What's New on NGA Web-August 2007

1. Web Site Features Win a Muse Award and a Horizon Interactive Award

Two features on the Gallery's Web site have recently won awards. Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting received a 2007 Silver Muse Award for "Online Presence." "It is encouraging," wrote the judges, "to see use of the Web medium to accomplish what might not be possible in print.... The user is given access to fascinating, behind-the-scenes images that reveal how these masterpieces were created ... it perfectly captures the ... delight of comparing the under drawings of each painting." Also, the Web site feature Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits received a 2007 Horizon Interactive Award.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/venice/introduction/index.htm http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/rembrandt/flash/index.htm

2. Videos & Podcasts

The new Videos & Podcasts section on the National Gallery Web site offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore art through multimedia. View premier performances and noteworthy videos and listen to informative, behind-the-scenes discussions and interviews in the audio series. Current highlights include "Out my one window...," an aria from Later the Same Evening: an opera inspired by five paintings of Edward Hopper; "Who Is That Boy in Fancy Dress?" an art talk with Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque paintings; and "Photography between the Wars," a conversation with collector Robert Leibowits.
http://www.nga.gov/podcasts/index.htm

3. NGAkids Debuts "BRUSHster"

BRUSHster, the newest addition to NGAkids Art Zone, is an abstract painting machine for all ages. This Shockwave interactive program contains more than 40 brushes and textures, many with customizable size, transparency, and stroke options. A full palette of colors and special effects that blur, ripple, smudge, and fragment your designs are among the options offered. BRUSHster has a mind of its own—click the AUTO buttons and let the computer generate screen designs for you, or visit the BRUSHster gallery for examples of visual effects you can create.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm

4. Last Chance to Attend Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

The story of photography's extraordinary success and popularity in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, and Poland during a time of tremendous social and political upheaval is presented in the first survey exhibition devoted exclusively to this phenomenon. Foto includes more than 150 photographs, books, and illustrated magazines that reveal modern life in Central Europe between the world wars. A program of films, lectures, and concerts accompanies the exhibition, which is on view through September 3, 2007.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/fotoinfo.htm

Foto Films
The month of August is your last chance to see Modernity and Tradition, a series of archival experimental films and documentaries that unravel the cinematic culture of interwar Central Europe. Polish filmmaker Lech Majewski (b. 1953) will present several of his fantasy films, including The Knight and The Garden of Earthly Delights. New City Symphonies presents highly experimental, urban portraits of cities from New York to Cario. Ringl and Pit examines the pioneering careers of German-born photographers Grete Stern and Ellen Auerbach, and Miss Universe of 1929 documents the amazing story of Hungarian native Lisl Goldarbeiter's rise to beauty pageant stardom as the first Miss Universe.
http://www.nga.gov/programs/film.shtm

5. This Month's Featured Artwork from the National Gallery of Art Permanent Collection: Open Window, Collioure by Henri Matisse

Matisse's Open Window, Collioure is an icon of early modernism. A small but explosive work, it is celebrated as one of the most important early paintings of the so-called fauve school, a group of artists, including Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Georges Braque, that emerged in 1904. Fauve paintings are distinguished by a startling palette of saturated, unmixed colors and broad brushstrokes. The effect is one of spontaneity, although the works reveal a calculated assimilation of techniques from post-impressionism and neo-impressionism. Open Window represents the very inception of the new manner in Matisse's art.
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=106742+0+none

6. Cool Down in August at the National Gallery of Art

Ice-Cold Treats
Enjoy a delicious variety of more than 15 different homemade gelato and sorbetto at the Espresso & Gelato Bar in the East Building, Concourse Level. Ice-cold beverages, lunch sandwiches, and sweet treats are also available, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/cafes.htm

Free Tunes on Fridays by the Fountain
Cool off on Friday evenings next to the grand fountain and reflecting pool in the Gallery's Sculpture Garden while you enjoy the popular and free Jazz in the Garden series. Through August 31, rain or shine, top regional artists perform a mix of jazz styles from swing and progressive to Latin in front of the Pavilion Cafe from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., where cold beverages and seasonal light fare are available.
http://www.nga.gov/programs/jazz.htm

7. August Calendar of Events

Plan your visit to the Gallery with the help of the August Calendar of Events. Schedules of films, lectures, gallery talks, family activities, and concerts are listed along with information about each event.
http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/calendar.htm

FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER TO A FRIEND

PLANNING A VISIT / GENERAL INFORMATION
http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/index.htm

This page provides links to the Gallery's hours and location, Calendar of Events, restaurant hours, accessibility information, Gallery history, and news releases.

