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Press Releases: 2018

December 31, 2018
National Gallery of Art's Spring 2019 Lecture Series Features World-Renowned Artists and Scholars in a Wide Variety of Programs

National Gallery of Art Launches First Online Course: "Teaching Critical Thinking through Art"

December 14, 2018
The Evans-Tibbs Archive of African American Art Explored in National Gallery of Art Library Installation

December 11, 2018
National Gallery of Art Elects Kaywin Feldman as its Fifth Director, Succeeding Earl A. Powell III

December 9, 2018
First Tintoretto Retrospective in America Celebrates Venetian Master's 500th Birthday

December 7, 2018
National Gallery of Art 2019 Winter Film Program Features Gordon Parks Retrospective, Washington Premieres, Cinema from Portugal, and Discussions with Filmmakers

November 20, 2018
National Gallery of Art Catering Partner Starr Catering Group Launches New Name, Brand Identity as Constellation Culinary Group

October 26, 2018
Discover the Holiday Season at the National Gallery of Art with Caroling, Lectures, Ice-Skating, Gallery Gifts, Seasonal Flavors, and Festive Decorations

October 12, 2018
Popular Ice Rink in National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Opens November 19

October 9, 2018
Stephen J. Campbell to Discuss Titian's Critical Reception in the 22nd Annual Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art on November 4

September 28, 2018
National Gallery of Art Awards Eleven Fellowships and Internships to Emerging Leaders in the Museum Profession

National Gallery of Art's Fall 2018 Lecture Series Features Renowned Artists and Scholars in Programs that Complement Special Exhibitions

September 12, 2018
Historic Exhibition of 16 Centuries of Animals in Japanese Art Will Showcase Masterpieces That Rarely Leave Japan

National Gallery of Art 2018 Fall Film Program Features Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture, Films Across Borders Series, Washington Premiers, Archival Retrospectives, and Discussions with Filmmakers

August 27, 2018
Documentary Archival Material Related to Rachel Whiteread's "Ghost" in National Gallery of Art Library Installation

August 2, 2018
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) Announces 2018–2019 Academic Year Appointments

July 20, 2018
First Comprehensive Survey of Rachel Whiteread's Work Makes American Debut at National Gallery of Art, Washington

Free After-Hours Evenings at the Edge Program Returns on September 13 for Six Thursdays in Fall and Spring

June 22, 2018
Dawoud Bey's Poignant "The Birmingham Project" on View at National Gallery of Art, September 12, 2018, through March 24, 2019

First Comprehensive Exhibition of Chiaroscuro Woodcuts from Italian Renaissance on View at National Gallery of Art, October 14, 2018, through January 20, 2019

Fall Season of Free Concerts Features New Pop-Up Concert Series, Music by Gordon Parks, and Washington Premiere by Theremin Virtuoso Carolina Eyck

June 21, 2018
National Gallery of Art Awards 14 Summer Internships in Wide Variety of Curatorial, Educational, Administrative, and Other Roles

June 7, 2018
National Gallery of Art 2018 Summer Film Program Features Ingmar Bergman Centennial, Ciné-Concerts, Washington Premieres, Archival Retrospectives, and Discussions with Filmmakers

June 5, 2018
Hyperspectral Near-Infrared Imaging of Picasso Blue Period Painting Reveals French Newsprint and Earlier Works Beneath Painting's Surface

May 25, 2018
First Exhibition to Chronicle Formative Beginning of Gordon Parks's Career Premieres at the National Gallery of Art on November 4, 2018

Major Conservation Treatment of Tiepolo's Monumental Bacchus and Ariadne Reveals Hidden Details. Painting goes on view June 14, 2018

Exhibition Celebrating History of Humor in Prints and Drawings Opens at National Gallery of Art on July 15

May 11, 2018
Wu Hung of the University of Chicago Presents the 68th Annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in 2019 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Major Exhibition of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's Paintings of Women; National Gallery of Art is the Only Venue, September 9 through December 31, 2018

May 10, 2018
Monet's Study for "The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil" Shown with National Gallery of Art Painting for First Time as Part of Norton Simon Loan Exchange

April 18, 2018
Major Photographic Archive of Art and Architecture Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Installation at National Gallery of Art

April 12, 2018
National Gallery of Art Exhibition of Golden Age Paintings Explores Connections Between Birth of Dutch Nationhood and Marine Genre

April 6, 2018
National Gallery of Art, Washington Launches Director Search with Firm Phillips Oppenheim

March 16, 2018
National Gallery of Art Welcomes New Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellows

March 14, 2018
National Gallery of Art 2018 Spring Film Program Features Washington Premieres, Archival Retrospectives, and Discussions with Filmmakers and Artists

March 1, 2018
National Gallery of Art's Free Jazz in the Garden Concert Series Returns on Friday, May 18, 2018

John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art and Community Celebration Explores American Storytelling with World-Renowned Artists and Engaging Free Programs, March 23, 25

February 28, 2018
National Gallery of Art's Spring 2018 Lecture Series Showcases Renowned Artists, Scholars, Philanthropists on Diverse and Timely Topics

January 8, 2018
First Major International Exhibition of Sally Mann's Work of the South Premieres at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 4–May 28, 2018