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Image: Alfred Jensen, Twelve Events in a Dual Universe, 1978, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2007.35.1Image: Edward Hopper, East Side Interior, 1922, Rosenwald Collection, 1949.5.71Image: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Mortlake Terrace, 1827, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.109Image: Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.44
Special Exhibitions
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900
Eric Denker and J. Russell Sale
November 3, 5 at 11:00AM
December 4, 5, 9, 14 at 12:00PM
(60 minutes)
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660
Eric Denker or J. Russell Sale
November 4, 9 at 2:00PM
November 6, 7, 12 at 1:00PM
November 10, 16, 18 at 12:00PM
(50 minutes)
Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasper Johns
Diane Arkin
November 5, 13–15 at 12:00PM
(50 minutes)
The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works
Sally Shelburne, David Gariff, or Diane Arkin
November 10 at 2:00PM
November 16, 18, 20–22, 25 at 1:00PM
November 17, 19 at 11:00AM
December 7, 11 at 12:00PM
December 9, 17, 22 at 2:00PM
(60 minutes)
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500–1800
Christopher With or Sally Shelburne
December 2, 15 at 2:00PM
December 10 at 11:00AM
(60 minutes)
Robert Bergman: Portraits
Wilford Scott
December 19, 20 at 12:00PM
(50 minutes)
Focus: The Collection
Sinner and Saint: Images of Mary Magdalene
J. Russell Sale
November 4, 8, 10, 13 at 1:00PM
(50 minutes)
Recent Acquisitions and Old Friends
Sally Shelburne
November 17, 19 at 1:00PM
December 8 at 1:00PM
(1 hour)
Picture This: Old Master Painting for People with Visual Impairments
Wilford W. Scott
November 18 at 1:00PM
(50 minutes)
"The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise" by Benjamin West
Christopher With
November 23, 24 at 1:00PM
November 28, 29 at 12:00PM
December 2 at 12:00PM
December 3 at 1:00PM
(20 minutes)
Ink, Paper, Copper, Stone, and Wood: The Techniques of Printmaking in the Nineteenth Century
Eric Denker
December 6, 21, 22 at 12:00PM
December 11, 15 at 1:00PM
(50 minutes)
"Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel" by Duccio di Buoninsegna
David Gariff
December 8 at 2:00PM
December 10, 12, 13, 16 at 1:00PM
(30 minutes)
The Christmas Story in Art
December 15, 17, 18, 23 at 12:00PM
(60 minutes)

J. Russell Sale

Picture This: Modern Art for People with Visual Impairments
Sally Shelburne
December 23 at 1:00PM
(50 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 40 participants per session.

On Cubism
Sally Shelburne
November 12, 20 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM

Cubism was a revolutionary art movement whose impact is felt to this day. The selected readings for this program range from eyewitness accounts of its development to those with greater art historical perspective. Readings and discussions will prepare participants for a gallery tour of relevant art.

Read in advance:
"Cubism" in Herschel B. Chipp's Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics, pages 193–280 (University of California Press, 1968 and reprints).

If time is limited, read the introduction (193–199); writings by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler from The Rise of Cubism, 1915 (248–259); and individual statements by Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, and Fernand Léger (259–280).

Food for Thought Registration Form