Durand’s “Progress (The Advance of Civilization),” a painting valued around $40 million. The painting is the most valuable gift of a single work of art in the VMFA’s history and brings a ...

For the first time in more than 150 years, the painting, “Progress” by famous painter Asher B. Durand, is now in public domain. “I think that’s part of the pride that we have here of ...