Harry Callahan at 100

Callahan (1912-1999) was one of the most innovative and influential photographers of the 20th century. Celebrating the centenary of his birth, this exhibition explores all facets of Callahan's art in some 100 photographs, from its genesis in Detroit in the early 1940s to its flowering in Chicago in the 1940s and 1950s, and maturation in Providence and Atlanta in the 1960s through the 1990s.

 

October 2-March 4
West Building, Ground Floor
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John Storrs, Auto Tower, Industrial Forms (part B), c. 1922

A pioneering figure in the development of American modernist sculpture, Storrs (1885-1956) had a lifelong interest in the interrelationship of sculpture and architecture. This gift from Deborah and Ed Shein is on view alongside its counterpart, part A. When turned horizontally, the two sculptures are transformed from skyscraper tower forms into sleek automobiles.

 

East Building, Upper Level
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Warhol: Headlines Web Feature

Online visitors may view select works from the exhibition alongside the material that inspired them, highlighting the ways Warhol transformed the original news stories. The feature also presents the print portfolio Flash-November 22, 1963, which pairs screenprinted “news flash” texts of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with images related to the tragedy. (Image: Copyright 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society [ARS], New York)

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PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM
Warhol: Headlines

Illustrated lectures by noted scholars, including Thomas Crow, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Jonathan Flatley, Wayne State University; Neil Printz, editor of The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne; and artist Fred Tomaselli. (Image: Copyright 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society [ARS], New York)

October 22, 2:00
East Building Auditorium
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LECTURE

Leonardo da Vinci: Artist of Sketchbooks and Notebooks

Carmen C. Bambach, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, discusses how the drawings and writings of Leonardo da Vinci offer a moving and intimate insight into the complex and sometimes paradoxical workings of his mind.

October 30, 2:00
East Building Auditorium
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FILM WITH LIVE CONCERT

Cine-Concert: From Morning to Midnight

The rare cinematic adaptation of German dramatist Georg Kaiser's famous expressionist play From Morning to Midnight (Von Morgens bis Mitternacht) is performed in live concert with the Alloy Orchestra. Recently restored by the Munich Filmmuseum, the film's avant-garde sets and eccentric style dramatically upstaged the more widely known Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, completed just four months earlier. (Karlheinz Martin, 1920, 75 minutes)

October 15, 3:00
East Building Auditorium
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MUSIC

The Seventieth Concert Season

On October 9, the National Gallery Orchestra joins the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra to fill the East Building atrium with grand symphonic sound. The program includes Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. On October 16, a live broadcast of the nationally syndicated, award-winning radio program From the Top with Christopher O'Riley showcases exciting teen-age musical talent from around the United States.

October 9, 16, 6:30

See individual dates for locations
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FILM PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS

Victorian Halloween Magic-Lantern Show (ages 4 and up)

Travel back in time with Terry Borton, lead showman of the American Magic-Lantern Theater, for an authentic 1890s-style big screen extravaganza. Slides illustrate stories and songs, and a live showman and musician provide the soundtrack, including Victorian-era spooky stories such as The Specter Pig, and sing-alongs, "The Worms Crawl In." (Image: Terry Borton, The American Magic-Lantern Theater)

 

October 22, 10:30; October 23, 11:30
East Building Auditorium
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EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

Warhol: Headlines

This companion volume to a riveting exhibition brings together more than 80 works, from Warhol's earliest drawings and paintings of newspaper headlines to his screen-printed canvases, photographs, and electronic media, concluding with collaborative works he produced with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Among other items are a Warhol tote bag, a Velvet Underground and Nico t-shirt, CDs, Fiesta ware, and posters.

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Garden Cafe Italia

Celebrating Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, Chef Fabio Trabocchi introduces new dishes for the fall season, including a hearty chestnut soup, rich duck ragu with creamy polenta, and panna cotta with fresh and candied orange, beginning October 7. Lunch is served daily, with complimentary recipe cards available by request. Reservations are recommended; call (202) 712-7454. (Image: Panna cotta, photo by Rob Shelley)

Monday-Saturday, 11:30-3:00
Sunday, noon-4:00, concert menu 4:00-6:00
West Building, Ground Floor
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Publishing Modernism: The Bauhaus in Print

Founded in Weimar, Germany, by architect Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus was one of the leading design schools in Europe. Its influence continued throughout the mid-20th century, especially in the United States. The installation features editions of all 14 of the Bauhausbuecher (Bauhaus books), as well as exhibition catalogues, press materials, and writings by members of the Bauhaus faculty, from 1919 to 1933.

 

Through October 28
East Building, Administrative and Study Center
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Assault on Asilah, Tournai (Belgium), 1470s, wool and silk

Probably produced under the direction of Passchier Grenier, tapestry merchant. Diocese of Siguenza-Guadalajara and Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Pastrana, Spain. Copyright Fundacion Carlos de Amberes. Photographs by Paul M.R. Maeyaert.

 

In the exhibition The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries, on view in the East Building through January 8.
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