GlobeNewswire: National Gallery of Art Contains the last 10 of 9 releaseshttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=42024-03-29T12:41:17ZGlobeNewswirehttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=4newsdesk@globenewswire.com (NewsDesk)https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/11/18/2559312/0/en/Drawing-by-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Given-to-National-Gallery-of-Art.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci Given to National Gallery of Art2022-11-18T16:41:19Z<![CDATA[Washington, DC, Nov. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) frequently recorded his ideas and observations in notes and sketches, regardless of subject matter. More of Leonardo’s drawings have survived than those by any other artist of the Italian Renaissance. Dian Woodner, who has donated many works over the years to the National Gallery of Art, has now given the museum Leonardo’s Grotesque Head of an Old Woman (1489/1490), one of a series of some 30 studies, identical in small format, style, and technique.]]>Leonardo da Vinci
Grotesque Head of an Old Woman, 1489/1490
pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down
overall: 6.4 x 5.1 cm (2 1/2 x 2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Dian WoodnerLeonardo da Vinci, "Grotesque Head of an Old Woman"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/10/11/2532404/0/en/National-Gallery-of-Art-Repatriates-Fowl-Sculpture-to-Nigerian-National-Collections-in-Joint-Ceremony-with-Smithsonian-Institution.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395National Gallery of Art Repatriates Fowl Sculpture to Nigerian National Collections in Joint Ceremony with Smithsonian Institution2022-10-11T21:11:52Z<![CDATA[Washington, DC, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This morning the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) held a ceremony to mark the transfer of ownership of the National Gallery of Art’s sole “Benin Bronze” to the Nigerian National Collections along with 29 sculptures from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), and one sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum. These 31 objects from the National Gallery, NMAfA, and RISD Museum are among the first Benin Bronzes to be repatriated to Nigeria by American institutions on the basis of the 1897 British colonial raid of the Royal Palace of Benin.]]>Nigerian 18th Century, Court of Benin, Fowl, mid 18th century, brass with cast iron supports, overall with base: 52.3 × 18 × 46.9 cm, 30.391 kg (20 9/16 × 7 1/16 × 18 7/16 in., 67 lb.)"Fowl" SculptureKaywin Feldman, Director of the National Gallery of Art, and Professor Abba Isa Tijani, Director General of Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments.Kaywin Feldman and Professor Abba Isa Tijanihttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/10/21/2318845/0/en/Iconic-Faith-Ringgold-Painting-Acquired-by-National-Gallery-of-Art.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395Iconic Faith Ringgold Painting Acquired by National Gallery of Art2021-10-21T22:30:00Z<![CDATA[Washington, DC, Oct. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Gallery of Art has acquired The American People Series #18: The Flag is Bleeding (1967), its first painting by Faith Ringgold (b. 1930). This pivotal work by a leading figure of contemporary art exemplifies the artist’s skill in using art as a vehicle to question the social dynamics of race, gender, and power. As a visual storyteller, Ringgold is known for her thought-provoking depictions of the difficult realities of the American experience. The painting was acquired with funds gifted by Glenstone Foundation and from the Patrons’ Permanent Fund. On view through October 24, 2021, at Glenstone Museum, the work is scheduled to appear in Ringgold's retrospective at the New Museum in New York from February 17 to June 5, 2022.]]>Faith Ringgold
"The American People Series #18: The Flag is Bleeding," 1967
oil on canvas
182.88 x 243.84 cm (72 x 96 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Glenstone Foundation and Patrons’ Permanent Fund
2021.28.1
Faith Ringgold_The Flag is Bleedinghttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/10/07/2310894/0/en/National-Gallery-of-Art-Board-of-Trustees-Elects-Indra-Nooyi-as-New-Trustee-Sharon-Rockefeller-Retires-as-Chairman-Trustees-Elect-David-Rubenstein-as-Chairman.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395National Gallery of Art Board of Trustees Elects Indra Nooyi as New Trustee; Sharon Rockefeller Retires as Chairman; Trustees Elect David Rubenstein as Chairman2021-10-07T23:47:50Z<![CDATA[Washington, DC, Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following its September meeting, the National Gallery of Art Board of Trustees announced that former PepsiCo executive Indra Nooyi was elected as a new trustee and will begin serving immediately. Sharon Rockefeller, a policymaker and leader in public media, has retired as chairman of the board. Rockefeller, who has served as chairman since 2013, becomes trustee emeritus. Philanthropist and business leader David Rubenstein was elected chairman.]]>Credit: Laurie Spens PhotographyIndra NooyiCredit: Cable RisdonSharon Rockefellerhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/05/13/2229414/0/en/National-Gallery-of-Art-Launches-Reimagined-Brand.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395National Gallery of Art Launches Reimagined Brand2021-05-13T19:03:55Z<![CDATA[Washington, DC, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Gallery of Art unveiled today a reimagined brand built on new and revived vision and mission statements, with accompanying values and strategic priorities that center on serving the nation and engaging diverse audiences. The two-year project was led by National Gallery director Kaywin Feldman and staff with consulting firm AEA and design firm Pentagram.]]>The logo for the National Gallery of Art designed by Pentagram.
