Events for the Week of November 15-21, 2010

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15-21, 2010 WORKS IN PROGRESS   November 15 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Still Searching for Square Eggs: Studio Paintings 2009–2010 Peter Dueker, digital assets manager, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip WEEKEND LECTURE   November 21 at 2:00 pm Uncompromising Truth: British Photography and Pre-Raphaelitism Diane Waggoner, associate curator, department of photographs, National Gallery of Art Book signing of The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875 follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   November 15, 17, 19 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 16, 17, 18, 19 (November 16, 18) at 12:00 pm and (November 17, 19) at 2:00 pm Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk November 16, 17, 18, 21 at 11:00 am American Modernism: The Shein Collection Diane Arkin (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk November 16, 18 at 1:00 pm Changing Fashion in Dress: 1300–1650 J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda November 17 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 17 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Modern Art for People with Visual Impairments Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk November 18 at 2:00 pm "The Slanted Sink" by Robert Gober Sally Shelburne (20 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk November 19 at 12:00 pm Self-Portraits Eric Denker (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda 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 15 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm French West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm November 16, 20 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm German West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm November 17 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 20 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm Korean West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm November 17 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda November 17 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm Polish 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/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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