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Image: Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules Fighting the Fury and the Discord, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.60.1Image: Medici Porcelain Factory, Flask, c. 1575/1587, or slightly later, Widener Collection, 1942.9.354Image: Mel Bochner, Theory of Boundaries, 1969–1970, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund, 2004.123.1Image: Andy Goldsworthy, Roof, February 2005, Photo: Lee Ewing, National Gallery of Art

Sunday, May 31
11:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Mythology in Art
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Film: Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Film: The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plages d’Agnès)
6:30PM
Concert: National Gallery Chamber Orchestra

Monday, June 1
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Guided Tour: American art in French
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Gallery Talk: Where Science Meets Art: Painting Conservation
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Tuesday, June 2
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: The Lincoln Memorial: Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: Where Science Meets Art: Painting Conservation
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Wednesday, June 3
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: The Lincoln Memorial: Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Gallery Talk: Where Science Meets Art: Painting Conservation
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, June 4
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: In the Tower: Philip Guston
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Gallery Talk: Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, June 5
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Moved by Art: A Kinesthetic Exploration of Picasso
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
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
5:00PM
Jazz Programs: Afro Blue (a capella ensemble)
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

Saturday, June 6
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
Film: New Hyperion, or Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection


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