December 17, 2004
Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits

December 17, 2004
A New Book Impressionism, an Intimate View
Provides Insight into Popular Collection at the National Gallery of Art

November 30, 2004
The National Gallery of Art Celebrates
Major New Book on Its World-Renowned Painting Collection

November 5, 2004
British Artist Andy Goldsworthy to Create Site-Specific Installation for National Gallery of Art's East Building

November 4, 2004
National Gallery of Art Showcases Finest Works on Paper in
"Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings; Recent Acquisitions"
November 14, 2004 - May 30, 2005

November 3, 2004
National Gallery of Art Mounts First Major Exhibition of Dutch Master Gerard ter Borch in the United States

November 3, 2004
National Gallery of Art Reinstalls Dutch and Flemish Galleries and Announces Upcoming Dutch Exhibitions in 2005 and 2006

October 29, 2004
National Gallery of Art Announces Major Exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec and Contemporaries in Montmartre
March 20-June12, 2005

October 29, 2004
Major Retrospective of André Kertész Opens February 6, 2005 at the National Gallery of Art

October 29, 2004
National Gallery of Art Celebrates French Art in 2005 and 2006

October 21, 2004
The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink Opens Mid-November for Sixth Straight Year

October 20, 2004
National Gallery of Art adds Foreign Language Tours in Chinese and Korean

October 15, 2004
National Gallery of Art Unveils Fall and Winter Lecture Series Program

October 15, 2004
Paintings by Friedrich, De Witte, Soutine, and Mangold,
Whiteread Sculpture, Mantegna Engraving,
and Rodchenko Photographs Among New Acquisitions Announced by National Gallery of Art

September 23, 2004
National Gallery of Art Announces New Concert, New Start Time and New Head of the Music Department

September 10, 2004
National Gallery of Art Fall Film Program Offers a Tour of World Cinema

August 25, 2004
National Gallery of Art Premieres First Comprehensive Retrospective of Renowned 20th-Century Light Artist Dan Flavin

August 13, 2004
Major Exhibition of Victorian Photographer Roger Fenton Opens New Galleries for Photographs at the National Gallery of Art Washington

August 13, 2004
National Gallery of Art to Open New Galleries for Photographs this Fall
Nation's Art Museum Dedicates Suite of Galleries to Exhibitions of Photographs

July 29, 2004
National Gallery of Art Provides Free Loan Teaching Resources

July 28, 2004
National Gallery of Art Advance Exhibition Schedule
Fall 2004-Summer 2005

July 22, 2004
"Art of Martin Johnson Heade is First-Class Choice for USPS Postage Stamp"

July 13, 2004
National Gallery of Art Opens Exhibition Shop for "Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria nad Albert Museum"

July 13, 2004
Artistic Exchange: Europe and the Islamic World

June 10, 2004
Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford at the National Gallery of Art

May 28, 2004
National Gallery of Art Celebrates 2,500th Concert on June 13, 2004

May 25, 2004
Popular "Jazz in the Garden" Returns for Fourth Year in National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Every Friday, 5 - 8 P.M., June 4-september 3, 2004

May 24, 2004
National Gallery of Art Salutes "The Greatest Generation" in Special World War II Display and Film Premiere

May 18, 2004
Conceptual Work of Art in Progress at National Gallery of Art

May 6, 2004
Art Scholar and Collector John Wilmerding to Donate Important Private Collection of 19th-Century American Art to National Gallery of Art

April 23, 2004
National Gallery of Art's Calder Mobile Undergoes Conservation Treatment

April 13, 2004
Irving Lavin, Renowned Art Historian and Author,
is Featured Speaker in National Gallery of Art's
53rd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts

April 7, 2004
National Gallery of Art's Terrace Café Offers Central American Menu and Latin Jazz During "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya" Exhibition

April 1, 2004
National Gallery of Art Acquires Seminal Work by Bontecou and Works on Paper, Including Woodcuts by Shapiro

March 19, 2004
National Gallery of Art Announces Exhibition of Renowned Collection of Islamic Art, July 18 2004 through February 6, 2005

March 5, 2004
National Gallery of Art's Margaret Parsons Receives
DC Independent Film Festival 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award

March 2, 2004
National Gallery of Art Announces Important Works
by Flavin, Eckersberg, Vernet, Weenix, Monnot, and Russel
Among New Acquisitions

February 4, 2004
American Masters from Bingham to Eakins: The John Wilmerding Collection

January 9, 2004
Popular Jazz Brunch Continues at the National Gallery of Art

 

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