Can't get to the museum? Explore the VMFA's collection with these videos and essays
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videos + essays
Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Watering a Shrub
Morisot's loose brushstrokes and abstracted forms transform an ordinary scene into a incredible work of Impressionist painting.
Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Age Fourteen
In subject and form, Degas breaks away from academic tradition and instead creates a sculpture that reflects modern Paris.
Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, Le 30 juin 1960, Zaïre indépendant
In a series of 100 paintings, Tshibumba Kanda Matulu tells the history of Zaïre, or present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, Le 30 juin 1960, Zaïre indépendant
In a series of 100 paintings, Tshibumba Kanda Matulu tells the history of Zaïre, or present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sari Dienes, Star Circle
A plaster cast of a manhole cover from the streets of Manhattan is a testament to this artist's experimental use of materials.
Jasper Francis Cropsey, Mount Jefferson, Pinkham Notch, White Mountains
Summer, autumn, a saw mill all provide metaphors about American republicanism in this pre-Civil War landscape
Hedda Sterne, Number 3—1957
Stripes of industrial spray paint on this canvas recall the industrial city and undersides of highways
Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape
A dream-like flooded landscape—does is suggest bleakness or hope?
Gee’s Bend, quilting over generations
Gee's Bend quilts challenge notions of what is — and what is not — modern art.
Romare Bearden, Three Folk Musicians
An abstract painting, a collage, three musicians, two guitars and a banjo.
William Wetmore Story, Cleopatra
What does this marble sculpture of Cleopatra tell us about race and the Civil War in the U.S.?
