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Image: George de Forest Brush, An Aztec Sculptor, 1887, Gift (Partial and Promised) of the Ann and Tom Barwick Family Collection, 2005.107.1Image: One of a pair of pendants showing the Dragon Master, Tillya Tepe, Tomb II, Second quarter of the 1st century AD, National Museum of Afghanistan, Photo © Thierry Ollivier/Musée GuimetImage: Martin Puryear, Lever No. 3, 1989, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1989.71.1Image: Jean Poyet, The Coronation of Solomon by the Spring of Gihon, c. 1500, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2006.111.3
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Public Symposium
Tony Smith at 100
December 1 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Illustrated lectures by Harry Cooper, curator and head, department of modern art, National Gallery of Art; Eileen Costello; editor and project director, The Catalogue Raisonné of the Drawings of Jasper Johns, The Menil Collection; and Charles Ray, artist. This program is held in collaboration with Kiki Smith, Seton Smith, and the Tony Smith Estate.

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Lectures

Germany in the 1920s: Expanding the Film Avant-Garde beyond the Political Divide
December 2 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Thomas Elsaesser, senior fellow, International College of Cultural Technologies and Media Theory, Weimar, Germany

Roy Lichtenstein in His Studio
December 9 at 12:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Harry Cooper, curator and head, department of modern art, National Gallery of Art, in conversation with Laurie Lambrecht, artist

Living with the Dead in France: Nineteenth-Century Tomb Sculpture
December 9 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Suzanne Glover Lindsay, adjunct associate professor in the history of art, University of Pennsylvania
Book signing of Funerary Arts and Tomb Cult—Living with the Dead in France, 1750–1870 follows.

From Giotto to Pasolini: Narrative in Fresco and Film
December 15 at 4:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

David Gariff, lecturer, National Gallery of Art

Roy Lichtenstein: Voices from the Archives
December 16 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Avis Berman, art historian, writer, and consultant for oral history, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

Roy Lichtenstein's Kyoto Prize Lecture of 1995
January 9 at 3:30PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

A reading by Harry Cooper, curator and head, department of modern art, National Gallery of Art, with original slides courtesy of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Of Times and Spaces: On Looking at Thomas Struth and Candida Höfer
January 13 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Charles W. Haxthausen, Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History, Williams College

Michelangelo's David-Apollo: An Offer He Couldn't Refuse
January 27 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Alison Luchs, curator of early European sculpture, National Gallery of Art

Social Art, Social Cooperation: A Conversation with Tania Bruguera, Tom Finkelpearl, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles
February 3 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Tania Bruguera, artist; Tom Finkelpearl, executive director, Queens Museum of Art; and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, artist
Book signing of What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation follows.

Colorforms: Ellsworth Kelly and the Colored Paper Images
February 10 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Charles Ritchie, associate curator, department of modern prints and drawings, National Gallery of Art

Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
February 17 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Tim Barringer, Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art and director of graduate studies, Yale University; Jason Rosenfeld, distinguished chair and professor of art history, Marymount Manhattan College; and Diane Waggoner, associate curator, department of photographs, National Gallery of Art
Book signing of Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900 follows and the curators of the exhibition Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900 will be in the galleries for a question-and-answer session.

Truth, Lies, and Photographs
February 24 at 2:00PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Mia Fineman, assistant curator, department of photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Book signing of Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop follows.

Works in Progress

This lunchtime series highlights new research by Gallery staff, interns, fellows, and special guests. The 30-minute talks are followed by question-and-answer periods.
 

Winslow Homer's Risk Analysis: Perils of the Sea, Salvation, and Insurance
December 3 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Adam Greenhalgh, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, National Gallery of Art

"Common Painting" and "Diligent Fiddling": Technical Study for Insight into Dürer's Early Styles
December 10 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Melanie Gifford, research conservator, department of scientific research, National Gallery of Art

Presenting the Presentation of Christ: Tintoretto's Early Work, Iconography, and Interpretation
January 7 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Joseph Hammond, research associate, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art

On the Wall: Thoughts on Sol LeWitt
January 14 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Charles W. Haxthausen, Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History, Williams College

A Flourish of Ornament: Exemplary Painted Furniture from the Kaufman Collection
January 28 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Jon Frederick, design assistant, department of design, National Gallery of Art

Heroes and Heroines from a Sienese Renaissance Palazzo
February 4 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Carol Christensen, senior conservator of paintings, and Gretchen Hirschauer, associate curator, department of Italian and Spanish paintings, National Gallery of Art

Shape and Shadow: Photographs by Wil Scott
February 11 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Wilford W. Scott, head of adult programs, National Gallery of Art

Looking Inside: Ancient Carved Amber in the J. Paul Getty Museum
February 25 at 12:10PM, 1:10PM
East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

Faya Causey, head of academic programs, National Gallery of Art

Notable Lectures Podcasts

Notable Lectures give access to special Gallery talks by well-known curators, historians, and authors.
 

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series

The Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art

Elson Lecture Series

A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts

Conversations with Artists Series

Conversations with Collectors Series

Wyeth Lectures in American Art Series

 
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