In the first monographic show of Metsu's work in the United States, 33 paintings reveal the artist's extraordinary ability to capture ordinary moments of Dutch 17th-century life with spontaneity and unerring realism. One of the leading genre painters of his time, Metsu mastered a wide range of subjects, techniques, and styles over the course of his career.

 

April 10–July 24

East Building, Ground Floor

The Gallery has acquired its first grand panoramic view of the American West: a dramatic landscape by American artist Thomas Moran (1837–1926), donated by the Milligan and Thomson Families. The most stunning of all his Green River paintings, it was completed 10 years after his first trip west in 1871. This work joins the Gallery’s collection of American landscape paintings—one of the finest in the nation.

 

Through June 26

West Building, Main Floor, Lobby C

 

A prodigious painter, draftsman, and printmaker, Winters has pushed the boundaries of modern art while maintaining a keen sense of history and craft. The Gallery owns two important paintings by Winters: Bitumen (1986) and Composition (1991). (Image: Terry Winters, Bitumen, detail, 1986, oil on linen, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Richard S. Zeisler Fund)

 

April 14, 3:30

East Building Auditorium

French director Eric Rohmer (1920–2010) changed the course of contemporary filmmaking with his modern comedies of manners—elegant, witty films about minor moral dilemmas in the everyday lives of the middle class. The retrospective is organized in association with the Institut francais, French-American Cultural Foundation, and the American Film Institute. (Image: Eric Rohmer, courtesy Photofest)

 

April 3, 10, 17, 24, 30

Times vary; see individual dates

East Building Auditorium

Free Sunday concerts include the Inscape Chamber Music Project playing Olivier Messiaen's famous Quartet for the End of Time on April 3; the Venice Baroque Orchestra with the final musical tribute to Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals on April 10; and a cappella works by Frank Martin and other composers on April 17. On April 28 (a special Thursday noon concert), the Tetzlaff-Weithaas violin duo plays music by Bartok, Ysaye, and others. (Image: Venice Baroque Orchestra, photo by Matteo da Fina)

 

April 3, 10, 17, 6:30

West Building, West Garden Court

April 28, 12:10

East Building Auditorium

Narrated by Willem Dafoe and with Alfred Molina as the voice of Paul Gauguin, this film was made in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth. It explores the artist's search for an authenticity he felt missing in modern Europe, which led him to Brittany, Martinique, and Polynesia. Watch the film in four parts.

 

Verging on invisibility or immateriality, works by such artists as John McCracken, Nam June Paik, and Glenn Ligon can provoke, mystify, or even go unnoticed. Challenging the viewer to look closely, the works in this exhibition emphasize the relationship between the medium, subject, and content. Modern Lab is a small gallery dedicated to focused installations of modern and contemporary objects from the Gallery's collection.

 

Through April 24

East Building, Upper Level