National Gallery of Art Lecture Program
Date: Sunday January 10, 2010 - Sunday March 28, 2010
Time: Su 2:00p, M 12:10p & 1:10p
Location: National Gallery of Art
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The National Gallery of Art Lecture Program welcomes a distinguished group of artists and scholars to the podium in the early months of 2010. Nine book signings highlight the season.
On January 10, Byron Kim discusses his watershed work Synecdoche, the newly installed addition to the Gallery's modern and contemporary art galleries. Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam, and William T. Williams discuss abstraction on February 21, and Susan Rothenberg presents the annual Elson Lecture on March 25.
On January 17, historian Robert M. Edsel discusses Allied soldiers who sought to save Europe's artistic treasures from Nazi capture before and during World War II. Prominent Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer illuminates the iconic president in Lincoln's Hand, Lincoln and New York, and Lincoln President-Elect, on February 14. Michelangelo expert William E. Wallace presents his biography of the great Renaissance artist on March 28.
All lecture programs are free of charge and take place in the East Building Auditorium unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis.
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