Events for the Week of February 21-27, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21-27, 2010 WEEKEND LECTURE   February 27 at 2:00 pm Introduction to the Exhibition—Gauguin: Maker of Myth Mary Morton, curator and head of the department of French paintings, National Gallery of Art, and Belinda Thomson, guest curator East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures THE FABRIC OF VENICE LECTURE SERIES   February 22, 26 at 12:30 pm Venice Depicted Eric Denker, lecturer, National Gallery of Art West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#venice GALLERY TALKS   February 22 at 12:00 pm "Fantomas" by Juan Gris Harry Cooper and Sally Shelburne (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk February 22, 24, 25 at 2:00 pm; February 23 at 12:00 pm; February 26 at 11:00 am Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk February 23 at 12:00 pm; February 27 at 1:00 pm "Both Members of This Club" by George Bellows J. Russell Sale (20 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda February 23 at 1:00 pm The Russians: Aleksandr Rochenko and Ivan Puni Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk February 23 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments Staff lecturer (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalk GALLERY 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 21 at 12:00 and 2:00 pm French West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm February 25 at 12:00 pm Spanish tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda 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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