Events for the Week of October 24-30, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 24-30, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   October 24 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Typography, Page Design, and Publishing at the Bauhaus Yuri Long, rare book specialist, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip SUNDAY LECTURE   October 30 at 2:00 pm Leonardo da Vinci: Artist of Sketchbooks and Notebooks Carmen C. Bambach, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#sketchbooks GALLERY TALKS   October 25, 28–30 at 12:00 p.m. "Green River Valley" by Thomas Moran Wilford W. Scott (12 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 25 at 1:00 p.m. Futurism: Color and Action Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 26, 27 at 12:00 p.m. Warhol: Headlines Diane Arkin, David Gariff, or Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 26 at 1:00 p.m. Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments Education staff (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ GUIDED TOURS    Through October 25 - Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Points of View: The Painter's Choices  West Building Main Floor, Rotunda  Through October 29 - Friday at 12:30 p.m.; Saturday at 1:30 p.m. (weather permitting) The Sculpture Garden Sculpture Garden, Pavilion Cafe  Through October 30 - Thursday-Saturday at 12:30 p.m.; Sunday at 3:30 p.m. French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Weekdays at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.; Weekends at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through October 31 - Weekdays at 10:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 11:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Monday–Saturday at 2:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Weekdays at 1:30 p.m.; Weekends at 2:30 p.m. American Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Monday, Wednesday, Sunday at 12:30 p.m.; Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TOURS   October 28 at 12:00 p.m. Spanish tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 28 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Polish West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 p.m. East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 p.m. www.nga.gov/programs/tours/#foreign/ Events are free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis. Registration is not required. Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Watch our videos on ArtBabble Notable Lectures Podcasts: The National Gallery of Art provides access to lectures by well-known artists, architects, authors, curators, and historians. RSS | iTunes | www.nga.gov/podcasts

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