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Image: Mary Cassatt, Child in a Straw Hat, c. 1886, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.17Image: Edward Hopper, American Landscape, 1920, Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection) and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1979.64.1Image: Medici Porcelain Factory, Flask, c. 1575/1587, or slightly later, Widener Collection, 1942.9.354Image: John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778, Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund, 1963.6.1

Sunday, September 23
11:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: George Bellows
Gallery Talk: Gesture and Movement: Degas's Sculptures
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Lecture: Introduction to the Exhibition—"Shock of the News"
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Film: Audition
followed by Taking Off
6:30PM
Concert: Osman Kivrak, viola
Teri Lazar, violin
Paul Kosower, cello
Stephen Ackert, piano

Monday, September 24
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:00AM
Gallery Talk: George Bellows
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
12:10PM
Lecture: "Eyear": The OHO Collective's Work across Media
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1:10PM
Lecture: "Eyear": The OHO Collective's Work across Media
1:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
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

Tuesday, September 25
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
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Wednesday, September 26
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
12:10PM
Concert: Barbora Kolarova, violinist
Andrea Rousova, lecturer
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, September 27
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
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, September 28
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 tour of American art
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden (weather permitting)
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Deacon Peckham's "Hobby Horse"
1:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
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

Saturday, September 29
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Family Activity: Art Rules!
11:30AM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Film: George Bellows
12:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Deacon Peckham's "Hobby Horse"
Film: The Fireman's Ball
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden (weather permitting)
2:00PM
Family Activity: Art Rules!
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:00PM
Film: Black Peter
followed by Loves of a Blonde
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection


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