ADMIION I FR DIRCTION 10:00 TO 5:00 National Gallery of Art Advance Exhibition Schedule Upcoming Exhibitions In the Library: Companion Pieces National Galler of Art, Washington, April 24–August 25, 2017 Contemporar art movements such as conceptual art, performance art, and minimalism emphasized ideas, experience, and process over the tangile artwork; thus, related printed documents often provided the onl evidence of a work's existence. From the Lirar's vertical files, this selection of documents accompanied such ephemeral works and, among other functions, accessorized a performance piece, such as John Cage's Variations IV; invited participation in the art-making process itself, such as Alan Kaprow's happenings posters; and provided schema for the execution of a work, such as Dan Graham's Performance. The installation is curated Anne H. immons, reference lirarian for vertical files and microforms, department of lirar reader services, National Galler of Art, and is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monda through Frida. Organized the National Galler of Art, Washington Caption: John Cage with David Tudor present a performance of Variations IV at the Feigen/Palmer Galler, 1963, invitation, National Galler of Art Lirar, Vertical Files America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting National Galler of Art, Washington, Ma 21–August 20, 2017 As the founding fathers were drawing from French nlightenment philosoph, earl American collectors were developing a taste for 18th-centur French painting. ince then, Americans have enthusiasticall collected French painting from this period. Toda, splendid works artists such as François oucher, Joseph Ducreux, and Jean-Honoré Fragonard are in pulic collections across the countr—from major metropolises to Omaha, Muncie, and Jacksonville. For the first time, America Collects ighteenth-Centur French Painting will ring together nearl 70 of these paintings, well- known masterpieces and hidden gems alike, into an exhiition that tells the stor of the collectors, curators, museum directors, and dealers responsile for developing an American appetite for the French rococo and neoclassical stles. A full illustrated catalog on the development of this histor of taste will accompan the exhiition. The exhiition is curated Yuriko Jackall, assistant curator, department of French paintings, National Galler of Art Organized the National Galler of Art, Washington. Caption: Joseph Ducreux, Le Discret, c. 1791, oil on aluminum, transferred from canvas, pencer Museum of Art Matthias Mansen: Configurations National Galler of Art, Washington, Jul 23–Decemer 13, 2017 Matthias Mansen is a contemporar erlin-ased artist (. 1958) whose work advances the long tradition of woodlock printing. Mansen masterfull laers printings from multiple locks, sometimes emploing "ghost prints" to achieve delicate modulations of tonal intensit and texture. Concerned with process nearl as much as final product, Mansen works on numerous prints simultaneousl and progressivel carves and recarves his locks. His projects are est exhiited in an ensemle, which allows the grammar and rhthms of his repeated cognate arrangements and consonant forms to ecome tangile. The installation is curated John A. Tson, Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral curatorial fellow in modern prints and drawings, National Galler of Art. Organized the National Galler of Art, Washington Caption: Matthias Mansen, tudio—Head and Feet, 1987, color woodcut, National Galler of Art, Washington, Gift of Wolfgang Wittrock, in Honor of the 50th Anniversar of the National Galler of Art Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures National Galler of Art, Washington, Octoer 8–Decemer 3, 2017 The 2012 discover of a drawing Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) depicting his so-called fantas figures is the inspiration ehind a revelator exhiition of the corresponding paintings. Fragonard's drawing presents thumnail-sized sketches relating to 14 of his known paintings—rapidl executed, rightl colored portraits of lavishl costumed individuals, including the Galler's own Young Girl Reading (c. 1770). On loan from international pulic and private collections, Fragonard's fantas figures will e assemled alongside his original sketch for the first time. The exhiition, as well as its full illustrated accompaning catalog, presents scientific research into the msterious series and examines the 18th-centur Parisian world of new mone, unexpected social alliances, and extravagant fashions from which these unique paintings emerged. The exhiition is curated Yuriko Jackall, assistant curator, department of French paintings, National Galler of Art. Organized the National Galler of Art, Washington Caption: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading, c. 1770, oil on canvas, National Galler