Embark on an exclusive evening of art and dining for 20.

Join Dr. Susan J. Rawles, VMFA Elizabeth Locke Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts, or Celeste Fetta, VMFA Director of Education, as they lead a party of 20 on a VIP tour of Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France. Rediscover the late 19th and early 20th-century painters who left the United States as expatriates and returned as some of the greatest influencers to shape the course of American art. In Paris, they trained under the influence of the École des Beaux-Arts and studied the "old master" works at the Louvre but then went beyond traditional practices to experiment with new ideas and techniques. Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France examines the rich variety and complexity of American painting in the advent of modernism, as French avant-garde philosophies and styles melded with American individualism. Assembled from international collections, the exhibition features more than 100 paintings by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Theodore Robinson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Elizabeth Nourse, Cecilia Beaux, and many others.

A special VIP cocktail reception will follow in Amuse Restaurant or the Claiborne Robertson Room overlooking the E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden. Avoid the crowds for this exclusive evening of art and dining!

No Wednesday, Thursday or Friday evenings. Weekends dependent upon schedule. Exhibition runs thru July 31, 2022. Complimentary on-site parking for guests, and auction winner receives complimentary copy of exhibition catalogue.