Events for the Week of December 6-12, 2010

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 6-12, 2010 WORKS IN PROGRESS   December 6 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Identity and Technique: Recent Research on Bronzes by Giovanni Francesco Susini Dylan Smith, Robert H. Smith Research Conservator, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip WEEKEND LECTURE   December 12 at 2:00 pm The Image of the Black in Western Art Panel discussion includes David Bindman, emeritus professor of the history of art, University College London, and associate of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University; Faya Causey, head of academic programs, National Gallery of Art; Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art; Alison Luchs, curator of early European sculpture, National Gallery of Art; Sharmila Sen, general editor for the humanities, Harvard University Press; and Lou Stovall, master printmaker. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University, will no longer participate in the program in person. Book signing of The Image of the Black in Western Art (volumes 1–3) follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   December 6, 7, 9, 10 at 11:00 am "Wind from the Sea" by Andrew Wyeth Diane Arkin (30 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 6 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 7 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 December 8 at 11:00 am The Christmas Story in Art J. Russel Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 8, 10 at 1:00 pm British Painting 1750–1850 David Gariff (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 8-11 at 2:00 pm Portraits Eric Denker (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 9 at 12:00 pm Look Again: Postwar European Art Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk December 11, 12 at 12:00 pm Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk 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 6 at 12:00 pm French tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda December 7 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 10 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 December 11 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 December 12 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 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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