Events for the Week of May 23-29, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 23-29, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   May 23 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Gauguin: The Mythmaker in His Studio Carol Christensen, senior conservator, department of painting conservation, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip GALLERY TALKS   May 23 at 2:00 pm Chinese Porcelains Dianne Stephens (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda May 23-25 at 12:00 pm Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals J. Russell Sale or Eric Denker (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk May 24 at 2:00 pm Theodore Gericault, 1791–1824 Daniella Berman (40 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda May 25 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Modern Art for People with Visual Impairments Staff lecturer (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk May 26 at 2:00 pm The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms Josephine Rodgers or Eric Denker (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda May 26 at 12:00 pm Picasso in the Chester Dale Collection Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda May 27 at 11:00 am Gauguin: Mythmaking through Painting Technique Carol Christensen (45 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk May 27 at 1:00 pm "Gustav Mahler" by Auguste Rodin David Gariff (30 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ ADULT PROGRAMS WORKSHOP   May 23, 24 at 1:00 pm Sketching Roxy Paine's "Graft" Liz Diament and Kim Hodges (60 minutes) Explore Roxy Paine's "Graft" using sketching as a tool for careful looking and discussion. Meet in front of Graft. Materials provided. (weather permitting) www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/#adultprograms GALLERY TOURS   Through June 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 June 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 June 25 - Friday at 12:30 pm; Saturday at 1:30 pm Sculpture Garden (weather permitting) Sculpture Garden, Pavilion Cafe Through June 30 - Thursday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through June 30 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm; Saturday at 3:30 pm; Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through June 30 - Monday–Saturday at 2:30 pm; Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through June 29 - Monday, Wednesday, Sunday at 12:30 pm; Saturday at 11:30 am The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through June 28 - Tuesday, Friday, Saturday at 12:30 pm; Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE TOURS   May 25 at 12:00 pm Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda May 27 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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