Events for the Week of April 25-May 1, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 25-MAY 1, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   April 25 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm How Byzantine! Renaissance Venice and Byzantium Debra Pincus, independent scholar East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip THE SIXTIETH A.W. MELLON LECTURES IN THE FINE ARTS   May 1 at 2:00 pm The Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Ancient Rome to Salvador Dali Part 5, Dynasty: Collecting, Classifying, and Connoisseurship Mary Beard, University of Cambridge Book signing follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALKS   April 25–29 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 April 27 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments Staff lecturer (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda April 27-29 at 12:00 pm Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk April 30 at 2:00 pm Domenico Veneziano's "Saint Lucy Altarpiece": A Dispersed Masterpiece David Gariff (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ GALLERY TOURS   Through May 1 - 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 May 1 - 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 May 1 - Monday, Tuesday, Sunday at 12:30 pm and Saturday at 11:30 am The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through May 1 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm; Saturday at 3:30 pm; Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through May 1 - Monday–Saturday at 2:30 pm; Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through May 1 - Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday at 12:30 pm; Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through May 1 - Friday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through May 1 - Friday at 12:30 pm; Saturday at 1:30 pm Sculpture Garden (weather permitting) Sculpture Garden, Pavilion Cafe www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ 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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