of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Mellon ruce in memor of her father, Andrew W. Mellon Bosch to Bloemaert: Early Netherlandish Drawings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam National Galler of Art, Washington, Octoer 8, 2017–Januar 7, 2018 ome 100 of the finest drawings Netherlandish artists orn efore 1585 are rought together in this exhiition from the collection of the Museum oijmans Van euningen. Featured are nearl ever form of drawing made draftsmen throughout the period, from figure studies to stained glass window designs, nature studies, ilical sujects, and genre scenes. The exhiition also gathers works in a variet of media including metalpoint, pen and ink, rush and wash, chalk, charcoal, and watercolor. Highlights include 15th-centur studies from the circle of Rogier van der Weden, two sheets Hieronmus osch, six drawings Pieter ruegel the lder, and a selection of works Araham loemaert. A full illustrated catalog accompanies the exhiition. The exhiition is curated Alert J. len, senior curator of drawings and prints at the Museum oijmans Van euningen, Rotterdam, and tace ell, associate curator, department of old master drawings, National Galler of Art, Washington. Organized the National Galler of Art, Washington Caption: Hieronmus osch, The Owl's Nest, c. 1505–1515, pen and rown ink, Museum oijmans Van euningen, Rotterdam Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry Musée du Louvre, Paris, Feruar 20–Ma 22, 2017 National Galler of Ireland, Dulin, June 17–eptemer 17, 2017 National Galler of Art, Washington, Octoer 22, 2017–Januar 21, 2018 This landmark exhiition examines the artistic exchanges among Johannes Vermeer and his contemporaries from 1650 to 1675, when the reached the height of their technical ailit and master of depictions of domestic life. The exhiition rings together some 75 works Vermeer and his fellow painters of the Dutch Golden Age including Gerard ter orch, Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Gariel Metsu, Frans van Mieris, Caspar Netscher, and Jan teen. juxtaposing paintings related theme, composition, and technique, the exhiition explores how these artists inspired, rivalled, surpassed, and pushed each other to greater artistic achievement. The paintings also reflect how these masters responded to the changing artistic climate of the Dutch Repulic in the third quarter of the 17th centur, particularl in Amsterdam, Delft, Leiden, and The Hague. The exhiition features ten paintings Vermeer (man of which have not een seen in the U since the Galler's legendar 1995–1996 exhiition, Johannes Vermeer), including The Lacemaker (c. 1669–1670, Musée du Louvre, Paris) and The Love Letter (c. 1669-70, Rijksmuseum). A full illustrated catalog features essas the curators, as well as other essas and entries on the ojects in the exhiition a team of international scholars. This exhiition is curated Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern aroque paintings, National Galler of Art, Washington; Adriaan Waioer, head curator, National Galler of Ireland, Dulin; and laise Ducos, curator of Dutch and Flemish paintings, Musée du Louvre, Paris Organized the National Galler of Art, Washington, the Musée de Louvre, Paris, and the National Galler of Ireland, Dulin. Made possile the Hata Foundation. The exhiition is also generousl supported Dr. Mihael and Mrs. Mah Polmeropoulos. Additional funding is provided The xhiition Circle of the National Galler of Art. Caption: Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a alance, c. 1664, oil on canvas, National Galler of Art, Washington, Widener Collection In the Tower: Anne Truitt National Galler of Art, Washington, Novemer 19, 2017–April 1, 2018 Anne Truitt (1921–2004), one of the most original and important sculptors of the postwar era, designed simple geometric constructions faricated in wood that she would paint in multiple laers to create astract compositions of sutle color in three dimensions. even sculptures, two paintings, and five drawings form the core of a small surve that will allow viewers to appreciate Truitt's classic work from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. An accompaning rochure will feature excerpts of an interview with Truitt James Meer. The exhiition is curated James Meer, associate curator, department of modern art, National Galler of Art, Washington. Organized the National Galler of Art, Washington Presented with support from the Tower Project of the National Galler of Art Caption: Anne Truitt, Knight's Heritage, 1963, acrlic on wood, National Galler of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee Outliers and American Vanguard Art National Galler of Art, Washington, Januar 28–Ma 13, 2018 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, June 24–eptemer 30, 2018 Los Angeles Count Museum of Art, Novemer 18, 2018–March 18, 2019 ome 250 works explore three distinct periods