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Image: 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 ArtImage: Antonio Susini, after a model by Giovanni Bologna, Venus Drying Herself ("Cesarini Venus"), late 16th or early 17th century, Robert H. Smith CollectionImage: Hans Baldung Grien, Madonna and Child, 1515/1517, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.101.1

Sunday, May 11
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Portraiture and Allegory in Renaissance Medals
Gallery Talk: "Untitled (Medici Prince)" by Joseph Cornell
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Lecture: In Pursuit of the Ordinary
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
Guided Tour: Test event
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
5:00PM
Film: Charly
6:30PM
Concert: Ryan Brown and members of Opera Lafayette

Monday, May 12
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Recent Acquisitions in French Painting
12:10PM
Lecture: Printmaking, Politics, and the Foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—Part 1
1:10PM
Lecture: Printmaking, Politics, and the Foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Tuesday, May 13
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Japanese
Gallery Talk: Recent Acquisitions in French Painting
Film: The Incised Image
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Art Brut: The Paintings of Jean Dubuffet
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Japanese
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Wednesday, May 14
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Mandarin
Gallery Talk: Recent Acquisitions in French Painting
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Portraiture and Allegory in Renaissance Medals
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Mandarin
2:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, May 15
10:15AM
Lecture: Art at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: Recent Acquisitions in French Painting
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—Part 1
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, May 16
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Recent Acquisitions in French Painting
Gallery Talk: Why Fontainebleau?
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Art Brut: The Paintings of Jean Dubuffet
Lecture: A History of the Camera in the Nineteeth Century
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:00PM
Gallery Talk: Picturing Fontainebleau
2:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Saturday, May 17
10:15AM
Lecture: Art at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: Why Fontainebleau?
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
1:00PM
Lecture: A History of the Camera in the Nineteeth Century
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Italian
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: Picturing Fontainebleau
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:00PM
Film: Tout va bien
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
Guided Tour: Test event


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