Events for the Week of March 21-27, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 21-27, 2011 THE SIXTIETH A.W. MELLON LECTURES IN THE FINE ARTS   March 27 at 2:00 pm The Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Ancient Rome to Salvador Dali Part 1, Julius Caesar: Inventing an Image Mary Beard, University of Cambridge East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALKS   March 21 at 2:00 pm Where Science Meets Art Kristin DeGhetaldi (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda March 21, 25 at 1:00 pm; March 24 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 22 at 11:00 am Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen's "Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene" Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda March 23 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Modern Art for People with Visual Impairments Staff lecturer (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk March 23–25 at 2:00 pm Yayoi Kusama and Vija Celmins Faye Gleisser (45 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk March 26 at 1:00 pm Luis Melendez's "Still Life with Figs and Bread" and the Spanish Still Life Giselle Larroque Obermeier (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ ART TALK: CONVERSATIONS WITH LECTURERS   March 23 at 12:00 pm Modern Lab Sydney Skelton Simon and Sally Shelburne (45 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk 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 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 March 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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