The Gallery launches a new accessibility program, The Art of Looking, a series of four salon-style conversations to help participants analyze, experience, and practice skills in slow looking, active listening, fostering empathy, and perspective taking.
The Gallery becomes the first American art museum to invite teams of data scientists and art historians across the nation to analyze, contextualize, and visualize its permanent collection data to promote wider public access to its collection, culminating in a two-day public datathon event.
Conservation treatment of six 18th-century French marble sculptures in the West Building East Sculpture Hall is carried out in situ during public hours for the first time, allowing visitors to observe and learn about the Gallery's renowned conservation, research and scientific programs.