Events for the Week of April 4-10, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 4-10, 2011 THE SIXTIETH A.W. MELLON LECTURES IN THE FINE ARTS   April 10 at 2:00 pm The Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Ancient Rome to Salvador Dali Part 3, Warts and All? Emperors Come Down to Earth 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 4 at 1:00 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 5 at 11:00 am Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen's "Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene" Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda April 5, 7, 8 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 6 at 1:00 pm Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk April 9, 10 at 1:00 Domenico Veneziano's "Saint Lucy Altarpiece": A Dispersed Masterpiece David Gariff (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ ART TALK: CONVERSATIONS WITH LECTURERS   April 6 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/#arttalk_lecturers FOOD FOR THOUGHT   April 7 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm Piet Mondrian: Neo-Plasticism and Universal Principles Sally Shelburne (120 minutes) East Building Concourse, Education Studio www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/#food 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 4 at 12:00 pm French tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda April 5 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 7, 10 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 April 9 at 12:00 and 2:00 pm Russian West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm April 10 at 12:00 and 2:00 pm Polish 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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