Kehinde Wiley signs his “Rumors of War” sculpture created in response to Confederate statues on Monument Avenue. The Wiley sculpture, which was acquired last week by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, will debut Sept. 27 in New York City’s Times Square before being moved in December to its permanent home outside the Richmond museum on Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
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VMFA acquires Kehinde Wiley sculpture ‘Rumors of War’
It all started on Monument Avenue. In 2016, world-renowned artist Kehinde Wiley traveled to Richmond for the premiere of his exhibit, “Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic,” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Making his way to the museum on Arthur Ashe Boulevard, he encountered the statue of Confederate J.E.B. Stuart on horseback at the thoroughfare’s intersection with Monument Avenue.
