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Two large-scale group portraits by artists Govert Flinck (1615-1660) and Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670) depict the governors of the Kloveniersdoelen, the building where one of three main Amsterdam militia companies held its meetings. Painted during the height of the Dutch Golden Age, these works bring to the nation's capital a style of painting rarely seen outside the Netherlands.
March 10, 2012-March 11, 2017
West Building, 7th Street Lobby
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This recently acquired and classically composed painting by Duncanson (1821-1872) is one of fewer than a dozen known still lifes by the African American artist. Measuring 12 by 16 inches, this exquisite work is on view in an intimate room of the American collection alongside other still lifes by Joseph Decker (1853-1924), William Michael Harnett (1848-1892), Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), James Peale (1749-1831), Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), and John Frederick Peto (1854-1907), among others.
West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 69A
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In spring 2003 Kirk Varnedoe, Institute for Advanced Study, presented the six-part series Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock, which examined abstract art over a span of 50 years: a period that challenged the distinctions between abstraction and representation, modernism and postmodernism, minimalism and pop. The accompanying publication, Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock, is available for purchase from the Gallery Shops.
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FILM SERIES
Robert Bresson
Bresson (1901-1999) was one of the most refined, rigorous, and philosophical filmmakers of his time, creating works of passion and suspense. This retrospective of existing works, organized by James Quandt, Cinematheque Ontario, with support of Institut francais, includes Au Hasard, Balthazar on March 18, a narrative that follows the lives of a young girl and her beloved donkey, Balthazar, a mute witness to humanity's depravity. (1966, 35 mm, French with subtitles, 95 minutes) (Image: Film still from Au Hasard, Balthazar, courtesy of Photofest) March 3-April 1: see individual dates for times and locations
East Building Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/film/bresson.htm
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FILM PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS
Louder Than a Bomb (ages 13 and up)
Every year, more than 600 teenagers from over 60 Chicago-area schools gather for the world's largest youth poetry slam, "Louder Than a Bomb." Preceded by a performance by the DC Youth Poetry Slam Team, this documentary chronicles four teams as they compete in the 2008 event and the community they create. (Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel, United States, 2010, 99 minutes) Presented in collaboration with INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival.
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SIXTY-FIRST A. W. MELLON LECTURES IN THE FINE ARTS
Chinese Painting and Its Audiences
On March 11, Craig Clunas, University of Oxford, opens this six-part series exploring the history and perception of Chinese painting with a lecture titled Beginning and Ending in Chinese Painting. On subsequent Sundays he will present The Gentleman (March 18) and The Emperor (March 25). The series continues in April with The Merchant (April 1), The Nation (April 15), and The People (April 22). A selection of publications by Clunas is available in the Gallery Shops.
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CONCERTS
The music department celebrates Women’s History Month with two concerts in March. On March 11, soprano Carmen Balthrop performs Greenleaf: A Modern Woman's Life and Love, among other compositions, with accompaniment by pianist Jose Caceres. Jessica Jones, soprano, and Danielle Hahn, pianist, play music by Nadia Boulanger, Lori Laitman, Clara Schumann, and other women composers on March 25. (Image: Carmen Balthrop)
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ELSON LECTURE
Kerry James Marshall (born 1955), whose paintings and installations draw upon African American history and the history of Western art, delivers this year's Elson lecture. His signature motif of a dark, near-silhouetted person, which he describes as a figure of "extreme blackness," has been an important reference for younger African American artists. The Gallery's first acquisition by Marshall, Great America (1994), reimagines the national myth of African American freedom as a haunted theme park ride. What might have been a work of heavy political irony becomes instead a delicate interweaving of the histories of painting and race.
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Budding artists and experienced sketchers inspired by the magnificent draftsmanship and technique highlighted in Picasso's Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition and The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione will find themselves invigorated by this collection of offbeat, clever, and endlessly absorbing drawing prompts. The book 642 Things to Draw will entertain and provoke the imagination of anyone ready to pick up a pencil.
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Less than two weeks left to enjoy ice-skating on the National Mall! The rink remains open through March 11, weather permitting. Take advantage of these final weeks and enjoy the ice as well as the views of splendid large-scale architecture by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein, and Roxy Paine from the Gallery's renowned collection.
Monday–Thursday, 10:00–9:00; Friday and Saturday, 10:00–11:00; Sunday, 11:00–9:00
9th Street and Constitution Avenue NW www.nga.gov/skating
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The first exhibition in the United States devoted to the Mantuan sculptor and goldsmith Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (c. 1455–1528), includes nearly 40 medals, reliefs, busts, and statuettes. Antico is celebrated for his elegant re-creations of classical models, and he pioneered the technology for producing bronzes in multiples.
Through April 8
East Building, Ground Floor
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