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The Louvre's biggest attraction is the "Mona Lisa"; at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Velasquez's "Las Meninas" draws the large admiring crowds; at the National Gallery of Art, the top draw is .. a painting of cakes?
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Why do some artists remain in the limelight for centuries while others fade into the darkness of the past? Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered" at the National Gallery of Art suggests that an itinerant career marked by divergent styles may be the reason behind the obscurity of this creative talent.
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Has Josef von Sternberg slipped into another cycle of neglect and underestimation? The legendary filmmaker is the subject of a curiously abbreviated retrospective at the National Gallery of Art that begins with a double-bill Saturday afternoon. The series is subtitled "Master of Mood," which doesn't adequately reflect his command of pictorial composition and atmosphere at optimum finesse. Isolating "mood" also tends to shortchange the abiding Sternberg influence on some of the most astute heroic conventions of romantic melodrama.
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WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Compelling photography by 20th-century American poet Allen Ginsberg (1926- 1997) of himself and his fellow Beat generation writers--including William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, and Jack Kerouac- -are presented in Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg. The exhibition exploring all facets of Allen Ginsberg's photography through 79 black-and-white portraits is now on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, through September 6, 2010. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100505/DC99669)
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In the upcoming weeks, fall's kaleidoscopic wonderland will have a stiff competitor in the National Gallery of Art. While eye candy will be decorating the landscape, treats of a different nature will be dressing the artscape at this Washington, D.C., landmark. Don't put off taking it all in. And remember, just like the autumn leaves, the special exhibitions at the NGA will all too soon be gone with the wind. Here's the enriching feast awaiting your pleasure at the NGA:
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Go see what has sprung at the National Gallery of Art. Just in time for spring's arrival, there are special exhibitions; the gallery director's master-filled audio tour; inspiring docent-led gallery talks; and interesting lecture programs. Don't miss the potpourri of seasonal delights awaiting your enjoyment at this National Mall landmark. Audubon's Dream Realized: Selections from 'The Birds of America' " will help visitors appreciate the artist's 26-year commitment to record every native bird in North America. This wonderful exhibition, presenting 51 hand-colored etchings, is drawn from the NGA's holding of Audubon's work - a mammoth edition containing 435 different selections, one of only two known-to-exist complete sets preserved in an original, unbound state.
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WASHINGTON -- A rendering of Jesus Christ's suffering on the cross is on rare display at the National Gallery of Art in its first exhibit of painting and sculpture from the Roman Catholic Church. Paintings by Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Zurbaran and others are displayed alongside painted wood sculptures from 17th century Spain in "The Sacred Made Real.
