Events for the Week of January 24-30, 2011

WEEKEND LECTURE EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 24-30, 2011   January 30 at 2:00 pm The Sculpture of Edgar Degas at the National Gallery of Art: Launch of a Landmark Publication Daphne Barbour, senior conservator, department of object conservation, National Gallery of Art; Suzanne G. Lindsay, adjunct associate professor in the history of art, University of Pennsylvania; and Shelley Sturman, senior conservator and head of the department of object conservation, National Gallery of Art Book signing of Edgar Degas Sculpture follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium Listen | iTunes | RSS (17:16 mins.) (Listen to a podcast about the new systematic catalogue) www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   January 25-30 at 12:00 pm The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875 Wilford W. Scott or Adam Davies (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 25-26 at 1:00 pm "The Young Saint John the Baptist" by Giovanni Francesco Susini J. Russel Sale (20 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 25 at 2:00 pm "Fanny/Fingerpainting" by Chuck Close Deirdre Palmer (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk January 26 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Modern Art for People with Visual Impairments Staff lecturers (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk January 26-28 at 2:00 pm From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection David Gariff, J. Russell Sale, or Diane Arkin (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 27 at 1:00 pm Date: 1967 Sydney Skelton Simon (50 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 28 at 12:00 pm Spanish tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda January 28 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 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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