Exhibits and Programs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
Now on View
Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950
Through February 18, 2019
West Building, Ground Floor
During the 1940s Parks grew from a self-taught photographer to a visionary professional. Trace how Parks’s early experiences and close relationships with Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, and others helped shape his groundbreaking style. On November 18, consulting curator Philip Brookman gives an introductory lecture followed by a signing of the exhibition catalog.
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Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project
Through March 17, 2019
West Building, Ground Floor
This exhibition presents selections from Bey’s The Birmingham Project, a tribute to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. Coinciding with the 55th anniversary of this tragedy, the exhibition explores how Bey represents the past through the lens of the present, pushing the boundaries of portraiture and engaging ongoing national issues of racism, violence against African Americans, and terrorism in churches.
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Spaces: Works from the Collection, 1966–1976
Ongoing
East Building, Mezzanine
Inspired by presentations of single-room artworks at the Dwan Gallery (1959–1971) and the exhibition Spaces (1969–1970) at the Museum of Modern Art, this installation features five significant minimal and post-minimal sculptures; several of these works have been donated to the Gallery by Virginia Dwan or given in her honor.
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Programs
FILM SERIES
The Films of Gordon Parks
January 5–February 17, 2019
East Building Auditorium
In conjunction with Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950, this retrospective contextualizes Parks’s early interest in motion pictures, highlights his productions, and explores the impact of his ground-breaking films. Special thanks to the Gordon Parks Foundation.
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JOHN WILMERDING SYMPOSIUM ON AMERICAN ART
Artists and American Communities, Then and Now
February 8, 10:30
East Building Auditorium
Dialogues with artists and scholars held in conjunction with Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950. Presenters include Devin Allen, Eric Gottesman, Melanee C. Harvey, Kellie Jones, Robin Coste Lewis, Rick Lowe, Maséqua Myers, Richard J. Powell, and Laura Wexler. Registration is free but required; seating is available on a first-come, first seated basis. The symposium will be streamed live at nga.gov/live. Made possible by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation.
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FILM PROGRAM
When You Read This Letter
February 17, 5:00
East Building Auditorium
In the Washington premiere of the restoration, celebrated chanteuse Juliette Gréco plays a nun who leaves behind the quiet security of her convent to run a family business and help her real sister escape the clutches of a shifty lowlife. This rarely screened work is unusual in Jean-Pierre Melville’s oeuvre, as the cast is led by women.
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CONCERT
Curtis Opera Theatre Vocal Quartet
February 24, 3:30
West Building, West Garden Court
Hear the future stars of opera in a thrilling and diverse program of operatic favorites, gems from the American songbook, and Brahms’s elegant Liebeslieder Waltzes. Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music.
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LECTURE
The Art of Light: A Conversation with Charles Ross and James Meyer
February 24, 2:00
East Building Auditorium
Charles Ross, artist, discusses his practice with James Meyer, curator of art, 1945–1974, National Gallery of Art. Held in conjunction with the special installation Spaces: Works from the Collection, 1966–1976.
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NEW ONLINE
John Edmonds
In his photographs of African Americans, Edmonds challenges the exclusionary history of art by expanding its roster of subjects. This lecture held on September 23, 2018, features a conversation between Edmonds and Jessica Bell Brown, department of art and archaeology, Princeton University, about the possibilities that come with new forms and subjects of portraiture. Held in conjunction with Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project. This program was made possible by the James D. and Kathryn K. Steele Fund for Photography.
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SHOPS
New Arrivals
Enjoy dozens of new art-inspired gifts, books, catalogs, notecards, apparel, and more—from a Salvador Dalí action figure to a five-volume survey of Gordon Parks’s photography.
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SCULPTURE GARDEN
Sculpture Garden Ice Rink Now Open
The 2018–2019 ice-skating season at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink begins on November 19, 2018 and continues through March 10, 2019, weather permitting. The Pavilion Café will offer evening food and drink specials throughout the season.
Monday–Thursday, 10:00–9:00
Friday, 10:00–11:00
Saturday, 11:00–11:00; (10:00–11:00 for lessons only)
Sunday, 11:00–9:00
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