Events for the Week of September 5-11, 2011

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5-11, 2011 GALLERY TALKS   September 6, 8 at 12:00 p.m. "The 'Giovedi Grasso' Festival before the Ducal Palace in Venice" by Canaletto Eric Denker (12 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 6, 8 at 1:00 p.m. Thomas Crawford's "David Triumphant" David Gariff (30 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 7 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 7, 9 at 12:00 p.m. "Agostina" by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Dianne Stephens (12 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 7, 8 at 2:00 p.m. A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" Eric Denker (20 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 9 at 2:00 p.m. Goya: Portraits of France and Spain Giselle Larroque Obermeier (30 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda http://www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/ September 7 at 1:00 p.m. Futurism: Color and Action Sally Shelburne (60 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk 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 September 6-30 - Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Points of View: The Painter's Choices 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 - 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 - 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 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 September 11 at 1:00 p.m. ASL at the NGA: An Introduction to the West Building Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TOURS   September 5 at 12:00 p.m. French tour of American art West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 11 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 10 at 12:00 p.m. Mandarin West Building Main Floor, Rotunda September 9 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Polish West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 p.m. East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 p.m. September 10 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Russian West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 p.m. East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 p.m. September 6 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Spanish West Building Main Floor, Rotunda at 12:00 p.m. East Building Ground Level, Information Desk at 2:00 p.m. 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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