The National Gallery of Art, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, is 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.

Admission is free. For general information, call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176.

To obtain a free bimonthly Calendar of Events by mail, call (202) 842-6662 or contact us by e-mail at calendar@nga.gov. Please include your mailing address.

To receive a free quarterly Film Calendar by mail, contact us by e-mail at film-department@nga.gov. Please include your mailing address.

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Image Credits
Banner: (detail) Edward Hopper, Chop Suey, 1929, Collection of Barney A. Ebsworth

1. 2007 Horizon Interactive Award

2. (detail) Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, Friends of American Art Collection, 1942.51, The Art Institute of Chicago, Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago

3. Screenshot of BRUSHster on NGAkids Art Zone

4. (detail) Karel Kasparik, Why?, before 1935, gelatin silver print, Moravska galerie, Brno

5. Still from Miss Universe of 1929, Peter Forgacs

6. (detail) Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, 1998.74.7

7. Photo of the Espresso & Gelato Bar in the East Building, Concourse Level

8. Photo of Thad Wilson of Thad Wilson's Ugetzu

9. (detail) Pierre Brebiette, Bacchus with Diana and Minerva, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.36.1

Exhibitions: Edward Hopper, September 16–January 21, 2008, FOTO: Modernity in Central Europe 1918–1945, June 10–September 3, 2007, Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450–1700, May 6–September 16, 2007


