Events for the Week of November 1-7, 2010

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1-7, 2010 WORKS IN PROGRESS   November 1 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Michelangelo and Anatomy John T. Spike, faculty of the Masters in Sacred Architecture, Arts and Liturgy organized by the European University of Rome and the Pontifical Athenaeum, "Regina Apostolorum" East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium November 2 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm More than Ninety Miles Away: A Dialogue with Cuban Artist Yoan Capote Michelle Bird, curatorial assistant, department of French painting, National Gallery of Art, in conversation with artist Yoan Capote East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM   November 6 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm The Early Modernists and America John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist Debra Bricker Balken, independent curator American Modernist: A Portrait Jay Bochner, honorary professor of English, University of Montreal Picasso and American Art Michael C. FitzGerald, professor of fine arts, Trinity College The Rise of Cubism: An International Idiom Didier Ottinger, deputy director, Centre Pompidou, Paris Charles Sheeler: Last Works Carol Troyen, Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/symposium THE SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG LECTURE ON ITALIAN ART   November 7 at 2:00 pm Thoughts on the Caravaggisti Michael Fried, J. R. Herbert Boone Professor of Humanities and the History of Art, The Johns Hopkins University Book signing of The Moment of Caravaggio follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/freedberg GALLERY TALK   November 1, 2, 4 at 11:00 am American Modernism: The Shein Collection Diane Arkin (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk November 1, 3 at 12:00 pm "The Fortress of Königstein" by Bernardo Bellotto Katrine Solli (20 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda November 2 at 12:00 pm Conversation with Conservator: "In the Tower: Mark Rothko" Jay Krueger and Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk November 2, 5 at 1:00 pm From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection David Gariff or J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda November 4, 7 at 12:00 pm Look Again: Postwar European Art Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk November 4 at 1:00 pm Changing Fashion in Dress: 1300–1650 J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda November 6 at 2:00 pm "The Slanted Sink" by Robert Gober Sally Shelburne (20 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk www.nga.gov/programs/galtalk GUIDED TOURS   Through November 30 - 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 November 30 - 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 November 30 - November 1-5 at 1:30 pm, November 6-30 Weekdays at 1:30 pm, Saturday at 3:30 pm, Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection  West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through November 30 - November 1 at 12:30, November 3-30 at Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 12:30 pm, Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Nineteenth Century  East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through November 30 - Monday-Saturday at 2:30 pm, Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through November 30 - Tuesday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through November 30 - Thursday 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   November 2 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 November 4 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 November 6 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda http://www.nga.gov/programs/tours/index.shtm#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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