Virginia Museum of Fine Arts extension by Rick Mather

The quite popular Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in beautiful Richmond, VA has received an extension by London architect Rick Mather. It has just recently been opened to the public and will feature an exhibition on Louis Comfort Tiffany until August 15th, 2010. Here is a a brief intro from the museum website:

The first major exhibition to be shown at VMFA after the grand opening of the McGlothlin Wing celebrates one of America’s greatest artists. Tiffany: Color and Light is the most important exhibition of the work of renowned designer and master of glass, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) in a generation and VMFA will be the only American museum to show the exhibition. Drawing on the finest collections in Europe, North America, and Russia, the exhibition presents Tiffany as an artist of international stature and significance.

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