JANUARY 2010
NEW VIDEO PODCAST: THE ROBERT AND JANE MEYERHOFF COLLECTION: SELECTED WORKS, OPENING PREVIEW HIGHLIGHTS |
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 In this new video podcast, Frank Stella, Jasper Johns, Brice Marden, and Ellsworth Kelly—four of the American masters whose art is on view in The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection—speak with collector Robert Meyerhoff, curator Harry Cooper, and Gallery director Earl A. Powell III. The artists discuss their work, the collection itself, and the exhibition while strolling through this thematic installation. The opening-night speakers include Powell, Meyerhoff, and Victoria P. Sant, president, National Gallery of Art.
www.nga.gov/podcasts (video podcast)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/meyerhoffinfo.htm (exhibition information)
www.nga.gov/programs/film/whatyousee.htm (film series)
shop.nga.gov/nga/category.cgi?item=410000346556 (purchase the exhibition catalogue) |
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| THIS MONTH'S FEATURED WORK OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION: DIE BY TONY SMITH |
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| NEW EXHIBITION SLIDESHOWS: ROBERT BERGMAN, RENAISSANCE TO REVOLUTION, EDITIONS WITH ADDITIONS, AND THE ROBERT AND JANE MEYERHOFF COLLECTION |
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| ICE-SKATING IN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN |
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 The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden ice-skating season has begun. Located on the National Mall at 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the ice rink is a favorite destination, attracting thousands of visitors each year. Enjoy a truly unique experience skating in the nation's capital, surrounded by the architecture of national museums and monuments, winter flora, and views of large-scale sculptures by renowned modern and contemporary artists.
www.nga.gov/ginfo/skating.shtm
www.nga.gov/ginfo/cafes.shtm#pavilion (pavilion cafe) |
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| RECENT ACQUISITION: SYNECDOCHE BY BYRON KIM |
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 Synecdoche (1991–present) by Korean-American artist Byron Kim has been installed in the East Building's modern and contemporary art galleries. Synecdoche is an ongoing project of portraiture now comprising more than 400 panels, each a single hue ranging from light tan or pink to dark brown. Finding sitters among strangers, friends, family, neighbors, and fellow artists, Kim records each person's skin color on a single 10 x 8-inch panel, a common size for portrait photography. Synecdoche is on view in the East Building, Concourse Gallery Lobby. More information about the Gallery's collection of modern and contemporary painting and sculpture is available online.
www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=142289 (Synecdoche by Byron Kim)
www.nga.gov/pdf/synedoche.pdf (reference key: sitter names) (PDF 1.13MB)
www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/20cent.shtm (modern and contemporary collection) |
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| NGA SHOP: RESCUING THE ART OF EUROPE |
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| NGA CLASSROOM: THE ELEMENTS OF ART |
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 This online lesson offers a general introduction to color, line, shape, form, and texture. Students will learn to identify the elements of art by carefully analyzing paintings and sculpture in the Gallery's permanent collection, and they will explore how individual artists emphasized and experimented with these elements in their artworks. Students can zoom in and mouse over images, complete worksheets, and consult a glossary of art terminology.
www.nga.gov/education/classroom/elements |
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| NGA EXHIBITION ON TOUR: LUIS MELENDEZ |
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| JANUARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS |
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 Plan your visit to the Gallery with the help of the January Calendar of Events. Schedules 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 January 1, 1942, the National Gallery of Art moved sixty-two paintings and seventeen sculptures to off-site storage in Biltmore House on the Vanderbilt family estate in the Blue Ridge mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, for safekeeping during World War II. The works of art remained there until 1944, when they were returned to the museum in Washington.
www.nga.gov/resources/ww2res.shtm (World War II Resources at the Gallery)
www.nga.gov/feature/wwii/ww2.htm (World War II and the National Gallery of Art)
www.nga.gov/collection/provfeat.shtm (World War II Provenance Research) |
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