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Image: 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, 1942.9.33Image: Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1976, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1977.76.1Image: Hans Baldung Grien, Madonna and Child, 1515/1517, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.101.1

Sunday, October 19
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: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Family Activity: Drawing Inspiration
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Lecture: Finding Ancient Rome on the Bay of Naples: An Introduction to Pompeii and the Roman Villa
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: New Masters of European Cinema
Dernier maquis (The Last Underground)
Cahiers du Cinéma critic Jean-Philippe Tessé in person
6:30PM
Concert: Festival Strings Lucerne

Monday, October 20
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: French
12:10PM
Lecture: Venice in the Bazaar: Ceramics, Textiles, and Furniture
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:10PM
Lecture: Venice in the Bazaar: Ceramics, Textiles, and Furniture
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: French
Gallery Talk: Conquering Gotham: "Blue Morning" by George Bellows
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Tuesday, October 21
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
Film: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
12:00PM
Guided Tour: German
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: German
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Wednesday, October 22
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: "A Boy for Meg" by Andy Warhol
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:10PM
Concert: Brazilian Guitar Quartet
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
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, October 23
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
Guided Tour: Japanese
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Guided Tour: Japanese
Gallery Talk: Conquering Gotham: "Blue Morning" by George Bellows
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, October 24
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
Film: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
12:00PM
Guided Tour: American art in Spanish
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:00PM
Gallery Talk: Conquering Gotham: "Blue Morning" by George Bellows
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Saturday, October 25
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Home Sweet Home
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
12:00PM
Guided Tour: German
Guided Tour: Korean
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings
1:30PM
Family Activity: Home Sweet Home
2:00PM
Guided Tour: German
Lecture: The Last Days of Pompeii
Film: The Last Days of Pompeii
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


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