National Gallery of Art-Behind the Scenes
National Gallery Of Art-Behind The Scenes
This audio series offers entertaining, informative discussions about the arts and events at the National Gallery of Art. The series consists of three programs: ART TALK provides engaging conversations between top cultural figures; BACKSTORY permits listeners to step behind the scenes of a ...
Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasper Johns
November 2009, Behind the Scenes - Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art, Washington. The prints of Jasper Johns are heralded for their beauty as well as their conceptual and psychological complexity. A group of ...
Robert Bergman: Portraits, 1986–1995: A Conversation with the Photographer
October 2009, Behind the Scenes - Sarah Greenough, senior curator, department of photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and photographer Robert Bergman. Using a handheld 35mm camera and available light, American photographer Robert Bergman ...
Hendrick ter Brugghen's "Bagpipe Player"
September 2009, Behind the Scenes - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator, northern baroque painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Dutch artist Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588–1629) is the most important of the Utrecht Caravaggisti, artists who traveled ...
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850–1900
September 2009, Behind the Scenes - Peter Parshall, curator, old master prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington. In the private worlds of late nineteenth-century Paris, London, and Berlin, prints depicting mysterious and beautiful subjects were ...
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings at the National Gallery of Art: Part 3, History of the ...
September 2009, Behind the Scenes - Margaret Morgan Grasselli, curator, old master drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington. The National Gallery of Art’s collection of French old master drawings is remarkable for its breadth, depth, and ...
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings at the National Gallery of Art: Part 1, The 16th and ...
September 2009, Behind the Scenes - Margaret Morgan Grasselli, curator, old master drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington. The National Gallery of Art’s collection of French old master drawings is remarkable for its breadth, depth, and ...
Garden Café España y las Tradiciones Culinarias Españolas
August 2009, Behind the Scenes - Alvaro Soler del Campo, Director de la Real Armería en Madrid y Conservador jefe, Patrimonio Nacional y el Chef José Andrés, propietario del Jaleo y THINKfoodGROUP. Inspirado por dos exposiciones en la Galería, Luis ...
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660: Part 4, Music in the Paintings of Judith Leyster
August 2009, Behind the Scenes - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator, northern baroque paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Kenneth Slowik, artistic director, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, and curator of musical instruments, Smithsonian ...
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660: Part 4, Music in the Paintings of Judith Leyster
August 2009, Behind the Scenes - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator, northern baroque paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Kenneth Slowik, artistic director, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, and curator of musical instruments, Smithsonian ...
Garden Café España and the Culinary Traditions of Spain
June 2009, Backstory - Alvaro Soler del Campo, director, Royal Armory Madrid, and chief curator, Patrimonio Nacional; José Andrés, chef and owner, Jaleo and THINKfoodGROUP. Inspired by two Gallery exhibitions—Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish ...
An Antiquity of Imagination: Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture
August 2009, Backstory - Alison Luchs, curator of early European sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cool marble comes to life in the mesmerizing portraits of lovers, saints, and heroes by Venetian Renaissance sculptor Tullio Lombardo. In this ...
The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain
August 2009, Backstory - David Brown, curator of Italian and Spanish paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Alvaro Soler del Campo, director of the Royal Armory Madrid and chief curator at the Patrimonio Nacional. Rare suits of armor worn by ...
Luis Melendez: Master of the Spanish Still Life, Part 2: Meléndez's Working Method
July 2009, Backstory - Gretchen Hirschauer, associate curator, Italian and Spanish paintings, and Catherine Metzger, senior conservator of paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Delights of the Spanish table are exquisitely depicted by Luis ...
Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life, Part 1: The Artist
July 2009, Backstory - Gretchen Hirschauer, associate curator, Italian and Spanish paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Delights of the Spanish table are exquisitely depicted by Luis Meléndez—the greatest still-life painter of 18th-century ...
The Beffi Triptych: Preserving Abruzzo's Cultural Heritage
July 2009, Backstory - David Alan Brown, curator, Italian and Spanish paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington. In April 2009, a violent earthquake shook the region of Abruzzo in Italy. The United States was among the first to offer assistance to ...
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660: Part 3, Music in Leyster's Work
June 2009, Backstory - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Frima Fox Hofrichter, professor of the history of art and design, Pratt Institute, New York. Dutch artist Judith Leyster's 400th ...
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660: Part 3, Music in Leyster's Work
June 2009, Backstory - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Frima Fox Hofrichter, professor of the history of art and design, Pratt Institute, New York. Dutch artist Judith Leyster's 400th ...
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660: Part 3, Music in Leyster's Work
June 2009, Backstory - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Frima Fox Hofrichter, professor of the history of art and design, Pratt Institute, New York. Dutch artist Judith Leyster's 400th ...
Judith Leyster, 1609–1660: Part 2, Leyster's Technique
June 2009, Backstory - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Frima Fox Hofrichter, professor of the history of art and design, Pratt Institute, New York. Dutch artist Judith Leyster's 400th ...