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Image: Antonio Susini, after a model by Giovanni Bologna, Venus Drying Herself ("Cesarini Venus"), late 16th or early 17th century, Robert H. Smith CollectionImage: Hans Baldung Grien, Madonna and Child, 1515/1517, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.101.1Image: Lucas Samaras, Chair Transformation Number 20B, 1996, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund, 1998.99.1Image: Pieter de Hooch, The Bedroom, 1658/1660, Widener Collection, 1942.9.33

Sunday, August 3
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Children's Film: Reel Fun
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
2:00PM
Lecture: Constantin Brancusi and Postwar Sculpture in the United States
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Film: Standing Up

Monday, August 4
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: The Cubists
Guided Tour: American Art in French
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Martin Puryear
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection

Tuesday, August 5
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: The Cubists
Film: Glassmakers of Herat
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Family Activity: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Archaeology, Afghanistan, and the Ancient Silk Road
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection

Wednesday, August 6
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Children's Film: Reel Fun
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Children's Film: Reel Fun
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: The Cubists
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Martin Puryear
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection

Thursday, August 7
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Beach Views
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
Gallery Talk: The Cubists
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Richard Misrach: On the Beach
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
Family Activity: Beach Views
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection

Friday, August 8
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Beach Views
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Martin Puryear
Gallery Talk: Archaeology, Afghanistan, and the Ancient Silk Road
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Family Activity: Beach Views
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
Film: View from a Grain of Sand
preceded by Kabul Girls Club
5:00PM
Jazz Programs: QuinTango (Tango)

Saturday, August 9
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Beach Views
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Russian
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—German and Northern European
Film: The Beauty Academy of Kabul
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Russian
Family Activity: Beach Views
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
4:30PM
Film: Underworld
Alloy Orchestra, live appearance


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