| NEW EXHIBITION: "EDVARD MUNCH: MASTER PRINTS" |
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 Edvard Munch is renowned for his haunting portrayals of love, alienation, jealousy, and death—universal human experiences that he filtered through events in his own life. By manipulating color, line, texture, and pictorial details, he reworked these images in multiple print variations, continually renewing their power to express his artistic goals. Explore Munch's experimentation and virtuosic handling of woodcut, lithography, and intaglio in our online slideshow.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2010/munch/index.htm (exhibition highlights)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/munchinfo.htm (exhibition information)
shop.nga.gov/nga/category.cgi?item=410000379585 (purchase the exhibition catalogue)
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| THIS MONTH'S FEATURED WORK OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION: "HEAD OF A WOMAN (FERNANDE)" BY PABLO PICASSO |
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 In 1909 Picasso executed more than 60 portraits of his companion, Fernande Olivier, many of which were the subject of a 2003–2004 exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. In their tenacious pursuit of a single subject, these works reveal a level of experimentation that stands out in the history of portraiture. Even more significant, the Fernande series—culminating in the magnificent Head of a Woman (Fernande), one of Picasso's rare pre-1912 sculptures—coincided with the invention of cubism. On view in the East Building, Upper Level.
www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=123399 (Head of a Woman)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2003/slideshow/slide-197-1.htm (Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier exhibition highlights) |
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| NEW VIDEO: BRICE MARDEN IN THE STUDIO |
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 Brice Marden continues to make some of the most surprising and ravishing paintings of our time. In the 1960s and 1970s he was known for matte, monochromatic paintings, often with multiple panels. But his 1984 visit to an exhibition of Japanese calligraphy triggered a dramatic shift in style that culminated in a masterful series of gestural paintings and drawings entitled Cold Mountain. Since that time Marden has explored linear networks as the basis for ambitious, allover abstractions. In this video, recorded in the artist's Manhattan studio, Marden discusses his technique, sources of inspiration, and works in progress with Gallery curator Harry Cooper.
www.nga.gov/podcasts/index.shtm#marden (video) |
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| NEW AUDIO PODCASTS: THE DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL LECTURE SERIES |
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 The Diamonstein-Spielvogel lecture series provides a forum for distinguished artists to discuss the genesis and evolution of their work in their own words. The series, now available as audio podcasts, includes lectures by Brice Marden, Rachel Whiteread, Mel Bochner, and Chuck Close in conversation with National Gallery of Art curators. Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and the Honorable Carl Spielvogel generously endowed this series to make such conversations available to the public.
www.nga.gov/podcasts/diamonstein-spielvogel.htm |
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| RECENT ACQUISITION: "MESSENGER" BY THOMAS CHIMES |
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 This mysterious painting begs to be deciphered. A hazy profile can be discerned in the white field of Messenger, with layers of white paint veiling the photo-based image while at the same time blasting it with light. Tiny words dot the canvas and skim the bottom edge. Chimes has said that whiteness "suggests emerging consciousness." Two quotations—in French and Greek, referencing God, science, and nature—are carved into the paint. What does it all mean? The painting raises questions about truth and nonsense, appearance and disappearance, clarity and obscurity. On view in the East Building, Vestibule, 414 (Pod 1).
www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=150424 |
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| REVISIT THE "ROBERT BERGMAN" EXHIBITION |
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 Organized by the National Gallery of Art and on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts through August 22, Robert Bergman: Portraits, 1986–1995 presents 33 monumental photographs by this brilliant artist. For more than 40 years Bergman has traveled through the streets and back alleys of the United States, taking color pictures of everyday people who moved him profoundly. Take a closer look at his portraits in our online exhibition highlights, or purchase the book A Kind of Rapture, which brings together the first selection from Bergman's epic enterprise and is certain to be a classic work on photography.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2009/bergman/template/index.htm (exhibition highlights)
shop.nga.gov/nga/category.cgi?item=410000327739 (A Kind of Rapture)
www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3725 (Minneapolis Institute of Arts) |
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| SCHOOL TOURS FOR 2010–2011 |
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 On Monday, August 2, registration for school tours opens for the coming academic year. The National Gallery of Art offers a positive and welcoming learning environment for school groups, with tours led by skilled docents who emphasize careful observation and an open exchange of ideas. A variety of teaching strategies—such as sketching, creative writing, and group activities—meets the needs and interests of a range of learners, and docents consult with teachers to ensure that thematic tours enhance, support, and extend classroom learning and curriculum objectives.
www.nga.gov/education/school.htm |
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| NGA SHOP: "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: THE CATALOGUE RAISONNE" |
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| CASVA FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED |
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 In preparation for the new academic year at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, application materials for a number of fellowships are now available online. CASVA, a research institute located in the National Gallery of Art East Building, fosters study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, urbanism, photography, and film, from prehistoric times to the present. Further information about its resident community of scholars and fellowship applications and deadlines can be found on the Web.
www.nga.gov/casva/fellowships.htm
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| NGAKIDS INTERACTION: FACES AND PLACES |
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 "Faces and Places" is a two-part interactive activity inspired by the National Gallery of Art's extensive collection of American naive art. Elements from more than 100 paintings have been included in these programs, which encourage young artists to create portraits, landscapes, or genre scenes of daily life. "Faces" offers easy-to-use interactive tools that allow users to modify the expressions and hairstyles of the subjects or to add decorative elements to a stylized domestic interior. "Places" is a panoramic landscape activity that introduces children to the fundamentals of landscape and genre painting while offering a glimpse of life in rural America from the late 18th through the middle of the 19th century. Music and surprising animations enliven the scene, as children experiment with perspective, composition, color, and scale.
www.nga.gov/kids/zone/facesplaces.htm |
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| AUDIO TOURS: DIRECTOR'S TOUR AND CHILDREN'S TOUR |
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 Explore more than 130 beloved masterpieces at the National Gallery of Art with Director Earl A. Powell III and Gallery curators. Highlights include works by Leonardo, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Monet, and others, along with information on acquisition, history, and conservation. The Director's Tour is available at the Mall entrance of West Building for $5 and is also offered in Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, and Mandarin. For young art lovers ages 7–12, the free, self-guided children's audio tour gives children an opportunity to get "up close and personal" with some of the world's greatest paintings on display in the West Building.
www.nga.gov/programs/audio |
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 Plan your visit to the Gallery with the help of the August Calendar of Events. Listings of films, lectures, gallery talks, family activities, and concerts provide details about each event. Check back often for the most up-to-date information, as new events are regularly added.
www.nga.gov/programs/calendar |
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 On Sunday August 1, 1943, the National Gallery of Art Orchestral Ensemble performed Suite for String Orchestra: From Washington's Time composed and conducted by music director Richard Bales. The concert was one of a series of regular Sunday concerts initiated in 1942 for the benefit of men and women in the armed services and the city's war workers.
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www.nga.gov/podcasts/index.shtm#music (listen to the music programs podcasts) |
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