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Image: Pieter de Hooch, The Bedroom, 1658/1660, Widener Collection, 1942.9.33Image: Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1976, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1977.76.1Image: Hans Baldung Grien, Madonna and Child, 1515/1517, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.101.1Image: Mary Cassatt, Child in a Straw Hat, c. 1886, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.17

Sunday, September 28
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "Napoleon in His Study" by Jacques-Louis David
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Lecture: Martin Puryear: "How Things Fit Together"
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
4:00PM
Film: Um Filme Falado (A Talking Picture)
followed by Cristòvão Colombo – O Enigma (Christopher Columbus, The Enigma)
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Monday, September 29
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Tuesday, September 30
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "Title" by On Kawara
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Film: A Glimpse of de Kooning
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Wednesday, October 1
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "A Boy for Meg" by Andy Warhol
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, October 2
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "A Boy for Meg" by Andy Warhol
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, October 3
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "Napoleon in His Study" by Jacques-Louis David
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Abstract Expressionism, Fame, and the Cult of Celebrity
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
5:30PM
Concert: Frédéric Yonnet (Harmonica)–Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
7:15PM
Concert: Frédéric Yonnet (Harmonica)–Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

Saturday, October 4
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Home Sweet Home
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Children's Film: Albert Lamorisse Classics
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
Family Activity: Home Sweet Home
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century


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