Events for the Week of February 14-20, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14-20, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   February 14 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Degas's Bronzes Analyzed Shelley Sturman, senior conservator and head of the department of object conservation, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip WEEKEND LECTURE   February 20 at 2:00 pm Introduction to the Exhibition—Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals Charles Beddington, guest curator, and David Alan Brown, curator of Italian and Spanish paintings, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   February 15-16 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 February 15 at 1:00 pm The Russians: Aleksandr Rochenko and Ivan Puni Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk February 16 at 12:00 pm "Fantomas" by Juan Gris Harry Cooper and Sally Shelburne (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk February 17-18 at 1:00 pm "Both Members of This Club" by George Bellows J. Russell Sale (20 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda February 19, 20 at 1:00 pm "Red"—The Power of Color David Gariff (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalk GUIDED TOURS   Through February 28 - Weekdays at 10:30 am, 3:30 pm; Saturday at 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm; Sunday at 11:30 am, 4:30 pm Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through February 27 - Tuesday, Sunday at 12:30 pm and Saturday at 11:30 am The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through February 28 - Weekdays at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm; Weekends at 11:30 am, 3:30 pm 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through February 28 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday at 12:30 pm; Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through February 28 - Monday–Saturday at 2:30 pm; Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through February 28 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm; Saturday at 3:30 pm; Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through February 24 - Thursday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE TOURS   February 15, 19 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 February 16 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 February 16 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor February 17, 19 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 February 19 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 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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