Events for the Week of March 7-13, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 7-13, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   March 7 at 12:10 pm only Americans Collect Italian Renaissance Art David Alan Brown, curator of Italian and Spanish paintings, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip WEEKEND LECTURE   March 13 at 2:00 pm Canaletto's Venice: The Art of Fiction Eric Denker, lecturer, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures THE FABRIC OF VENICE LECTURE SERIES   March 8, 12 at 12:30 pm Orbis Mundi: The Piazza, the Squares, and the Courtyards of Venice Eric Denker, lecturer, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Auditorium, March 8 at 12:30 pm West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall, March 12 at 12:30 pm www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#venice GALLERY TALKS   March 9–11 at 12:00 pm Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk March 11 at 1:00 pm Gauguin: Maker of Myth Sally Shelburne, David Gariff, J. Russell Sale, or Diane Arkin (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk FOOD FOR THOUGHT   March 8 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm The Poetry of Michelangelo David Gariff East Building Concourse, Education Studio Preregistration is required and limited to 25 participants per session. Click here to register. GALLERY TOURS   March 13 at 1:00 pm ASL at the NGA: An Introduction to the West Building Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda 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 March 6 - Tuesday, Sunday at 12:30 pm and Saturday at 11:30 am; March 7 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 7 at 12:00 pm French tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm March 8, 12 at 12:00 and 2:00 pm Italian West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm March 13 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 13 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 March 10, 12 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 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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