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Conversation with Collector Christian Levett
Conversation with Collector Christian Levett
Thursday, January 22, 2026
4:00 PM
Lecture
Members’ Opening: Abstract Expressionists: The Women
Members’ Opening: Abstract Expressionists: The Women
Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event
Figure Drawing Monday: Gesture & Contours
Figure Drawing Monday: Gesture & Contours
Monday, January 26, 2026
5:00 PM
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Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
10:00 AM
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On View

Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
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Losing Todd: A Mother’s Journey

October 16, 2025 — March 15, 2026
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 25, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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Upcoming

Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 2026
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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.

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Alcatraz Occupation
KANE, ART
1970 (printed 2021)
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 30 x 40 ins. (76.2 x 101.6 cm); Framed: 35 1/4 x 48 ins. (89.4 x 120.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Vision of Eliphaz, plate 9
BLAKE, WILLIAM
1825
Engraving
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (27.6 x 21.3 cm); Image: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 ins. (20 x 15 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Still life with cherries, peach and grapes
REAM, CARDUCIUS PLANTAGENET
Oil on canvas
12 1/4 x 10 ins. (30.7 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Head study
MORSE, SAMUEL F.B.
Oil on millboard
6 3/4 x 4 ins. (17.0 x 12.5 cm)
Gift Paul M. Rider
Untitled
NAKAMARRA, DOREEN REID
Acrylic on canvas
Frame: 24 ¾ x 48 3/8 ins. (62.7 x 122.7 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
The March
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1995
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 x 28 ins. (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
L’arrestation de Charlotte Corday (The Arrest of Charlotte Corday)
Attributed to GUÉRIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE PAULIN
1810 - 1830
Oil on canvas
Sight: 37 x 48 1/4 ins. (94 x 123 cm)
Gift of Patricia R. Van Zandt
Untitled
DOLNICK, JUDITH
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 9 1/8 x 10 3/8 ins. (23.2 x 26.4 cm); Frame: 16 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (41.3 x 44.5 cm)
Purchase, Muscarelle Museum of Art Associates

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UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan

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