Events for the week of August 15-21, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 15-21, 2011 SUMMER LECTURE SERIES: ALL THINGS ITALIAN   August 21 at 2:00 pm Italian Contemporary Photography Adam Davies East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALKS   August 16, 17 at 12:00 pm Arshile Gorky in Perspective Diane Arkin or Sally Shelburne (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk August 16, 17 at 1:00 pm The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms Josephine Rodgers or Eric Denker (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda August 16-18 at 2:00 pm Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts Lara Langer (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda August 18 at 12:00 pm In the Tower: Nam June Paik Sally Shelburne or Diane Arkin (50 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk August 19 at 1:00 pm Fragments, Partial Figures, Missing Parts David Gariff (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk August 20 at 11:00 am Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525–1835 Andaleeb Banta (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 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 August 31 - Wednesday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through 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 www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TOURS   August 15 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 August 16, 20 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 August 17 at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm Japanese West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 pm East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 pm August 20 at 12:00 pm 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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