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Advance Exhibition Schedule

Lynda Benglis
(Postponed) March 22, 2020–January 24, 2021

A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600–1750
September 26, 2021–January 9, 2022

The New Woman Behind the Camera
October 31, 2021–January 30, 2022

True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, June 22–September 19, 2021
Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris, October 21, 2021–January 23, 2022

Recent Press Releases

March 29, 2021

Damon Reaves Joins the National Gallery of Art as Head of Education

Updated: March 26, 2021

Jennifer L. Roberts of Harvard University to Present the 70th Annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in Spring 2021

March 24, 2021

New Undergraduate Paid Internship Program for Careers in Museums Announced by National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Partnership with Howard University and Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

March 22, 2021

Eric Motley Joins National Gallery of Art as Deputy Director

March 17, 2021

Katharina Fritsch's "Hahn/Cock" Given to National Gallery of Art by Glenstone Museum as a Symbol of Hope and Renewal

March 5, 2021

National Gallery of Art Commissions Three Temporary Site-Responsive Works for East Building in 2021

February 22, 2021

National Gallery of Art Announces Launch of Kress Collection Digital Archive

National Gallery of Art Announces New Original Podcast Series

February 8, 2021

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden to Reopen on Valentine's Day, February 14

February 1, 2021

National Gallery of Art Announces Franklin Kelly to Return to Full-Time Curatorial Work as Christiane Ellis Valone Curator of American Paintings

January 13, 2021

National Gallery of Art Announces New Staff Appointed to Key Positions Across the Museum

December 28, 2020

National Gallery of Art Acquires Forty Works by African American Artists from Souls Grown Deep Foundation

November 19, 2020

National Gallery of Art to Temporarily Close November 21

November 5, 2020

New Schedule for "Philip Guston Now" Announced

October 19, 2020

National Gallery of Art Announces Reopening of Additional Galleries This Fall

October 1, 2020

New Two-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship Gives Scholarship and Teaching Opportunities to Emerging Art Historians

Updated September 22, 2020

Yve-Alain Bois Will Give the 69th Annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in Fall 2022

Update: September 21, 2020

Philip Guston Now- Statement from the Directors

September 19, 2020

National Gallery of Art Celebrates Revolutionary Female Photographers in Groundbreaking Exhibition

September 1, 2020

National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) Announces 2020–2021 Academic Year Appointments in Virtual Environment

July 27, 2020

National Gallery of Art Appoints Sheila McDaniel as Administrator

National Gallery of Art Celebrates Extravagant Baroque Style of 17th- and Early 18th-Century Genoa in Landmark Exhibition on View September 26, 2021 through January 9, 2022

July 13, 2020

National Gallery of Art West Building Ground Floor Reopens July 20 with Free Timed Passes Required for Entry

July 2, 2020

Michael Lapthorn Named as New Chief of Design for National Gallery of Art, Washington

National Gallery of Art Hosts Virtual Summer Internships Across Nations and Disciplines

June 24, 2020

Major Painting by Native American Artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith Acquired by National Gallery of Art

June 15, 2020

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Reopens June 20; Visitor Guidelines and Phased Museum Reopening Announced

June 1, 2020

Director's Message, June 1, 2020

Previous News Releases...

Recent Acquisitions:

Susan Hiller, Ten Months

Dora Maar, Père Ubu

Heather Podesta Gifts

Katharina Fritsch, Hahn/Cock

Nancy Shaver, Georgiana, Shirley, and SharonMore...

Special Installations:

American Art, 1900–1950: The City

American Art, 1900–1950: American Surreal: Arshile Gorky and Nathan Lerner

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

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National Gallery of Art Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary of Director Earl A. Powell III; 2019 Retirement Announced

East Building Renovation General Information

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States

Corcoran Announcement

Ultra-High-Resolution Photography of Paintings

Second Round of Corcoran Acquisitions

Third Round of Corcoran Acquisitions

Fourth Round of Corcoran Acquisitions

National Gallery of Art, Overview

Catalogue Raisonné of Mark Rothko's Works on Paper to be Published by National Gallery of Art, Washington

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