Eternally New: The Art Nouveau World of Alphonse Mucha
FEATURED EXHIBITION + IMMERSIVE

Eternally New: The Art Nouveau World of Alphonse Mucha

OCT 24, 2024 – MAR 16, 2025

Seductive. Compelling. Beautiful. Enduring.

Step into the Art Nouveau world of Alphonse Mucha through this new exhibition featuring nearly 50 original posters, books, and sculptures from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and other regional collections.

The Taubman Museum of Art is the first museum outside of Europe to showcase the Immersive Art Experience from the Grand Palais in Paris, kicking off an American tour. Be the first to experience it!

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Daily Guided Tours

Daily Guided Tours

Explore the Museum with our guided tours offered every day of the week at 1 pm!

Our knowledgeable team will take you on a one-hour journey through the galleries sharing insightful stories and interesting facts about the works on view in the new exhibition Eternally New: The Art Nouveau World of Alphonse Mucha.

Please note that the Museum does not offer daily guided tours on major holidays.

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The Permanent Collection

The Taubman Museum of Art has more than 2,000 works in the collection, from the 10-foot sculpture Art World by James Harold Jennings to the inch-and-a-half square photograph Maggie on Beach with Dog by Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, and from 3,500-year-old Egyptian Ushabiti ceramic figures to contemporary Roanoke artists.

These works are shown on a rotating basis in exhibitions in the Fralin Center for American Art, the Museum’s main gallery level on the second floor. Explore a sample of selected works from the collection below.

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Robert Riggs (American, 1896-1970), The Brown Bomber, 1938, Tempera on panel, Taubman Museum of Art, Acquired with funds provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2000.003

Robert Riggs (American, 1896-1970), The Brown Bomber, 1938, Tempera on panel, Taubman Museum of Art, Acquired with funds provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2000.003

John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Norah Gribble, 1888, Oil on canvas, acquired with funds provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2000

John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Norah Gribble, 1888, Oil on canvas, acquired with funds provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2000

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978), Framed, 1946, Oil and graphite, 42 1/2

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978), Framed, 1946, Oil and graphite, 42 1/2″ x 33”, Acquired with Funds Provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust

Petah Coyne (American, Born 1953), Atlanta Gal, 1996-1997, Melt resistant wax over candles, ribbon, and steel, Partially acquired with funds provided by the Cherry Hill Endowment and by the Estate of Mary Ella Eckman

Petah Coyne (American, Born 1953), Atlanta Gal, 1996-1997, Melt resistant wax over candles, ribbon, and steel, Partially acquired with funds provided by the Cherry Hill Endowment and by the Estate of Mary Ella Eckman

John Cage (American, 1912-1992), Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel Plexigram II, 1969; silkscreened Plexiglas mounted in walnut base, 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″, Purchased with funds from the Cherry Hill Endowment. 2006.005.001a‑i, .002

John Cage (American, 1912-1992), Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel Plexigram II, 1969; silkscreened Plexiglas mounted in walnut base, 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″, Purchased with funds from the Cherry Hill Endowment. 2006.005.001a‑i, .002

Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929), Jimmie O’Donnell, 1924, Oil on canvas, Taubman Museum of Art, Acquired with funds provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2001.002nt

Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929), Jimmie O’Donnell, 1924, Oil on canvas, Taubman Museum of Art, Acquired with funds provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2001.002nt

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