Events for the Week of April 11-17, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 11-17, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   April 11 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Spies in the Library: Representations of West Berlin in the 1960s Emily Pugh, research associate, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip THE SIXTIETH A.W. MELLON LECTURES IN THE FINE ARTS   April 17 at 2:00 pm The Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Ancient Rome to Salvador Dali Part 4, Caesar's Wife: Above Suspicion? Mary Beard, University of Cambridge East Building Concourse, Auditorium In anticipation of high attendance, the six lectures in this series will be video recorded. A screening of the recording will be shown the week after each lecture, on Thursday, in the East Building Auditorium at 12:00 p.m. www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALKS   April 11 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 April 12–15 at 2:00 pm Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit Adam Davies (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda April 12, 14 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 April 13 at 11:00 am Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen's "Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene" Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda 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 Through April 30 - Friday at 12:30 pm; Saturday at 1:30 pm Sculpture Garden (weather permitting) Sculpture Garden, Pavilion Cafe www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE TOURS   April 12, 16 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 April 14, 16 at 12:00 and 2:00 pm Spanish West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm April 16 at 12:00 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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