Programs News Release: 1 February 1999

Related Activities for "John Singer Sargent" at the National gallery of Art, 21 February - 31 May 1999

Sunday Lecture
21 February
East Building, large auditorium
2 p.m.

The Van Dyck of Our Times: John Singer Sargent, Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., senior curator of American and British paintings, National Gallery of Art

Symposium: "John Singer Sargent"
East Building, large auditorium
Saturday, 20 March
1 - 5 p.m.

Absence of Color, Absence of Sunlight: Sargent's Early Venetian Pictures, Marc Simpson, editor, Bibliography of the History of Art, Getty Research Institute

"The Palace of Art Has Many Chambers": Sargent and the Novels of James and Proust, Tiphaine Samoyault, professor of comparative literature, University of Paris VIII

Sargent and Men, Trevor Fairbrother, deputy director for art and the John and Mary Shirley curator of modern art, Seattle Art Museum

Sargent and the Image of Woman, Kathleen Adler, head of education, National Gallery, London

Gallery Talk
Sargent in Venice (50 minutes). Eric Denker, staff. 17 May, 21, 24, and 25 at 1:00; 18 May at 2:00 (wb)

Tours of the Exhibition
For dates and times of public tours by staff lecturers, please consult the calendar of events or call (202) 842-6706. No reservations are required.

Tours by Special Appointment: for adult groups of twenty or more, call (202) 842-6247; for school groups, call (202) 842-6249.

Audio Tour
An audio tour, narrated by Earl A. Powell III, director, and Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., senior curator of American and British paintings, and Richard Ormond, director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and great-nephew of the artist, is available at the entrance to the exhibition for $5.00 ($4.00 for senior citizens, students, and groups of ten or more). Amplified headsets and scripts are available to visitors with hearing impairments. To reserve audio tours for groups, call (202) 842-6592.

Films
East Building, large auditorium
Filmed adaptations of novels and stories by Henry James, friend and associate of John Singer Sargent, will be presented during April and May. Films will include The Heiress (1949), Daisy Miller (1974), The Europeans (1979), and Washington Square (1997).

For more information and show times, please consult the National Gallery of Art film calendar, or the National Gallery of Art calendar of events at the Art Information Desks, or call (202) 842-6799.

Extension Programs
The videodisc American Art from the National Gallery of Art and an accompanying interactive program provide images and texts on Sargent's paintings in the Gallery's collections. The videodisc and interactive program are available on a free-loan basis by writing to the department of education resources, extension programs section, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20565.

Catalogue
John Singer Sargent, edited by Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, is published by the Tate Gallery, London, in association with the National Gallery of Art. The catalogue contains 288 pages with 150 color and 50 black-and-white illustrations. It is available from the Gallery Shops for $29.95 (softcover) and $60.00 (hardcover). To order by mail, call (800) 697-9350 or (301) 322-5900.

Exhibition Brochure
An illustrated brochure will be available at the entrance to the exhibition or view it online.

Sponsor/Organization
Made possible by Ford Motor Company.

The exhibition was organized by the Tate Gallery, London, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

General Information

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov.

Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon entering the East and West Buildings. Checkrooms are free of charge and located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances. For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 x 26 inches cannot be accepted by the Gallery or its checkrooms.

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National Gallery of Art
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