- Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series
- Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art
- Elson Lecture Series
- A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
- Wyeth Foundation for American Art Programs
- Conversations with Artists
- Collecting of African American Art
- Conversations with Collectors
- Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE)
- Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture
- Reflections on the Collection: The Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professors at the National Gallery of Art
- John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art
- Celebrating the East Building: 20th-Century Art
- Celebrating the Old Master Collections of the National Gallery of Art
- Teaching Critical Thinking through Art
Audio and Video
Exhibition Overview: Afro-Atlantic Histories
Kanitra Fletcher, Molly Donovan, and Steven Nelson introduce Afro-Atlantic Histories, drawing parallels between the visual cultures of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora and taking an in-depth look at the works of art, historical experiences, and cultural formations of Black and African people since the 17th century.
Recent Additions

The Past Is Present | Carrie Mae Weems and the 54th Regiment
Released: May 30, 2022
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Global Perspectives: The New Woman Behind the Camera
Released: January 19, 2022
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Episode 10: Christian McBride and Roy DeCarava’s “David”
Released: June 06, 2021
(24:18 minutes)

The 70th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts: Contact: Art and the Pull of Print, Part 4: Strain
Released: May 16, 2021
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Episode 9: Nathalie Joachim and Carrie Mae Weems’s “May Flowers”
Released: May 16, 2021
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The 70th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts: Contact: Art and the Pull of Print, Part 4: Strain
Released: May 16, 2021
(46:01 minutes)

Cherokee Chamber Singers with members of the Winston-Salem Symphony
Released: April 25, 2021
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Episode 7: Vijay Iyer and I.M. Pei’s “National Gallery of Art, East Building”
Released: April 18, 2021
(24:18 minutes)

Episode 6: Emily Wells and David Wojnarowicz’s “Untitled (Falling Buffalos)”
Released: April 04, 2021
(24:18 minutes)

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series: Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith
Released: March 25, 2020
(18:26 minutes)

Episode 5: Kamala Sankaram and Mark Rothko’s “Untitled”
Released: March 21, 2021
(24:18 minutes)

Episode 4: Jasiri X and Kerry James Marshall’s “Untitled (Man)”
Released: March 07, 2021
(27:45 minutes)

Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography: Teju Cole and Fazal Sheikh
Released: March 05, 2021
(12:30 minutes)

Episode 2: Daniel Bernard Roumain and "American Gothic"
Released: February 21, 2021
(00:00 minutes)

Episode 1: Lara Downes and "Tomorrow I May Be Far Away"
Released: February 21, 2021
(00:00 minutes)

2020 Summer Lecture Series: Staycation: Modern Masters of the French Riviera
Released: August 07, 2020
(76:15 minutes)

2020 Summer Lecture Series: Staycation: Milan: A Tale of Two Cities
Released: July 31, 2020
(76:15 minutes)

2020 Summer Lecture Series: Staycation: Milan: A Tale of Two Cities
Released: July 31, 2020
(76:15 minutes)

Blurred Identities: The Art and Audience of Lynching Photography
Released: July 14, 2020
(32:14 minutes)

Black Opera as Architecture: A Conversation with Kimberly Drew, Alicia Hall Moran, and Imani Uzuri
Released: June 30, 2020
(69:18 minutes)

Cats in the National Gallery of Art's Permanent Collection
Released: April 21, 2020
(64:59 minutes)

Art and Photography in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Part I
Released: April 14, 2020
(117:59 minutes)

Coding Our Collection: The National Gallery of Art Datathon
Released: April 07, 2020
(74:18 minutes)

Wyeth Lecture in American Art 2019: Art Is an Excuse: Conceptual Strategies, 1968–1983
Released: April 02, 2020
(54:57 minutes)

The Problem with Renoir: A Hard Look at the Artist on the Centennial of His Death
Released: April 07, 2020
(65:21 minutes)

Wyeth Lecture in American Art 2019: Art Is an Excuse: Conceptual Strategies, 1968–1983
Released: April 02, 2020
(54:57 minutes)

Coding Our Collection: The National Gallery of Art Datathon
Released: April 07, 2020
(74:18 minutes)

Introduction to the Exhibition-Raphael and His Circle
Released: March 24, 2020
(59:23 minutes)

Painting in the Open Air: A Conversation with Ann Lofquist
Released: March 17, 2020
(62:29 minutes)

Introduction to the Exhibition—Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain
Released: February 11, 2020
(39:16 minutes)

The Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art: Andrea Mantegna’s Stones, Caves, and Clouds
Released: January 14, 2020
(55:30 minutes)

Before the Kodak Girl: Women in Nineteenth-Century Photography
Released: January 28, 2020
(54:08 minutes)

Art and Photography in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Part II
Released: January 21, 2020
(127:37 minutes)

Art and Photography in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Part I
Released: January 21, 2020
(117:59 minutes)

Photography and Nation Building in the Nineteenth Century
Released: December 03, 2019
(45:54 minutes)

Space Was the Place: An Abbreviated History of Washington, DC Arts Venues
Released: September 10, 2019
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