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Exhibitions

The New Woman Behind the Camera
February 14–May 31, 2021

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

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

True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870
Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris, February 20–May 23, 2021
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, June 22–September 19, 2021

Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain
Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
September 20, 2020 – January 10, 2021

Recent Press Releases

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

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

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

May 15, 2020

In Memoriam: Alan Shestack (1938–2020)

March 11, 2020

New Senior Research Fellowships Focus on Underrepresented Areas of Art History

March 6, 2020

Professor Steven Nelson Announced as New Dean of the Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at National Gallery of Art, Washington

February 20, 2020

Pioneering Artist Lynda Benglis Celebrated in Exhibition

February 14, 2020

National Gallery of Art Washington Announces New Curator of Italian and Spanish Paintings Eve Straussman-Pflanzer

Previous News Releases...

Recent Acquisitions:

Jan Brueghel the Elder, Wooded Landscape with Travelers, 1610

Roy DeCarava, Dancers

Mickalene Thomas, Melody: Back

Adriaen Coorte, Still Life with a Hanging Bunch of Grapes, Two Medlars, and a Butterfly

Thomas Demand, images from the series Yellowcake

More...

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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2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

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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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