{"id":58456,"date":"2021-11-12T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/events\/reopening-vmfas-mellon-collections\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T07:38:42","slug":"reopening-vmfas-mellon-collections","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/reopening-vmfas-mellon-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reopening of VMFA\u2019s Mellon Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The collections of mid 19th- and early 20th-century French and British artworks, which were gifted and later bequeathed to VMFA by Paul Mellon and Rachel (\u201cBunny\u201d) Lambert Mellon, have been among the museum\u2019s most stellar holdings since 1985. VMFA visitors will once again encounter Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Sporting Art, Symbolism, and more, as they delight in works by Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, George Stubbs, Jean Schlumberger, and many other celebrated artists.<\/p>\n<p>The galleries that house VMFA\u2019s Mellon Collections have been renovated and refurbished for he display of beloved paintings and sculptures. Located on the second and third floors, just off the museum\u2019s Marble Hall, the galleries have undergone a transformation guided by the vision of Dr. Sylvain Cordier, VMFA\u2019s Paul Mellon Curator of European Art and Head of the Department of European Art. Renovations include aesthetic changes, reconfigured rooms, new flooring, and updated air-handling systems that ensure the best possible long-term environment for these irreplaceable works of art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/events\/museum-series-5-virginia-museum-fine-arts\">Dr. Sylvain Cordier<\/a> has also enhanced and expanded the presentation to include insightful groupings of artists and works of art, photographs and biographical information about the Mellons, representations of enslaved people in sporting art, and a candid reevaluation of Degas\u2019s Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Admission is free, for more information on the event feel free to visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmfa.museum\/mellon-reopening\/\">https:\/\/www.vmfa.museum\/mellon-reopening\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Dr. Sylvain Cordier\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During his time at the MMFA, Sylvain Cordier curated two critically acclaimed exhibitions that traveled internationally, including presentations at VMFA:\u00a0<em>Napoleon: Power and Splendor<\/em>\u00a0(2018) and\u00a0<em>Rodin: Evolution of a Genius<\/em>\u00a0(2015).\u00a0He has been appointed to the position of Paul Mellon Curator and the Head of the Department of European Art at the\u00a0<strong>Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.\u00a0<\/strong>Cordier\u2019s high standing in the museum field was recognized in June 2018, when the online journal\u00a0<em>Artsy<\/em>\u00a0named him one of 20 museum curators taking a cutting-edge approach to art history.\u00a0The first major project for Cordier will be the reinstallation of the Mellon French Impressionist and British Sporting Art collections in their newly refurbished galleries, which will re-open to the public in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The esteemed Mellon collections have been traveling nationally and internationally since 2017, creating opportunities for people around the world to view the incredible works donated by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":58454,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[218],"app_city_tax":[226],"app_event_type":[242],"class_list":["post-58456","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-visual-arts","app_city_tax-dc","app_event_type-exhibition"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Reopening of VMFA\u2019s Mellon Collections - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/reopening-vmfas-mellon-collections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Reopening of VMFA\u2019s Mellon Collections - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The collections of mid 19th- and early 20th-century French and British artworks, which were gifted and later bequeathed to VMFA by Paul Mellon and Rachel (\u201cBunny\u201d) Lambert Mellon, have been among the museum\u2019s most stellar holdings since 1985. 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