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MUSEUM NEWS

Soul Sanctuary: Images of the African American Worship Experience
A Century of Great Photography from The Virginian-Pilot Newspaper
Chrysler Museum Introduces Free Student Admission
Young Enthusiasts Advisory Board
Federal Gold: The Moses Myers House Restoration Project in Bloom
The Norfolk Foundation Art Education Center opens at the Chrysler
New Contemporary Collection Installation
Cuisine & Company Now Offers Box Lunches on Wednesday
John Singer Sargent: Outside The Frame on WHRO
Tickle My Ears: Stories and Art at the Chrysler
The George and Linda Kaufman Theatre Opens
Community Quilting Project Wrap-Up
New Friends of African-American Art Support Group
Campaign for the Future Construction Update
"Tourism Tuesdays" at the Chrysler
Chrysler Announces "Chrysler Creates," Its New Studio Art Program
Renovations And New Entrances
Moses Myers House Closed for Restoration
The Chrysler Museum of Art and Westminster-Canterbury Announce Evening with the Arts
News from the Moses Myers House
ESL Tour: American History Through Art
Myers House Garden Undergoes Renovation
Cuisine & Company Opens at the Chrysler
A&E's The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution -- Special Sneak Preview
Art & Jazz By Moonlight - Extended Wednesday Hours

 

AQUISITIONS

Museum Acquires Rare 16th-Century Painting from School of Fontainebleau
The Museum Acquires a Pre-Raphaelite Painting, Home
Collection Grows with 3 Mowbray Arch Purchases
Museum Acquires Tiffany Yachting Trophy
Mowbray Arch Selects Dürer Print Series
Museum Acquires Two Important New Works
Museum Acquires Rare Photographs by Eugene Atget
Chrysler Acquires William Morris's Nuba Woman II
Chrysler Contemporaries Acquire Video Art by Tony Oursler
Museum Unveils Breathtaking Sculpture by Elizabeth Catlett
Library Acquires Gustave Doré Texts
Chrysler Acquires Three Important European Paintings
Mowbray Arch Gift for 2002: Vase in the Chinese Taste by Thomas and George Woodall
Exquisite Nineteenth-Century French Table: A New Acquisition
The Chrysler Acquires English Cameo Glass
New Photography Acquisition - A Work by André Kertész
Three 19th- and 20th-Century Paintings Donated to the Chrysler
Mowbray Arch Society Selects Morris' Cinerary Urns

 

EXHIBITIONS & PERMANENT COLLECTION

The Chrysler Presents A New Perspective on the Civil War
with Two Extraordinary Photography Exhibitions
Collecting the Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; through May 14
Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum
Masterpieces from an English Country House: The Fitzwilliam Collection
Norfolk and Western Railway Photographs by O. Winston Link
A History of Photography
Old Master Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders, III
Martha Graham Photographs by Barbara Morgan brings Photography and Dance Together at the Chrysler
Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children
“Touch Me I’m Sick”: Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographs by Charles Peterson
The Quilts of Gee's Bend
Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25
America's First Old Master: Portraits by John Singleton Copley from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Murano: Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection
Tapestries by Alexander Calder Through March 2004
Dutch and Flemish Treasures from the National Gallery of Art
Power and Whimsy: A Private Collection of American Modernism
A Lens to the World: Photographs by Bob Lerner
La Bella Macchina: The Art of Ferrari
A Glorious Reunion: Jan van Bijlert's Mars Bound by Amoretti and Venus Chastising Amorett
Student Gallery 2003
World Premiere William Morris: Two Installations
American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
A History of Photography from the Chrysler Collection
Connoisseurs & Souvenirs: Silver from the Permanent Collection
Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from The Museum of Modern Art
Pop To Post Modernism: Contemporary Prints from the Norfolk Southern Corporation
Looking Good at 250 – The Norfolk Mace
First in the Hearts of His Countrymen America Remembers George Washington (1732-1799)
Weegee's Story: From the Berinson Collection
Rembrandt's Portrait of a Bearded Man in Red Doublet on Loan to the Chrysler for the Rembrandt and Friends Exhibition
The Survivors' Talmud
To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Vincent van Gogh in Paris: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum
Selections from the Photography Collection
Old Master Paintings: Selections from the Permanent Collection
The Enchanted Web - William Holman Hunt's The Lady of Shalott
The Actor's Image: The Japan-Virginia Collection of Ukiyo-e Prints
James Abbe Photographer
Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection
Rafael Ferrer's Celebes
Pictures Tell the Story: Ernest C. Withers
A Fair Wind: Maritime Paintings by Winslow Homer
Politics and Pageantry Under Sail: The Arrival of Frederick and Elizabeth by Adam Willaerts
The Countess of Lathom - Sargent's Work Returns to View

 

GRANTS & PARTNERSHIPS

Chrysler Awarded NEH Challenge Grant
The Norfolk Foundation Bestows a Generous Grant
Chrysler Museum of Art and Old Dominion University Announce New Partnership
Chrysler Awarded Grant from Samuel H. Kress Foundation
After School Partnership: After the Bell
Partnerships with the Smithsonian Institution and the Virginia Arts Festival bring Music, Photography and Dance Together at the Chrysler
Norfolk Southern Corporation's Artistic Spirit Shines
The Chrysler and The Azalea Festival Collaborate to Celebrate Italy
“Art and the Man: The Collaboration” - Virginia Stage Company and the Chrysler Partner
Dalis Foundation Supports Gallery Renovations
The Norfolk Foundation's New ArtsMatch Program
Chrysler Museum of Art Receives Major Grant from the Luce Foundation

 

PUBLICATIONS

Photography Speaks: New Chrysler Photography Exhibition Coincides with Release of A Major Publication
Luce Collection Handbook Update
New Handbook Highlights the Chrysler’s Highly-Regarded American Art Collection

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