Events for the Week of September 19-25, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2011 WORKS IN PROGRESS   September 19 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm One Thousand Folds: What to Do with Your Diptych Catherine A. Metzger, senior paintings conservator, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM   September 23 at 2:00 pm In the Tower: Nam June Paik Illustrated lectures by noted scholars Christine Mehring, associate professor of art history and director of graduate studies, University of Chicago, and Stephen Vitiello, associate professor of kinetic imaging, Virginia Commonwealth University. The lectures will be followed by a conversation with Ken Hakuta, executor of the Nam June Paik estate, and Jon Huffman, curator of the Nam June Paik estate. Moderated by Harry Cooper, curator and head of modern and contemporary art, National Gallery of Art The symposium is coordinated with and supported by the Embassy of Korea. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#pubsymposium WEEKEND LECTURE   September 25 at 2:00 pm Warhol's Headlines: To Whom Does the News Belong? Molly Donovan, associate curator of modern and contemporary art, National Gallery of Art Book signing of Warhol: Headlines follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALKS   September 20, 22 at 11:00 a.m. Sketching Roxy Paine's "Graft" (weather permitting) Liz Diament and Kim Hodges (60 minutes) Sculpture Garden September 20 at 12:00 p.m. and September 22, 24 at 1:00 p.m. In the Tower: Nam June Paik Sally Shelburne or Diane Arkin (45 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk September 21 at 11:00 a.m. Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525–1835 Andaleeb Banta (60 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 21 at 1:00 p.m. Futurism: Color and Action Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk September 22 at 12:00 p.m. "Untitled Composition" by Joaquín Torres-García Marta Horgan (20 minutes) East Building Concourse, Auditorium September 23 at 2:00 p.m. Goya: Portraits of France and Spain Giselle Larroque Obermeier (30 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 25 at 1:00 p.m. Thomas Crawford's "David Triumphant" David Gariff (30 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda http://www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ GUIDED TOURS   Through September 30 - Thursday-Saturday at 12:30 p.m.; Sunday at 3:30 p.m. French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through September 30 - Monday, Wednesday, Sunday at 12:30 p.m.; Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through September 30 - Weekdays at 10:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 11:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through September 30 - Weekdays at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.; Weekends at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through September 30 - Monday–Saturday at 2:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through September 30 - Weekdays at 1:30 p.m.; Weekends at 2:30 p.m. American Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 6-30 - Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through September 30 - Friday at 12:30 p.m.; Saturday at 1:30 p.m. (weather permitting) The Sculpture Garden Sculpture Garden, Pavilion Cafe www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TOURS   September 19 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. French West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 p.m. East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 p.m. September 20, 24 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. German West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 p.m. East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 p.m. September 21 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Japanese West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 p.m. East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 p.m. September 21 at 12:00 p.m. Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 23 at 12:00 p.m. 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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