National Gallery of Art

October 30, 2002
National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Announces Appointment of First Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor

October 30, 2002
National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Announces 2002-2003 Appointments

October 25, 2002
New Deal Artists' Extraordinary Watercolors Presented with Original Folk Art in "Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design" at the National Gallery of Art, November 27, 2002 -- March 2, 2003

October 25, 2002
National Gallery of Art Presents Most Comprehensive Exhibition Ever
of Renowned French Artist Èdouard Vuillard; World Tour Begins in Washington, D.C. January 19, 2003

October 25, 2002
Major Romare Bearden Retrospective to go on National Tour; Opens at National Gallery of Art September 14, 2003 -- January 4, 2004

October 17, 2002
On the occasion of his tenth anniversary as director of the National Gallery of Art, Earl A. Powell III ("Rusty") will speak on "Art for the Nation in the New Millennium" at the National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon, Friday, October 25, 2002

October 1, 2002
The Playful and Intellectual Nature of Trompe l’Oeil is Revealed in the Most Comprehensive Exhibition Ever Done of the Genre, on View at the National Gallery of Art, October 13, 2002 - March 2, 2003

September 19, 2002
Selections from Collection of Jacob Kainen,
from Rembrandt to David Smith, at National Gallery of Art
September 22, 2002, through February 9, 2003

September 9, 2002
New West Building Sculpture Galleries Presenting 900 Works of Art from Nine Centuries Open to the Public on September 29, 2002

August 15, 2002
Beautiful and Provocative Images of The Female Form in First Comprehensive Survey of Willem de Kooning's Drawings of Women

July 12, 2002
Media Advisory: Memorial Service for J. Carter Brown (1934-2002)

June 18, 2002
Earl A. Powell III, Director, National Gallery of Art
Releases Statement on the Death of J. Carter Brown, June 18, 2002:

"On behalf of all of Carter’s longtime colleagues and friends at the National Gallery of Art, we are deeply saddened at the tragic news of his death. He was a gifted and brilliant director who served the nation and the world of art with unparalleled commitment and leadership and has left a great legacy."

Statement from the Family of J. Carter Brown

Curriculum Vitae: J. Carter Brown
Born 1934, Providence, Rhode Island,
son of John Nicholas Brown and Anne Kinsolving Brown

See also:
J. Carter Brown Retires as Director of National Gallery of Art
(Re-released from January 24, 1992)

July 5, 2002
Nicholas Penny Named Senior Curator of Sculpture at National Gallery of Art, Washington

July 5, 2002
New Advance Exhibition Schedule: Summer 2002 - Winter 2004

June 26, 2002
National Gallery of Art Opens Exhibition Shop for "The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt"

June 26, 2002
National Gallery Of Art's Terrace Café Offers Eastern Mediterranean Menu During "The Quest For Immortality: Treasures Of Ancient Egypt"

June 20, 2002
Visitors to "The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt" May Gain Free Entry on First-Come, First-Served Basis or Opt to Get Advance Passes at Ticketmaster

June 13, 2002
President Bush Announces the Nomination of National Gallery of Art Director Earl Powell III to Serve on National Council on the Arts

June 6, 2002
Stunning Still Lifes by Anne Vallayer-Coster, Foremost 18th-Century Painter in Court of Marie-Antoinette, On View at the National Gallery of Art June 30 through September 22, 2002

June 4, 2002
"The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt" Presents the Largest Group of Antiquities Ever Loaned by Egypt for Exhibition in North America; National Tour Begins In Washington, DC June 30-October 14, 2002

May 20, 2002
"Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown" On View at the National Gallery of Art, June 2 - September 2, 2002 Provides New Insights into the 50-Year Career of This Seminal Artist

April 16, 2002
"Jazz in the Garden" Resumes in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Every Friday, 5 - 8 P.M., May 31- August 30, 2002

April 8, 2002
New Audio Tour in Spanish and English for "Goya: Images of Women"

April 8, 2002
Garden Café Offers Spanish-Style Buffet

March 29, 2002
National Gallery of Art Acquires Paintings by Yayoi Kusama
and Works by Bearden, Mangold, and Others for its Collection of Maodern and Contemporary Art

March 15, 2002
National Gallery of Art Conducts Worldwide Search for Works on Paper by Mark Rothko; Catalogue Raisonné to be Published in 2002

March 1, 2002
Recent Acquisitions at the National Gallery of Art Include Pablo Picasso's Head of Fernande and Late 15th-Century German Polychromed Wood Altarpiece

February 26, 2002
Passion for Art and Science Merge in "The Flowering of Florence: Botanical Art for the Medici" on View at the National Gallery of Art, March 3 through May 27, 2002

February 11, 2002
The First Major Exhibition Dedicated to Images of Women by Francisco Goya on view at the National Gallery of Art, March 10 - June 2, 2002

January 17, 2002
National Gallery of Art Premieres Two Acclaimed Documentaries on the Contemporary American Art World

January 16, 2002
National Gallery of Art's Education Program "Art Around the Corner" Wins Mayoral Award

General Information

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov.

Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon entering the East and West Buildings. Checkrooms are free of charge and located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances. For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 x 26 inches cannot be accepted by the Gallery or its checkrooms.

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