December 23, 2005
National Gallery of Art's Recent Acquisitions Range from 15th to 21st Centuries and Include Major Modern and Contemporary Works Given by Edward R. Broida

November 4, 2005
National Gallery of Art Lends Art to Hong Kong and Seoul for the First Time with Exhibition of Works by Rothko; Co-Organized by Gallery and U.S. Department of State

October 19, 2005
Compelling Photographic Portraits in Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters" Opens November 13 at the National Gallery of Art

October 17, 2005
National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Announces 2005–2006 Appointments

October 14, 2005
National Gallery of Art Celebrates the 2005 Holiday Season

September 30, 2005
National Gallery of Art Unveils 2005-2006 Fall and Winter Lecture Series Program

September 30, 2005
National Gallery of Art Announces 2005-2006 Concert Season

September 30, 2005
Popular National Gallery of Art Ice-Skating Rink Opens Mid-November for Seventh Consecutive Year

September 12, 2005
National Gallery of Art is First and Only U.S. Venue for Still Lifes of Dutch Master Pieter Claesz
September 18-December 31, 2005

September 12, 2005
National Gallery of Art Fall Lecture Program Celebrates the Italian Renaissance

September 2, 2005
Rare Prints and Newly Acquired Painting by Audubon on View at the National Gallery of Art September 25, 2005 through April 2, 2006

August 30, 2005
Masterpieces of Illuminated Manuscripts from Six Regions and Five Centuries on View in Multimedia Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, September 25 – January 2, 2006

August 12, 2005
“The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea” Presents a Master of Atmospheric Effects

August 12, 2005
First International Exhibition of the Earliest European Prints on Paper Premieres September 4 at the National Gallery of Art

August 8, 2005
First Major International Dada Museum Exhibition in the United States Opens at the National Gallery of Art, February 19 – May 14, 2006

July 11, 2005
College Students from Ten States, Seven Countries and Four Continents Awarded Summer Internships at the National Gallery of Art

July 1, 2005
Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits" Goes on View July 1, 2005, on Loan to National Gallery of Art, Washington, from Walton Family Foundation

June 29, 2005
“Cézanne in Provence" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Musée granet, Aix-en-Provence, in 2006. Marks Centenary and Explores Great Artist's Ties to Birthplace

June 24, 2005
Festival of Film Preservation Features Screen Legends from John Wayne to Joan Crawford and Rarely Shown Works from Frank Capra to Jean Renoir

June 20, 2005
Great American Artist Winslow Homer is Sureyed in Exhibition of 50 Works; Opening July 3, 2005 at National Gallery of Art

June 3, 2005
National Gallery of Art, Washington, is Sole Venue for Restored Renaissance Sculptures

June 2, 2005
National Gallery of Art's Calder Mobile Going Back on View Following Conservation Treatment

May 19, 2005
Irving Penn's Mastery of the Platinum Print Explored in
New Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art

May 9, 2005
National Gallery of Art Acquires Important Contemporary Works by Broodthaers, Lewitt, Morris, and Simpson

May 4, 2005
Sharon Percy Rockefeller and John Wilmerding Elected to Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art

April 8, 2005
Lichtenstein Family Donates 13 Drawings to National Gallery of Art in Memory of Art Collector Jane Meyerhoff
Drawings on View in East Building April 23 - July 24, 2005

January 14, 2005
"Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips®, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of
Ed Ruscha" Showcases the Artist's Matter-of-Fact Wit and Distinctive American Sensibility at the National Gallery of Art,
February 13-May 30, 2005

January 11, 2005
Chinese Porcelains Back on View at the National Gallery of Art Following Gallery Renovation

January 7, 2005
Frankenthaler Masterpiece Enters
National Gallery of Art Painting Collection

January 5, 2005
National Gallery of Art Children's Film Program Kicks Off New Season of Classic and International Films on January 8, 2005

 

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