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Image: Andy Goldsworthy, Roof, February 2005, Photo: Lee Ewing, National Gallery of ArtImage: Antonio Susini, after a model by Giovanni Bologna, Venus Drying Herself ("Cesarini Venus"), late 16th or early 17th century, Robert H. Smith CollectionImage: Hans Baldung Grien, Madonna and Child, 1515/1517, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.101.1Image: Lucas Samaras, Chair Transformation Number 20B, 1996, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund, 1998.99.1

Sunday, September 21
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
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Martin Puryear
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Lecture: Pushcarts, Souks, and Cold Storage: Public Markets Through the Photographer's Lens
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
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Film: Inquietude (Anxiety)

Monday, September 22
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
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Degas
12:10PM
Lecture: Of The I Sing: Sound in Early Johns
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:10PM
Lecture: Of The I Sing: Sound in Early Johns
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 23
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "War News from Mexico" by Richard Caton Woodville
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
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Martin Puryear
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, September 24
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
2:00PM
Gallery Talk: Picture This: Old Master Painting for People with Visual Impairments
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, September 25
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
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: "Twelve Events in a Dual Universe" by Alfred Jensen
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, September 26
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
12:00PM
Guided Tour: American art in Spanish
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
3:00PM
Lecture: The New Prado Extension: A Conversation with Rafael Moneo and Miguel Zugaza, moderated by Selma Holo
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
5:00PM
Jazz Programs: The Rob Levit Trio (Jazz Guitar)
followed by the U.S. Navy Commodores (Swing Jazz)

Saturday, September 27
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
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
12:00PM
Guided Tour: German
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Film: La Lettre (The Letter)
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
2:00PM
Guided Tour: German
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:00PM
Film: Viagem ao Princìpio do Mundo (Voyage to the Beginning of the World)
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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