Events for the Week of January 17-23, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 17-23, 2011 PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM   January 22 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Truth to Nature: British Photography and Pre-Raphaelitism Illustrated lectures by noted scholars including David Coleman, Duncan Forbes, Laura Hendrickson, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, and Malcolm Warner. View the schedule East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#symposium WEEKEND LECTURE   January 23 at 2:00 pm Vincent van Gogh between Past and Future Joseph J. Rishel, Samuel H. Kress Professor, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   January 18 at 11:00 am, January 21 at 12:00 pm Mythological Themes in Art J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 18 at 12:00 pm Auguste Renoir in the Chester Dale Collection Diane Arkin (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 18, 20 at 1:00 pm The Russians: Aleksandr Rochenko and Ivan Puni Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk January 19-21 at 11:00 am From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection David Gariff, J. Russell Sale, or Diane Arkin (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 19 at 12:00 pm "Localization of Graphic Motifs II" by Frantisek Kupka Sally Shelburne (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk January 19 at 1:00 pm Date: 1967 Sydney Skelton Simon (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk January 19, 21, 23 at 2:00 pm "She Never Told Her Love" by Henry Peach Robinson Deirdre Palmer (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk www.nga.gov/programs/galtalk GUIDED TOURS   Through January 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 January 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 January 31 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm, Saturday at 3:30 pm, Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection  West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through January 31 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday at 12:30, Sunday at 3:30 French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through January 31 - Monday-Saturday at 2:30 pm, Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through January 31 - Thursday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through January 30 - Tuesday 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   January 17 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 January 18, 22 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 January 19 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 January 19 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 20 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 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 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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