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Upcoming Exhibitions

Advance Exhibition Schedule

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018

In the Tower: Anne Truitt
November 19, 2017–April 1, 2018

Michel Sittow: Estonian Painter at the Courts of Renaissance Europe
January 28–May 13, 2018

Current Exhibitions

Bosch to Bloemaert: Early Netherlandish Drawings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
October 8, 2017–January 7, 2018

Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures
October 8–December 3, 2017

Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel
September 17, 2017–January 28, 2018

Edvard Munch: Color in Context
September 3, 2017–January 28, 2018

In the Library: Jost Amman and 16th-Century Woodcut Illustration
September 5, 2017–January 5, 2018

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

 

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

 

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

 

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

 

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

 

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

 

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

 

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection
September 1, 2013–January 5, 2014

Special Installations

Leo Villareal, Multiverse
on view indefinitely

Andy Goldsworthy, Roof
on view indefinitely

Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection, 1700–1830
on view indefinitely

Exhibitions On Tour

Stuart Davis: In Full Swing
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
September 16, 2017–January 8, 2018

East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography
New Orleans Museum of Art
October 5, 2017 –January 7, 2018

Recent News Releases

October 16, 2017
Shopping & Dining: A Celebration of 'Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry"
October 5, 2019
National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) to Host The Wyeth Lecture in American Art, October 25, 2017, at 4:30PM
September 29, 2017
Rare Netherlandish Drawings on Loan From Rotterdam Unveiled at National Gallery of Art, Washington; Drawings by Hieronymus Bosch Among Stunning Works
September 22, 2017
National Gallery of Art 2017–2018 Fall and Winter Lecture Series Brings Together Renowned Artists, Authors, Scholars, Philanthropists, Historians, and Teachers; Book Signings Feature Highly Anticipated Publications
September 1, 2017
Photographic Portraits are Explored in Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
August 20, 2017
National Gallery of Art Seeks Docents for Group Tours
August 20, 2017
National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) Announces 2017–2018 Academic Year Appointments
August 14, 2017
Michel Sittow Exhibition Celebrates Estonian Master of Early Netherlandish Art at National Gallery of Art, January 28–May 13, 2018
August 11, 2017
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Announces New Staff Appointments
August 2, 2017
Evenings at the Edge, the Popular After-Hours Program at the National Gallery of Art Returns to the East Building with Four Events during the 2017-2018 Season
July 18, 2017
Woodcut Book Illustration from the 16th Century Explored in National Gallery of Art Library Installation
July 11, 2017
Jean Honoré Fragonard Exhibition Unites Fantasy Figures and Newly Discovered Drawing at National Gallery of Art, October 8–December 3, 2017
June 27, 2017
Anne Truitt Exhibition Celebrates the Career of Leading Minimal Artist at National Gallery of Art, November 19, 2017–April 1, 2018
June 26, 2017
Edvard Munch Prints Explore Spiritualist Color Theories at the National Gallery of Art
June 26, 2017
National Gallery of Art Awards 18 Summer Internships
June 21, 2017
National Gallery of Art 2017 Summer Film Program Includes Washington Premieres, Special Appearances, New Restorations, Retrospectives, Tributes to Canada and to French Production House "Gaumont," Discussions and Book Signings with Authors, and Collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
May 17, 2017
Hal Foster of Princeton University Presents the 67th Annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in 2018 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
April 28, 2017
Landmark Exhibition Brings to Light Relationships Between Vermeer and his Contemporaries
April 18, 2017
2017 Spring Film Season at National Gallery of Art Features Romanian New Wave, the Film Art of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, International Animation Plus Premieres, Talks, and Special Appearances
April 6, 2017
Avant-Garde Ephemera from the 1960s and 1970s Explored in National Gallery of Art Library Installation
March 30, 2017
Impressionist Edgar Degas Explored in Conservation Journal "Facture" Celebrating Centenary of His Death
March 17, 2017
$1 Million Received by the National Gallery of Art from the Edmond J. Safra Foundation to Endow the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professorship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
March 9, 2017
17th Jazz in the Garden Concert Series Kicks Off on May 19 at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
March 1, 2017
Getty Museum and National Gallery of Art Announce Major Gifts of Photographs from the Collection of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
February 22, 2017
African American Art World in 20th-Century Washington Explored in 2017 Wyeth Foundation for American Art Symposium at National Gallery of Art, Washington
February 21, 2017
Eighteenth-Century French Paintings From Across America on View at National Gallery of Art, Washington
February 19, 2017
French Sculptor Auguste Rodin Centenary Celebrated in North America with Exhibitions and Educational Programs
February 9, 2017
Theaster Gates Presents New Body of Work in Solo Exhibition at National Gallery of Art, Washington
January 17, 2017
Frédéric Bazille Exhibition Explores Artist's Role in Impressionist Movement at National Gallery of Art, April 9–July 9, 2017
January 10, 2017
American Prints of Urban Life Celebrated at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, February 26 through August 6, 2017
January 10, 2017
Seven Centuries from the Woodner Collections Celebrated at National Gallery of Art, March 12–July 16, 2017
January 10, 2017
2017 Winter Films at National Gallery of Art Include Nine Ciné-Concerts, Five Virginia Dwan Favorites, a Rare 35mm French Version of The Crucible, Hand-Tinted Italian Silents, a Washington Premiere, Archival Jazz Shorts, and Appearances by Eleven Filmmakers, Artists, and Musicians
January 6, 2017
Artistic Process of Christo and Jeanne-Claude Explored Through Installation of Documentary Photographs in National Gallery of Art Library Installation
January 5, 2017
Earliest Photographs of Eastern American Landscapes Featured in Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
December 23, 2016
National Gallery of Art 2017 Winter Lecture Program Highlights Distinguished Artists, Scholars, and Curators
October 24, 2016
Key Works by Caspar Netscher, Herman Saftleven, and Emil Nolde Acquired by the National Gallery of Art
October 20, 2016
Gustave Caillebotte Painting Donated by Scharffenberger Family of California to National Gallery of Art, Washington
October 6, 2016
National Gallery of Art Acquires Caspar Netscher's Masterpiece "A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page"
August 22, 2016
National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) Announces 2016–2017 Academic Year Appointments
August 19, 2012
National Gallery of Art Returns World War II-Era Duress-Sale Drawing to Heirs
April 29, 2016
Catalogue Raisonné of Mark Rothko's Works on Paper to be Published by National Gallery of Art, Washington

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