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ANNOUNCEMENT
September 3, 2025
Virginia MOCA Receives Highest National Recognition: Awarded Reaccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums.
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SPECIAL EVENT
July 18, 2025
First-ever Monster Drawing Rally at Virginia MOCA to Feature 70+ Local Artists.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 30, 2024
Virginia MOCA Board of Trustees Appoints Alison Byrne As Executive Director of Virginia MOCA.
EXHIBITIONS
June 6, 2024
61 Virginia artists selected to participate in Virginia MOCA’s inaugural biennial exhibition.
EVENTS
November 1, 2023
Virginia MOCA to host Collector’s Bazaar: A Night at the Museum. This special celebration highlights the joys of collecting and serves as a culmination of our current exhibitions Collector’s Edition and Open (C)all 2023: Curious Collections.
EXHIBITIONS
September 28, 2023
Virginia MOCA Presents Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld. The first two-person exhibition of the celebrated artists explores their joint artistic ventures into our increasingly imperiled natural realm.
BOARDWALK ART SHOW
September 8, 2023
The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Presents 67th Annual Boardwalk Art Show
“Today’s Virginia MOCA was born from the Boardwalk Art Show, which started in the early 1950s. Since that point in time, lifting up and celebrating the art of working artists have been core to our mission, with the art show as one of the signature facets of this commitment,” said Gary Ryan, director and CEO of Virginia MOCA.
ANNOUNCEMENT
July 25, 2023
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art and Virginia Wesleyan University Unveil Plans for Groundbreaking Partnership.
ANNOUNCEMENT
July 6, 2023
Virginia MOCA Becomes First Virginia Art Museum on Bloomberg Connects
Virginia MOCA is proud to announce the launch of a new digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies, joining a global network of over 200 museums and cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate in London, and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
EXHIBITIONS
June 15, 2023
Virginia MOCA Announces Upcoming Exhibitions Collector’s Edition and Open (C)all 2023: Curious Collections
Opening July 7, these new exhibitions offer a multidimensional look at the art of collecting.
EXHIBITIONS
February 9, 2023
The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Spring exhibition suite to include Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation in conjunction with LaToya M. Hobbs: Flourish and continuing Artist-In-Residence Program
IN THE NEWS
Virginia MOCA exhibit explores fragility of the environment
FEBRUARY 2024
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Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art shares Hampton Roads collectors’ art in gallery exhibition
SEPTEMBER 2023
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A Rare Look at Collectors’ Artwork
AUGUST 2023
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Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art moving to campus of Virginia Wesleyan
JULY 2023
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Spring exhibits at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a couple of new spring exhibits with a powerful message.
MAY 2023
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Virginia MOCA hosting ‘A Seat at the Table’ to kick off SITW
APRIL 2023
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