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Image: Alfred Jensen, Twelve Events in a Dual Universe, 1978, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2007.35.1Image: Edward Hopper, East Side Interior, 1922, Rosenwald Collection, 1949.5.71Image: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Mortlake Terrace, 1827, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.109Image: Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.44
Focus: Exhibitions | Focus: the Collection | Drawing Salon
Focus: Exhibitions
Civic Pride: Group Portraits from Amsterdam
Eric Denker
September 4–6, 20 at 12:00PM
September 19 at 11:00AM
(20 minutes)
George Bellows
Diane Arkin, Eric Denker, or David Gariff
September 5, 7, 11, 14, 22, 23 at 1:00PM
September 18, 20, 24 at 11:00AM
October 1 at 11:00AM
(50 minutes)
Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst
Eric Denker
September 12–16, 19 at 12:00PM
(50 minutes)
Deacon Peckham's "Hobby Horse"
Wilford W. Scott
September 28–30 at 1:00PM
October 1 at 1:00PM
(30 minutes)
Shock of the News
Adam Davies
October 3–5, 10, 11 at 2:00PM
(60 minutes)
Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection, 1700–1830
Wilford W. Scott
October 8 at 1:00PM
(60 minutes)
In the Tower: Barnett Newman
David Gariff
October 15, 17, 19–21, 24, 26 at 1:00PM
(50 minutes)
Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective
Diane Arkin
October 16–18, 22–24 at 2:00PM
(50 minutes)
The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years
Adam Davies
October 23, 24, 26, 31 at 12:00PM
(60 minutes)
Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475–1540
Eric Denker
October 24, 26 at 11:00AM
October 28–30 at 1:00PM
(60 minutes)
Focus: The Collection
Paolo Veronese in the National Gallery of Art
Eric Denker
September 11, 17, 18 at 2:00PM
(60 minutes)
Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments
September 26 at 1:00PM
October 24 at 1:00PM
(50 minutes)
Joaquín Torres García's "Untitled Composition" and the Introduction of European Modernism to Latin America (in Spanish)
Marta Horgan
October 6 at 2:00PM
October 9 at 12:00PM
(30 minutes)
Self-Portraits in the National Gallery of Art
Eric Denker
October 23, 25, 27, 31 at 1:00PM
(60 minutes)
Drawing Salon

Gather around works of art for sketching and conversation. This series of workshops focuses on works in the collection through observation, drawing, and discussion. Led by practicing artists and museum educators, the program integrates art history and studio art practices.

Free, but space is limited to 35 participants per session. No advance registration; participation is on a first-come, first-served basis with sign-in beginning at 12:30 pm in the West Building East Garden Court and continuing until all spaces are filled. All drawing materials provided. For more information, contact drawingsalon@nga.gov.

Gesture and Movement: Degas's Sculptures
September 20, 23 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Light and Shadow: Baroque Painting
October 18, 21 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Texture and Materiality: Dutch Still Life
November 15, 18 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Texture and Shading: Nauman's Hands
December 6, 9 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Parts and Whole: Saint-Gaudens' "Shaw Memorial"
January 10, 13 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Tone and Atmosphere: Hudson River School
February 7, 10 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Line and Space: Calder's Mobiles
March 14, 17 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Composition and Perspective: Canaletto and Panini
April 11, 14 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM