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Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

About Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Valerie Cassel Oliver is the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Prior to her position at the VMFA, she was Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston where she worked from 2000 - 2017. In 2000, she was one of six curators selected to organize the Biennial for the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Sam Gilliam trespasses the distinction between painting and sculpture

Sam Gilliam, Purpled (Chasers Series)

by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Dr. Steven Zucker

Sam Gilliam trespasses the distinction between painting and sculpture

Sam Gilliam, Purpled (Chasers Series)

by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Dr. Steven Zucker

Rita Mae Pettway, Housetop (fractured medallion variation), 1977, corduroy, 80 x 76 inches (Virginia Museum of Fine Art) — Gee's Bend quilts challenge notions of what is — and what is not — modern art

Gee’s bend, quilting over generations

by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Dr. Beth Harris

Rita Mae Pettway, Housetop (fractured medallion variation), 1977, corduroy, 80 x 76 inches (Virginia Museum of Fine Art) — Gee's Bend quilts challenge notions of what is — and what is not — modern art.

Gee’s Bend, quilting over generations

by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Dr. Beth Harris

Kehinde Wiley, Rumors of War, 2019, patinated bronze with stone pedestal, overall: 27’4 7/8” x 25’5 7/8” x 15’9” 5/8” (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) © Kehinde Wiley — A monumental solution, rethinking the sculpture of Richmond

Kehinde Wiley, Rumors of War

by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Dr. Beth Harris

Kehinde Wiley, Rumors of War, 2019, patinated bronze with stone pedestal, overall: 27’4 7/8” x 25’5 7/8” x 15’9” 5/8” (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) © Kehinde Wiley — A monumental solution, rethinking the sculpture of Richmond

Kehinde Wiley, Rumors of War

by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Dr. Beth Harris