1. Web Site Features Win a Muse Award and a Horizon Interactive Award Two features on the Gallery's Web site have recently won awards. Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting received a 2007 Silver Muse Award for "Online Presence." "It is encouraging," wrote the judges, "to see use of the Web medium to accomplish what might not be possible in print.... The user is given access to fascinating, behind-the-scenes images that reveal how these masterpieces were created ... it perfectly captures the ... delight of comparing the under drawings of each painting." Also, the Web site feature Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits received a 2007 Horizon Interactive Award. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/venice/introduction/index.htm http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/rembrandt/flash/index.htm
2. Videos & Podcasts The new Videos & Podcasts section on the National Gallery Web site offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore art through multimedia. View premier performances and noteworthy videos and listen to informative, behind-the-scenes discussions and interviews in the audio series. Current highlights include "Out my one window...," an aria from Later the Same Evening: an opera inspired by five paintings of Edward Hopper; "Who Is That Boy in Fancy Dress?" an art talk with Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque paintings; and "Photography between the Wars," a conversation with collector Robert Leibowits. http://www.nga.gov/podcasts/index.htm
3. NGAkids Debuts "BRUSHster" BRUSHster, the newest addition to NGAkids Art Zone, is an abstract painting machine for all ages. This Shockwave interactive program contains more than 40 brushes and textures, many with customizable size, transparency, and stroke options. A full palette of colors and special effects that blur, ripple, smudge, and fragment your designs are among the options offered. BRUSHster has a mind of its own—click the AUTO buttons and let the computer generate screen designs for you, or visit the BRUSHster gallery for examples of visual effects you can create. http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm
4. Last Chance to Attend Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945 The story of photography's extraordinary success and popularity in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, and Poland during a time of tremendous social and political upheaval is presented in the first survey exhibition devoted exclusively to this phenomenon. Foto includes more than 150 photographs, books, and illustrated magazines that reveal modern life in Central Europe between the world wars. A program of films, lectures, and concerts accompanies the exhibition, which is on view through September 3, 2007. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/fotoinfo.htm Foto Films The month of August is your last chance to see Modernity and Tradition, a series of archival experimental films and documentaries that unravel the cinematic culture of interwar Central Europe. Polish filmmaker Lech Majewski (b. 1953) will present several of his fantasy films, including The Knight and The Garden of Earthly Delights. New City Symphonies presents highly experimental, urban portraits of cities from New York to Cario. Ringl and Pit examines the pioneering careers of German-born photographers Grete Stern and Ellen Auerbach, and Miss Universe of 1929 documents the amazing story of Hungarian native Lisl Goldarbeiter's rise to beauty pageant stardom as the first Miss Universe. http://www.nga.gov/programs/film.shtm
5. This Month's Featured Artwork from the National Gallery of Art Permanent Collection: Open Window, Collioure by Henri Matisse Matisse's Open Window, Collioure is an icon of early modernism. A small but explosive work, it is celebrated as one of the most important early paintings of the so-called fauve school, a group of artists, including Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Georges Braque, that emerged in 1904. Fauve paintings are distinguished by a startling palette of saturated, unmixed colors and broad brushstrokes. The effect is one of spontaneity, although the works reveal a calculated assimilation of techniques from post-impressionism and neo-impressionism. Open Window represents the very inception of the new manner in Matisse's art. http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=106742+0+none
6. Cool Down in August at the National Gallery of Art Ice-Cold Treats Enjoy a delicious variety of more than 15 different homemade gelato and sorbetto at the Espresso & Gelato Bar in the East Building, Concourse Level. Ice-cold beverages, lunch sandwiches, and sweet treats are also available, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/cafes.htm Free Tunes on Fridays by the Fountain Cool off on Friday evenings next to the grand fountain and reflecting pool in the Gallery's Sculpture Garden while you enjoy the popular and free Jazz in the Garden series. Through August 31, rain or shine, top regional artists perform a mix of jazz styles from swing and progressive to Latin in front of the Pavilion Cafe from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., where cold beverages and seasonal light fare are available. http://www.nga.gov/programs/jazz.htm
7. August Calendar of Events Plan your visit to the Gallery with the help of the August Calendar of Events. Schedules of films, lectures, gallery talks, family activities, and concerts are listed along with information about each event. http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/calendar.htm
FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER TO A FRIEND PLANNING A VISIT / GENERAL INFORMATION http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/index.htm This page provides links to the Gallery's hours and location, Calendar of Events, restaurant hours, accessibility information, Gallery history, and news releases. The National Gallery of Art, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, is 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. Admission is free. For general information, call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176. To obtain a free bimonthly Calendar of Events by mail, call (202) 842-6662 or contact us by e-mail at calendar@nga.gov. Please include your mailing address. To receive a free quarterly Film Calendar by mail, contact us by e-mail at film-department@nga.gov. Please include your mailing address. SUPPORT THE GALLERY Learn how you can become involved in supporting the vital activities of the National Gallery of Art. http://www.nga.gov/support/index.htm TO CONTACT US If you would like to contact us, please submit our Web feedback form at http://www.nga.gov/feedback/webfeedback.htm TO MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION If you would like to change your e-mail address for receipt of this newsletter, go to http://subscribe.nga.gov/subscription_manage_NGart.cfm PROBLEMS WITH THE LINKS? If you are unable to get results by clicking directly on a link, highlight the URL, then copy and paste it in the "Location Bar" at the top of the browser window. This is a post-only mailing address. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY. Image Credits Banner: (detail) Edward Hopper, Chop Suey, 1929, Collection of Barney A. Ebsworth 1. 2007 Horizon Interactive Award 2. (detail) Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, Friends of American Art Collection, 1942.51, The Art Institute of Chicago, Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago 3. Screenshot of BRUSHster on NGAkids Art Zone 4. (detail) Karel Kasparik, Why?, before 1935, gelatin silver print, Moravska galerie, Brno 5. Still from Miss Universe of 1929, Peter Forgacs 6. (detail) Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, 1998.74.7 7. Photo of the Espresso & Gelato Bar in the East Building, Concourse Level 8. Photo of Thad Wilson of Thad Wilson's Ugetzu 9. (detail) Pierre Brebiette, Bacchus with Diana and Minerva, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.36.1 Exhibitions: Edward Hopper, September 16–January 21, 2008, FOTO: Modernity in Central Europe 1918–1945, June 10–September 3, 2007, Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450–1700, May 6–September 16, 2007