Events for the Week of March 14-20, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 14-20, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   March 14 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Scientific Examination of Photographs Christopher Maines, conservation scientist, scientific research department, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip LECTURES   March 14 at 4:30 pm Romare Bearden and the Aesthetic of the Grotesque A lecture celebrating the CASVA publication "Romare Bearden, American Modernist" Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, with an introduction by Ruth Fine, co-editor and curator of special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Auditorium March 20 at 2:00 pm The Rodin Touch David J. Getsy, Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Chair in Art History and Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Book signing of Rodin: Sex and the Making of Modern Sculpture follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALKS   March 14 at 2:00 pm Where Science Meets Art Kristin DeGhetaldi (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda March 15 at 12:00 pm Gauguin: Maker of Myth Sally Shelburne, David Gariff, J. Russell Sale, or Diane Arkin (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk March 16–18 at 2:00 pm "Fifteen Pairs of Hands" by Bruce Nauman Adam Davies (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk March 16, 19 at 11:00 am; March 20 at 12:00 pm Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen's "Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene" Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda http://www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ GALLERY TOURS   Through April 30 - 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 April 30 - 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 April 30 - Monday, Tuesday, Sunday at 12:30 pm and Saturday at 11:30 am The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through April 30 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm; Saturday at 3:30 pm; Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through April 30 - Monday–Saturday at 2:30 pm; Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through April 30 - Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday at 12:30 pm; Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through April 29 - Friday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE TOURS   March 15, 19 at 12:00 and 2:00 pm German West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm March 16 at 12:00 and 2:00 pm Japanese West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm March 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 March 16 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 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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