Past Exhibitions

Learn about past exhibitions going back as far as 1941 when the National Gallery of Art first opened to the public.

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October 8 - December 3, 2017
Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures
Shown from the lap up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a goldenrod-yellow dress, sits reading a small book, facing our left in profile in this vertical painting. The deep, scooped neckline of her rich yellow gown is edged with lace and decorated with a mauve-purple bow at the bust. Her chest is covered by sheer white fabric under a ruffled, pleated collar. The ruff is tied at the back with another mauve bow, and a ribbon of the same color ties up her chestnut-brown hair. She has a delicate nose and rosebud mouth, and she tips her head down to read the book she holds in one hand. She sits against an oversize pillow streaked with pale lilac and deep rose pink. Her left arm, closer to us, is draped over a railing that extends across the width of the canvas. The background behind her is streaked with tan and muted teal blue. A vertical strip of light caramel brown along the right edge of the canvas suggests another wall against which the pillow rests. The artist’s loose, lively brushstrokes are visible throughout.
September 17, 2017 - January 28, 2018
Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel
September 12, 2017 - May 18, 2018
Recent Acquisitions: Made in California
September 12, 2017 - July 16, 2018
Exhibition: Saul Steinberg
September 12, 2017 - May 18, 2018
Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series
September 5, 2017 - January 5, 2018
In the Library: Jost Amman and Sixteenth-Century Woodcut Illustration
September 3, 2017 - January 28, 2018
Edvard Munch: Color in Context

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