Events for the week of December 13-19, 2010

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 13-19, 2010 WORKS IN PROGRESS   December 13 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Collector and Dealer: Alessandro Contini Bonacossi Fulvia Zaninelli, Samuel H. Kress History and Conservation Research Fellow, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip WEEKEND LECTURE   December 19 at 2:00 pm Scapigliatura, an Italian Avant-Garde Annie-Paule Quinsac, professor emerita of art history, University of South Carolina East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   December 13 at 1:00 pm The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875 Wilford W. Scott (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 13 at 2:00 pm Where Science Meets Art Kristin DeGhetaldi (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 14, 16–18 at 12:00 pm Artistic Exchange Between East and West J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 14, 16 at 1:00 pm British Painting 1750–1850 David Gariff (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 14, 16 at 2:00 pm "The Slanted Sink" by Robert Gober Sally Shelburne (20 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk December 14, 16–18 at 12:00 pm Artistic Exchange Between East and West J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 15, 19 at 11:00 am The Christmas Story in Art J. Russel Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 15 at 12:00 pm Look Again: Postwar European Art Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk December 15, 17 at 2:00 pm Self-Portraits Eric Denker (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalk GUIDED TOURS   Through December 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 December 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 December 31 - 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 December 31 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday at 12:30, Sunday at 3:30 French Collection: Nineteenth Century East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through December 31 - Monday-Saturday at 2:30 pm, Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through December 28 - Tuesday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through December 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   December 14, 18 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 December 15 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 December 16, 18 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 December 18 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 18 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 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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