Events for the Week of October 4- 10, 2010

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4 - OCTOBER 10, 2010 WORKS IN PROGRESS   October 4 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Material as Metaphor: Non-Conscious Thinking in Seventeenth-Century Painting Practice Melanie Gifford, research conservator, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip WEEKEND LECTURE   October 10 at 2:00 pm The Greatest Unknown Work of Art in America Paul Richard, art critic 1967–2009, The Washington Post East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   October 4 at 1:00 pm Northern European Expressionism David Gariff (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 4 at 2:00 pm German Master Drawings from the Ratjen Collection Eric Denker or Christopher With (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 5 at 12:00 pm Minimalism: ABC Art Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 5, 7 at 1:00 pm The Medici at the National Gallery of Art J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 6 at 12:00 pm "Unfinished Business" by Stuart Davis Harry Cooper (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk October 6, 8-10 (Weekdays) at 1:00 pm, (Weekend) 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 6 at 2:00 pm "Sunset" by John Marin Josephine Rodgers (30 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 4 at 12:00 French tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 7, 10 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm Japanese West Building Main Floor, Rotunda (at 12:00 pm) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk (at 2:00 pm) October 9 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 9 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm Russian 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 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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