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Image: Edward Hopper, East Side Interior, 1922, Rosenwald Collection, 1949.5.71Image: Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules Fighting the Fury and the Discord, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.60.1Image: French 12th Century (cup Alexandrian 2nd/1st Century B.C.), Chalice of the Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis, 2nd/1st century B.C. (cup); 1137–1140 (mounting), Widener Collection, 1942.9.277Image: Edward Hopper, Haskell's House, 1924, Gift of Herbert A. Goldstone, 1996.130.2

Sunday, September 7
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
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Alexander Calder at the National Gallery of Art
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Lecture: Conversations with Artists: Leo Villareal
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: Belle Toujours
followed by Belle de Jour
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Monday, September 8
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: Martin Puryear
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—French
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 9
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
Gallery Talk: Alexander Calder at the National Gallery of Art
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 10
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
Guided Tour: Mandarin
Gallery Talk: Alexander Calder at the National Gallery of Art
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Martin Puryear
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Mandarin
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, September 11
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
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Japanese
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: Alexander Calder at the National Gallery of Art
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Japanese
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: Martin Puryear
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 12
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: Abstract Expressionism, Fame, and the Cult of Celebrity
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—French
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
5:00PM
Jazz Programs: Bruce Ewan and the Solid Senders (Blues)
followed by the U.S. Navy Commodores (Swing Jazz)

Saturday, September 13
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
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Spanish
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Film: O Dia do Desespero (Day of Despair)
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Spanish
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:00PM
Film: The Last Conquistador
John Valadez in person
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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