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December 8, 2003
First Major Survey in 15 Years of Jim Dine's Drawings Opens March 21, 2004, at the National Gallery of Art

November 24, 2003
Verrocchio's "David" Restored: A Renaissance Bronze from the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence
February 13-March 21, 2004

November 5, 2003
National Gallery of Art Celebrates the 2003 Holiday Season

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice-Rink Opens Mid-November for Fifth Year

October 31, 2003
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Announces 2003-2004 Appointments

October 24, 2003
Special Installation of Mark Rothko's Mural Commisions on View at the National Gallery of Art:
Gallery Celebrates Artist's Centenary
On view indefinitely

October 21, 2003
Rare 17th-Century Statue of Saint John of the Cross Acquired by the National Gallery of Art

October 8, 2003
The East Building: Celebrating 25 Years
National Gallery of Art, June 1, 2003 - June 1, 2004

October 1, 2003

Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
National Gallery of Art, April 4 - July 25, 2004

Diego Rivera: Cubist Still Lifes and Portraits
National Gallery of Art, April 4-July 25, 2004

National Gallery of Art Showcases "Milestones in Mexican Cinema: 1898-2003" in Spring-Summer 2004

September 26, 2003

National Gallery of Art Trustees Elect Victoria P. Sant as New President and Appoint John C. Fontaine as New Trustee, as President Robert H. Smith Becomes Trustee Emeritus

September 15, 2003

A Painter’s Mind: Selections from the Library of Romare Bearden at National Gallery of Art

Weekend Jazz Brunch and Southern Cuisine at Cascade Café

August 1, 2003

First Exhibition of Picasso’s Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier on View at the National Gallery of Art October 1, 2003-January 19, 2004

National Gallery of Art is Sole U.S. Venue for First Comprehensive Survey of French Genre Painting,
October 12, 2003-Janurary 11, 2004

Exhibition of French 18th-Century Prints Reveals One of the Most Innovative Periods in History of Printmaking at National Gallery of Art, October 26, 2003-Februrary 16, 2004

First Monographic Exhibition in United States of
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg "Father of Danish Painting" on View at the National Gallery of Art November 23, 2003-February 29, 2004

July 10, 2003
National Gallery of Art Summer Lecture Series
"Five African American Artists" Begins on July 20

June 19, 2003
Well-Traveled" St. Christopher" Returns to the National Gallery of Art

June 19, 2003
National Gallery of Art Launches Web site for Teachers

June 11, 2003
Iconic Work by Tony Smith Acquired by National Gallery of Art

June 2, 2003
Small Wonders: Dutch Still Lifes by Adriaen Coorte on View at the National Gallery of Art June 29 - September 28, 2003

May 8, 2003
National Gallery of Art Celebrates Turn-of-the-Century Paris with Métropolitain Entrance in Sculpture Garden

April 24, 2003
Popular "Jazz in the Garden" Returns for Third Year in National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden every Friday, 5 - 8 p.m.,
May 30 - August 29, 2003

April 17, 2003
"Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828): Sculptor of the Enlightenment" on View at the National Gallery of Art May 4 Through September 7, 2003

March 25, 2003
National Gallery of Art Installs Ellsworth Kelly's
Color Panels for a Large Wall in East Building Atrium

March 20, 2003
Most Comprehensive Show Ever of Art by Romare Bearden
Premieres at National Gallery of Art
September 14, 2003 - January 4, 2004
National Tour Includes Five U.S. Cities

March 12, 2003
First Exhibition Devoted Exclusively to
Remington's Innovative Paintings of Night
Premieres at the National Gallery of Art April 13 - July 13, 2003

Janurary 22, 2003
Thomas Gainsborough Retrospective
Illustrates the Range, Richness, and Originality of his Art
On View at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
February 9 Through May 11, 2003

January 10, 2003
Important Works by Lichtenstein, Martin, and De Kooning are Latest Gifts to National Gallery of Art from Preeminent Collectors Robert and Jane Meyerhoff; Gifts Since 1986 Have Transformed Postwar Collection

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