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Writer and historian Jonathan Lopez presents a lecture entitled The Man Who Made Vermeers: Han van Meegeren's Life in Forgery on Sunday, January 11, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium, followed by a signing of his book, The Man Who made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren.
Photo by Matthew Septimus

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Writer and historian Jonathan Lopez discusses his book The Man Who made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren on Sunday, January 11, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium, followed by a book signing.

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Michael Fried, J. R. Herbert Boone Professor of Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University, appears in conversation with Harry Cooper, the National Gallery of Art's curator and head of the department of modern and contemporary art, on Sunday, January 25, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium. A book signing follows the talk.

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Scholar Jacqueline Francis presents the first lecture in the Collecting African American Art Lecture Series, A Historical Overview, on Sunday, February 8, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.
Photo by Courtney Brown

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Collector Raymond J. McGuire, appears in conversation with Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art, for the second lecture in the Collecting African American Art Lecture Series, Preserving the Legacy of Excellence, on Sunday, February 15, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.

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New York University's Deborah Willis leads collectors Harmon and Harriet Kelley in the third and final lecture in the Collecting of African American Art Lecture Series, The Art of Collecting, on Sunday, February 22, and 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.

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Bruce Redford, professor of art history and English at Boston University, discusses his book, Dilettanti: The Antic and the Antique in Eighteenth-Century England, on Sunday, March 8, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium. A book signing follows the lecture.

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National Gallery of Art research conservator Melanie Gifford and Web manager John Gordy discuss Sir Peter Paul Rubens' The Fall of Phaeton, (c. 1604/1605, probably reworked c. 1606/1608) in a lecture entitled, "The Fall of Phaeton": Exploring Rubens' Creative Process through an Interactive Web Feature, Sunday, March 30, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Patrons' Permanent Fund

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Artist and National Gallery of Art graphics designer Jeff Wilson discusses his painting Tornado Approaching a Town (2008) in his lecture entitled Tempests on Metal: Tornado Paintings on Copper by Jeff Wilson on Monday, April 20, at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in the East Building Small Auditorium.

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Edouard Manet's The Old Musician (1862) is discussed by John House, the National Gallery of Art's Samuel H. Kress Professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, during his lecture, Painting the Poor: Manet's "Old Musician" in Context on Sunday, May 10, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Chester Dale Collection

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Alma Thomas' Red Rose Cantata (1973) is discussed by Lea-Ann Bigelow, financial manager at the National Gallery of Art, during her lecture entitled Alma Thomas' "Red Rose Cantata" on Monday, May 11, at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in the East Building Small Auditorium.
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Vincent Melzac

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The National Gallery of Art's Gretchen A. Hirschauer and Catherine A. Metzger discuss Still Life with Figs and Bread (1760s) by Luis Meléndez in a lecture entitled Luis Meléndez: Marvelous Works of Nature Revealed, Sunday, May 17, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Patrons' Permanent Fund  

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Charles Marville's Hôtel de la Marine (c. 1872–1876) is discussed by the National Gallery of Art's assistant curator of photographs Sarah Kennel during her lecture, Old Topographics: Charles Marville in Haussmann's Paris, Monday, May 18 at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. in the East Building Small Auditorium.
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Diana Walker Fund

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Timothy James Clark, George C. and Helen N. Pardee Chair and professor of the history of art at the University of California, Berkeley, presents the Fifty-eighth A. W. Mellow Lecture Series, Picasso and Truth, Sundays, March 22 and 29; April 5, 19, and 26; and May 3, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.