Events for the Week of October 11-17, 2010

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 11 - OCTOBER 17, 2010 WEEKEND LECTURE   October 17 at 2:00 pm The New Acropolis Museum: A Conversation with Dimitrios Pandermalis Dimitrios Pandermalis, president of the board of directors, Acropolis Museum, and professor of archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in conversation with Selma Holo, professor of art history, director of the International Museum Institute, and director of the Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California, and Faya Causey, head of academic programs, National Gallery of Art This program is coordinated with and supported by the American Friends of the Acropolis Museum and the Embassy of Greece in Washington, DC. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   October 12 at 1:00 pm The Medici at the National Gallery of Art J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 12, 14 at 2:00 pm German Master Drawings from the Ratjen Collection Eric Denker or Christopher With (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 13, 14 at 1:00 pm John McCracken's "Black Plank," 1967 Sydney Skelton Simon and Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 13 at 2:00 pm "Sunset" by John Marin Josephine Rodgers (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 14 at 12:00 pm Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 14 at 12:00 pm Sol LeWitt: Art as Idea Nathalie Ryan (120 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 15 at 11:00 pm "Composition around White" by Charles Sheeler Charles Brock (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 16, 17 at 1:00 pm Northern European Expressionism David Gariff (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk www.nga.gov/programs/galtalk GUIDED TOURS   Through October 31 - Weekdays at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, Weekends at 11:30 am and 3:30 pm 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through October 31 - Weekdays at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm, Saturday at 10:30 am, 1:30 and 3:30 pm, Sunday at 11:30 am and 4:30 pm Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm, Saturday at 3:30 pm, Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection  West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday at 12:30 pm, Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Nineteenth Century  West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Monday-Friday at 2:30 pm, Saturday at 3:30, Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Friday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31- Friday, 12:30 (Weather Permitting) Sculpture Garden Sculpture Garden Through October 31 - Wednesday and Sunday at 12:30 pm, Saturday at 11:30 am The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE TOURS   October 12, 16 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm Italian West Building Main Floor, Rotunda (at 12:00 pm) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk (at 2:00 pm) October 14, 16 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm Spanish West Building Main Floor, Rotunda (at 12:00 pm) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk (at 2:00 pm) October 16 at 12:00 pm Korean West Building Main Floor, Rotunda (at 12:00 pm) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk (at 2:00 pm) http://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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