Speaker giving a lecture

VMFA Art History Classes provide adult audiences with the opportunity to investigate the history of art through dynamic and interactive lectures, gallery visits and discussions.

Kannon (Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara), Japanese, 13th century

Tomb, Temple, and Court: The Arts of East Asia

Tue, Apr 9 – May 14, 1 – 2 pm
$90 (VMFA members $75) 

Tom Wesselmann, Bedroom Painting, #39

Wesselmann 101

Thu, May 16, 6 – 8:30 pm (one session)
$35 (VMFA members $20) 
Includes admission to the special exhibition Pop Art and Beyond: Tom Wesselmann 
 

Seated figure with Harpy Eagle Crest

The Art of Mesoamerica:Olmec, Maya, and Aztec

Tue, Jun 4 – 25, 1 – 2:30 pm
$85 (VMFA members $70) 

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)

Painting with Light: German Expressionist Cinema

Wed, Jun 5 – 26, 1 – 4 pm
$85 (VMFA members $70) 

55-22 (215)

France in the Age of Baroque and Rococo

Wed, Jun 5 – Jul 17 (no class Jul 3),
2 – 3 pm
$90 (VMFA members $75)
 

Bichonnade in Flight, Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Chasing the Illusive Image: The Origins of Photography

Thu, Jun 6 & 13, 6:30 – 8 pm
$40 (VMFA members $30)  

Charger with a Groom, George Stubbs

George Stubbs: Sporting Art Becomes a Science

 Thu, Jul 11 & 18, 6:30 – 8 pm
$40 (VMFA members $30) 

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