Two new exhibits open at the VMFA on Saturday, June 17. One ticket will get you access to “Whitfield Lovell: Passages” and “Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village,” both located on the lower level.
At a preview event, curators Alexis Assam and Sarah Eckhardt introduced the two comprehensive exhibitions. Lovell and Wigfall both have Richmond connections. Wigfall grew up in Church Hill and a major piece by Lovell — featured prominently in the new exhibit — is an homage to Jackson Ward.
In “Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village,” visitors can experience Wigfall’s development as a painter and printmaker as well as his community-building practice as founder of Communications Village in Kingston, New York. “Whitfield Lovell: Passages” is bookended by two powerful installations by the contemporary mixed-media artist, combining multi-sensory elements with portraiture and found items.
Paired together, the exhibitions prompt visitors to reflect on memory, history, and community. Get tickets or check it out for free all day on Saturday, June 17 for Family Day.
