Events for the Week of June 20-26, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 20-26, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   June 20 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Print or Painting? The Treatment of a Penschilderij by Willem van de Velde the Elder Kristin DeGhetaldi, painting conservation department, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium June 21 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm More Than Ninety Miles Away: A Dialogue with Cuban Artist Sandra Ramos Michelle Bird, curatorial assistant, department of French paintings, National Gallery of Art, in conversation with Sandra Ramos, artist East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium View other lectures from this series www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip GALLERY TALKS   June 20 at 12:00 pm Salomon van Ruysdael's "River Landscape with Ferry" Lynn P. Russell (12 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda June 21 at 2:00 pm Where Science Meets Art Kristin DeGhetaldi (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda June 21 at 1:00 pm In the Tower: Nam June Paik Sally Shelburne or Diane Arkin (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk June 21-26 at 12:00 pm Gabriel Metsu, 1629–1667 Eric Denker or J. Russell Sale (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk June 22 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments Education staff (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda June 26 at 1:00 pm The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms Josephine Rodgers or Eric Denker (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ GALLERY TOURS   Through August 31 - 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 August 31 - 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 29 - Monday, Wednesday, Sunday at 12:30 pm; Saturday at 11:30 am July 1–August 28 - Thursday, Friday, Sunday at 12:30 pm; Saturday at 11:30 am The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through August 31 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm; Saturday at 3:30 pm; Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through August 31 - Monday–Saturday at 2:30 pm; Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through June 30 - Thursday at 12:30 pm July 6–August 31 - Wednesday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through June 28 - Tuesday, Friday, Saturday at 12:30 pm; Sunday at 3:30 pm July 2-August 30 - Monday, Tuesday, Saturday at 12:30 pm; Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through June 25 - 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   June 20 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm French West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm June 21, 25 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm German West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm June 24 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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