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Gallery Talks
Events will be added as they are scheduled.
Please check back regularly for the most up-to-date calendar of events information.
Special Exhibitions
The Lincoln Memorial: Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon
Staff lecturers
May 1, 5, 8, 11, 21, 29 at 12:00PMJune 2, 3, 11, 19, 23 at 1:00PM(20 minutes)
In the Tower: Philip Guston
Sally Shelburne
May 6, 14, 16, 20 at 12:00PMJune 4, 9 at 12:00PM(50 minutes)
Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from the National Gallery of Art
J. Russell Sale
May 7, 19, 27 at 12:00PM(60 minutes)
Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life
David Gariff, Diane Arkin, or Sally Shelburne
June 4, 9, 19, 23 at 2:00PMJune 15, 25, 30 at 12:00PMJune 16 at 11:00AM(50 minutes)
Conversations with Curators, Conservators and Educators—Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life
Gretchen Hirschauer, Catherine Metzger, and Diane Arkin
June 10, 12, 17 at 12:00PM(50 minutes)
Stanley William Hayter: From Surrealism to Abstraction
Sally Shelburne
June 10, 16, 23 at 1:00PM(50 minutes)
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660
Eric Denker
June 21–23, 26, 29 at 12:00PM(45 minutes)
Focus: The Collection
Gauguin's Primitivism in Painting and Sculpture
Diane Arkin
May 9 at 1:00PMMay 10 at 12:00PM(50 minutes)
How, What, Why: Looking at Modern Art
Sally Shelburne
May 12, 17, 19, 28 at 1:00PMJune 11 at 1:00PM(60 minutes)
Mythology in Art
David Gariff
May 14, 29–31 at 1:00PM(60 minutes)
Moved by Art: A Kinesthetic Exploration of Picasso
Megan Moriarty and Molly Dalessandro
May 15, 16 at 1:00PMJune 5, 23 at 1:00PM(60 minutes)
The Creative Struggle: German Art of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries in the National Gallery of Art
Christopher With
May 15, 21, 22, 26, 28 at 1:00PM(60 minutes)
Picture This: Old Master Painting for People with Visual Impairments
Wilford W. Scott
May 27 at 1:00PM(50 minutes)
Where Science Meets Art: Painting Conservation
Kristin DeGhetaldi
June 1–3 at 2:00PM(50 minutes)
The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella" by John Ward of Hull
Lars Kokkonen
June 12, 13, 16 at 2:00PM(20 minutes)
Picture This: Modern Art for People with Visual Impairments
Sally Shelburne
June 24 at 1:00PM(50 minutes)
New Acquisitions
"Bitumen" by Terry Winters
Diane Arkin
May 20 at 1:00PMJune 8, 18 at 12:00PMJune 11 at 11:00AM(30 minutes)
"Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt" by Sebastiano Ricci
J. Russell Sale
June 12–14, 17, 18, 24, 26 at 1:00PM(20 minutes)
"Bagpipe Player in Profile" by Hendrick Ter Brugghen
Eric Denker
June 20–22, 25, 29, 30 at 1:00PM(20 minutes)
Food for Thought
Participate in a seminar-style luncheon discussion of art history readings followed by a gallery tour of relevant art. Participants may bring their own lunch or purchase it prior to class in the Cascade Café.
Preregistration is required and limited to 25 participants per session. Click here to register.
Gauguin on Primitivism
Diane Arkin
May 4, 18 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM
Read in advance: Paul Gauguin’s writings on primitivism
Paul Gauguin's writings on the topic of primitivism are available in Herschel B. Chipp's Theories of Modern Art, A Source Book by Artists and Critics (University of California Press, 1968), pages 78–86. For those wishing to purchase this important source book, reprints are available in the Gallery Shops bookstores or from online booksellers.
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