The National Gallery of Art's East Building is a constantly changing mosaic where the expanding collection of twentieth- century art on view includes paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by American artists such as Calder, Smith, de Kooning, Bearden, and Lichtenstein.

Titles on this compilation include:
Mobile by Alexander Calder (24 mins.)
David Smith, American Sculptor, 1906–1965 (28 mins.)
Willem de Kooning: Paintings (12 mins.)
The Art of Romare Bearden (30 mins.)
Roy Lichtenstein: The Art of the Graphic Image (20 mins.)

Art Nouveau was one of the most innovative and exuberant of early modern art movements. This film explores the development of Art Nouveau in Europe and North America, focusing on individual works of art and architectural landmarks. Interviews with scholars and rare archival footage of the period are included. (30 mins., closed captioned)

Romare Bearden's art captures the diversity and richness that was his life. With roots in North Carolina, Bearden migrated north at an early age, living in industrial Pittsburgh and vibrant Harlem, and spent later years on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. These four locales and his memories of their people, music, colors, and stories form the bases of Bearden's collages and paintings. This film, narrated by Morgan Freeman with readings by Danny Glover, traces the artist's career using new and archival footage to demonstrate the artistic impact of Bearden's memories and art-historical models. (30 mins., closed captioned)

Short, evocative studies of works by seven major artists represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art—Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Picasso—are not intended as definitive examinations of these artists; rather, each is designed as a starting point for group discussion of the art and artist. Segments may be used independently, in any order or combination. (38 mins., closed captioned)

Along with fellow postimpressionists, Vuillard helped change the course of French painting. His long career spanned the fin-de-siècle and the first four decades of the twentieth century. Unlike his impressionist forebears, who explored the effects of light in the outdoors, Vuillard focused on the psychologically charged private worlds of his friends and family, as well as the decorative effects of color and pattern. This program chronicles Vuillard's entire career, including his early designs for avant-garde theater, evocative interior scenes, and rarely seen photographs. It also features his grand screen decorations alongside footage of the Parisian garden that inspired them. (30 mins., closed captioned)