmfa.museum.
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CAPTION: VMFA Director Alex Nyerges stands ready to welcome visitors
to the museum's new James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing, opening
May 1 and 2. (Photo by Katherine Wetzel, © Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: The museum's casual, ground-level Best Café will
serve coffee and pastries as well as hot dishes, soups, sandwiches,
pizzas and salads. The name honors the former Best Products company
founded by VMFA benefactors Sydney and Frances Lewis. (Photo by
Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Artist Sol Lewitt's "Splotch #22," a 2007 sculpture
in acrylic on fiberglass, is installed in the three-story Louise
B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Atrium by VMFA art handlers in preparation
for the museum's grand opening May 1. (Photo by Travis Fullerton,
© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: A VMFA art handler installs the first of 16 panels in "Art
History is Not Linear (VMFA)," a Ryan McGinness painting commissioned
by the museum. When visitors enter the museum's main entrance, it
is the first work of art they will see. The full work is 8 by 32
feet. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts)
CAPTION: American artist Kristin Baker's "The Prig," a
2008 painting in acrylic on PVC measuring 10 by 10 feet, is unpacked
by VMFA art handlers and readied for installation in the museum's
new wing. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Amuse Restaurant with its expansive glass walls will offer
a panoramic view of the E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden
from the second level of the new VMFA wing. Tables are topped with
black and white marble and the bar is topped in glass. (Photo by
Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: High-density foam blocks are maneuvered into place on a
sloping terrace from the roof of VMFA's new parking deck as part
of the E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden. The foam blocks
will form a lightweight base to reduce the load on the deck itself.
Two feet of soil will cover the foam, with deeper basins of soil
where trees will be planted. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, ©
2010 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Workmen moved furnishings and art into the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts' new James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing, which
will open to the public with a two-day celebration starting May
1. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © 2010 Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts)
CAPTION: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts librarians and contractors
moved some 100,000 volumes from the south end of the museum to a
new home at the north end of the building. Beginning May 1, the
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library will be in the atrium
near the entrance to the new wing. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, ©
2010 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: VMFA's early-20th-century neighborhood is reflected in
the many large expanses of glass on the exterior of the James W.
and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing.
CAPTION: Electricians are installing lighting fixtures in the new
James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing at the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts. (Photo © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: As visitors enter the three-story Louise B. and J. Harwood
Cochrane Atrium at the heart of the new VMFA wing, they will step
into a soaring interior washed with natural light and paved in dark
granite. (Photo © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: This twilight image showing progress on the new James W.
and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
was taken in late January. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: The Sydney and Frances Lewis Galleries of Modern and Contemporary
Art have been reinstalled in the existing museum and were opened
for a preview in late 2009. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Contractors are putting the finishing touches on the Louise
B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Atrium at the heart of VMFA's new James
W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, ©
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Preliminary work has begun on the installation of an elegant,
white-marble, 19th-century pavilion from Rajasthan, India. (Photo
by Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: A crane unloads high-density foam at the VMFA expansion
site. Foam blocks will form a lightweight base under a slope covering
the museum's new parking deck to reduce the load on the deck itself.
Two feet of soil will cover the foam, with deeper basins of soil
where trees will be planted. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, ©
2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Landscaping has begun as construction continues on the
VMFA expansion project. The sleek new addition will re-orient VMFA's
main entrance to the Boulevard for the first time in decades. (Photo
by Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: A workman applies a coast of paint to an interior wall
in VMFA's McGlothlin Wing. The addition will provide new galleries
for permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, an art education
center, conservation studios, a library, a museum shop, and restaurants,
including one with magnificent vistas. (Photo by Travis Fullerton,
© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Workmen apply a bituminous setting bed on a concrete base
before installing asphalt paving blocks on the vehicle plaza at
the new wing opening May 1. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © 2009
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION:
A dramatic glass wall larger in size than a tennis court will signal
VMFA's mission by showcasing works of art and revealing public activity
inside. The insulated-glass wall on the east façade is 40
feet high and 72 feet wide and covers 2,880 square feet. (Photo
by Travis Fullerton, © 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION:
A welder is intent on his work in the new Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts wing set to open May 1. (Photo by Don Dale, © Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts) DATE: 6/09
CAPTION:
Work continues on the interior of the McGlothlin Wing as VMFA readies
for the opening of its expansion May 1, 2010. (Photo by Travis Fullerton,
© 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Work
on the VMFA expansion project continues with the Grand Opening set
for May 1, 2010. The new McGlothlin Wing is now under roof. (Photo
by Travis Fullerton, © 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION:
This view of the northwest corner of the new wing shows what will
be the main entrance to the museum on the north side. To the right
will be the café on the first floor, galleries on the second
floor and a restaurant on the third floor, all overlooking the sculpture
garden. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © 2009 Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Most
of the exterior glass walls have been installed on the VMFA expansion.
The glass walls will "open the museum up, beckon to visitors,
and blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces,"
says Alex Nyerges, VMFA's director. (Photo by Travis Fullerton,
© 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: A
large crane is used to lower a steel staircase into the Cochrane
Atrium in the McGlothlin Wing at VMFA. (Photo by Richard Woodward,
© 2008 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION:
Workmen maneuver a heavy steel staircase into position inside the
Cochrane Atrium. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © 2008 Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: The
steel skeleton for a soaring triple-story atrium is taking shape
at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as part of its $150 million
expansion. VMFA's McGlothlin Wing alone will be larger than any
other art museum in the state. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, ©
2008 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: Construction
workers are placing large black aluminum panels to provide a watertight
exterior for VMFA's new wing. The aluminum skin will then be covered
by limestone panels. The Grand Opening will be May 1, 2010. (Photo
by Travis Fullerton, © 2008 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
CAPTION:
Richard Woodward, VMFA's senior deputy director for architecture
and design, leads a tour of the expansion site for the museum's
trustees. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © 2008 Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: A
temporary entrance to the museum through the West Wing has been
constructed. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © 2005 Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts)
CAPTION: This
drawing depicts the expanded museum as it will be viewed from the
Boulevard. (Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects)
CAPTION: This
view is of the west facade of the museum as it will look after the
expansion is completed. (Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects)
CAPTION: Visitors
entering VMFA following its expansion will see the busy hub of the
atrium.
(Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects)
CAPTION: This
view is of the VMFA expansion from the Boulevard as it will appear
at night. (Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects)
CAPTION: This
view is of the north facade of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
after expansion is completed.
(Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects)
CAPTION: This
drawing depicts the walkway to the main entrance as it will appear
following the VMFA expansion plan. (Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather
Architects)
CAPTION: This
drawing depicts the walkway through the sculpture garden as it will
appear looking north from Grove Avenue along the west side of the
expanded museum. (Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects)
CAPTION: The
VMFA Cafe terrace is seen in this drawing as it will appear following
completion of the expansion. The landscaped parking deck can be
seen in the distance. (Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects)
CAPTION: This elevation depicts the expanded VMFA from the Boulevard or east side. (Rendering © 2004 Rick Mather Architects) Visit the VMFA expansion image archive
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