Shakespeare in the Library: Will’s World and Today’s Theatre
• November 28, 2023

Join us in our Library for a discussion with special collections librarian Yuri Long and guests from the Shakespeare Everywhere festival. They put early modern literature into conversation with contemporary […]

Keynote Address: Joy Harjo and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
• November 21, 2023

Join us for a conversation with Joy Harjo, the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, curator of The Land Carries Our Ancestors, about the exhibition theme of reverence, […]

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
• October 10, 2023

Join us for an introductory presentation on Dorothea Lange: Seeing People by exhibition curator Philip Brookman. Brookman is consulting curator in the National Gallery’s department of photographs, and former chief […]

Sky Hopinka: Wandering Translations, Poems, and Film
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Join us for a conversation with Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), a New York based artist and poet, who teaches at Bard College. His film, video, photography, […]

Sanrizuga – Heta Village
• September 20, 2023

Shinsuke Ogawa (1935-1992) was one of Japan’s leading documentarians who inspired generations of non-fiction filmmakers to practice and participate in the power of dedicated, collective filmmaking. Ogawa lived and worked […]

Mondrian’s Dress
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Join an in-depth presentation on issues of authorship and (mistaken) identity raised by Yves Saint Laurent’s 1965 series of so-called Mondrian dresses. Nancy J. Troy, Kress-Beinecke Professor at the Center […]

Magino Village – A Tale/ The Sundial Carved with a Thousand Years of Notches
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Shinsuke Ogawa (1935-1992) was one of Japan’s leading documentarians who inspired generations of non-fiction filmmakers to practice and participate in the power of dedicated, collective filmmaking. Ogawa lived and worked […]

“Poetry is a country”
• August 16, 2023

“Poetry is a country” will bring celebrated poets from across the nation together to premiere original poetry inspired by works in the National Gallery of Art’s collection. These free, annual […]

Cultural Power Breakfast: GWU’s Corcoran: ‘A Very Different School’ 
• March 27, 2023

Of the storied institution that was the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design, Dr. Lauren Onkey, director since 2021 of George Washington University’s Corcoran School of […]

‘Philip Guston Now’ at the National Gallery of Art  
• March 8, 2023

“Philip Guston Now” is one of those rare and remarkable exhibitions that manages to be all things at once. It’s a focused retrospective, a beautifully told story of a singular […]