National Gallery of Art Talks
Messages, meanings, movements—how does art history help us understand our world? Join curators, historians, artists, musicians, and filmmakers as they explore art and its histories in a search for our shared humanity.
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist - Exhibition Overview with Curator
I. The Architecture of “We the People”
IV. The Metropolis of Unfreedom: Washington City
III. “Wanted at the City of Washington. A number of slaves to labor…”
II. The Measure of Freedom and Slavery
India and the World: East, West, and Coming Full Circle with Mira Nair
The Immersive in Caravaggio’s Malta
Edouard Manet and Émile Zola: A Portrait of Friendship
The ‘70s Lens: A Conversation with Anthony Hernandez
The Impressionist Revolution 1874-1886
Uncover the Origins of Impressionism: Cézanne, Monet, Degas & More
This Ghost of Slavery: A Solo Reading
On the Road: A Search for American Character
Let Me Down Easy: On the Vulnerability of Our Bodies / The Resilience of Our Spirits
Me: Shot Out of a Moving Canon—Black, Female, and the 1970s
Breaking the Frame: In Conversation with Todd Gray
Portraits & Perspective: Wendy MacNaughton on Dorothea Lange
Close Looking | Sol LeWitt, Four-Sided Pyramid (1999)
Understanding Dorothea Lange's Impact on Documentary Photography
Latinx Art and the Intimacy of Dislocation
The Power of Community and Leadership
Impacting Community Through Art and Education
Joy Harjo and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Explore Art Inspired by the Land
Exploring Indigenous Perspectives: Sky Hopinka's Cinematic Landscape
Poetry is a Country: Ilya Kaminsky on Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man II
Sofonisba Anguissola: Recent Discoveries and Debates
Unveiling Contemporary Artist Ann Hamilton's 30-Year Odyssey
Exhibition Overview: Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper
Mark Rothko: Insights from Arne Glimcher and the Rothko Family
Conversations with Artists: G. Daniel Massad with Eric Denker