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Image: Hans Baldung Grien, Madonna and Child, 1515/1517, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.101.1Image: Mel Bochner, Theory of Boundaries, 1969–1970, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund, 2004.123.1Image: Edward Hopper, The Cat Boat, 1922, Rosenwald Collection, 1949.5.72Image: John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778, Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund, 1963.6.1

Sunday, August 31
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
Film: Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
Film: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Film: Amor de Perdição (Doomed Love)
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

Monday, September 1
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Guided Tour: American art in French
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Tuesday, September 2
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
Gallery Talk: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Film: A Glimpse of de Kooning
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
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Spanish
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Wednesday, September 3
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Gallery Talk: Degas
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: "Twelve Events in a Dual Universe" by Alfred Jensen
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, September 4
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "War News from Mexico" by Richard Caton Woodville
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
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
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, September 5
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
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
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
5:00PM
Jazz Programs: Bruno Nasta (Jazz Violin)
followed by the U.S. Army Blues

Saturday, September 6
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
12:00PM
Guided Tour: Korean
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Alexander Calder at the National Gallery of Art
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
Film: Earth and Ashes
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century


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