Courtesy National Gallery of Art and PentagramThe logo for the National Gallery of Art in the brand color palette.
Courtesy National Gallery of Art and Pentagramhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/03/17/2194731/0/en/Katharina-Fritsch-s-Hahn-Cock-Given-to-National-Gallery-of-Art-by-Glenstone-Museum-as-a-Symbol-of-Hope-and-Renewal.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395Katharina Fritsch’s "Hahn/Cock" Given to National Gallery of Art by Glenstone Museum as a Symbol of Hope and Renewal2021-03-17T14:19:45Z<![CDATA[Sculpture Donated on National Gallery's 80th Anniversary Sculpture Donated on National Gallery's 80th Anniversary]]>"Hahn/Cock" (2013) by Katharina Fritsch on the National Gallery of Art’s East Building Roof Terrace
glass fiber reinforced polyester resin fixed on stainless steel supporting structure
overall: 440.06 × 440.06 × 149.86 cm (173 1/4 × 173 1/4 × 59 in.)
gross weight: 740.044 kg (1631.5 lb.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Glenstone Foundation
A visitor stands looking at "Hahn/Cock" (2013) by Katharina Fritsch on the National Gallery of Art’s East Building Roof Terrace
glass fiber reinforced polyester resin fixed on stainless steel supporting structure
overall: 440.06 × 440.06 × 149.86 cm (173 1/4 × 173 1/4 × 59 in.)
gross weight: 740.044 kg (1631.5 lb.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Glenstone Foundation
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/06/27/1875349/0/en/Philip-Guston-Retrospective-with-International-Tour-Announced-for-2020-2021.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395Philip Guston Retrospective with International Tour Announced for 2020–20212019-06-27T13:12:54Z<![CDATA[One of America’s greatest modern painters, Philip Guston (1913–1980) uniquely bridged the personal and the political, the abstract and the figurative, and the humorous and the tragic in paintings of lively touch and memorable impact. A major retrospective of the artist, Philip Guston Now, the first in more than 15 years, will present a balanced view of the artist’s 50-year career. Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tate Modern, London, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the exhibition will debut in the Gallery’s East Building from June 7 through September 13, 2020.A selection of approximately 125 paintings and 70 drawings from some 40 public and private collections will feature well-known works as well as others that have rarely been seen. Highlights include paintings from the 1930s that have never been on public view; the largest reunion of paintings from his groundbreaking Marlborough Gallery show in 1970; a thorough representation of satirical drawings of Richard Nixon and his associates; a dazzling array of small panel paintings made in 1968–1972 as Guston was developing his new vocabulary of hoods, books, bricks, and shoes; and a powerful selection of large, often apocalyptic paintings of the later 1970s that form the artist’s last major artistic statement. A fully illustrated monograph will include essays by the exhibition’s co-curators and a richly illustrated chronology of his life and work, along with reflections by contemporary artists on their engagement with Guston and the impact of his work and legacy.“Philip Guston’s paintings have inspired generations of artists while also defying easy definition,” said Kaywin Feldman, director, National Gallery of Art, Washington. “This exhibition will provide an in-depth look at the career that led to his iconic late paintings and will surely secure Guston’s place in the pantheon of modern art, while reassessing his impact on the art of the present.”]]>Philip Guston, Painting, Smoking, Eating, 1973, oil on canvas, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, © The Estate of Philip GustonPhilip Guston, Untitled, 1968, acrylic on panel, Philip Guston Estate, © The Estate of Philip Gustonhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/12/11/1665440/0/en/National-Gallery-of-Art-Elects-Kaywin-Feldman-as-its-Fifth-Director-Succeeding-Earl-A-Powell-III.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395National Gallery of Art Elects Kaywin Feldman as its Fifth Director, Succeeding Earl A. Powell III2018-12-11T17:30:00Z<![CDATA[Washington, DC, Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Gallery of Art, Washington, today announced that its Board of Trustees elected Kaywin Feldman to be the institution’s next director—the fifth in the Gallery’s 77-year history. She will succeed Earl A. Powell III, who has served as the director since 1992.The Gallery announced in November 2017 that Powell would step down in 2019 after more than 25 years of service. In April 2018, a committee of the Board of Trustees, assisted by the firm of Phillips Oppenheim, inaugurated an extensive search to identify the best person to lead the preeminent U.S. institution, which houses the nation’s collection of fine art and receives more than 5.2 million visitors annually from around the world.The first woman to be named the Gallery’s director, Kaywin Feldman currently serves as the Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Director and President of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Since assuming leadership of Mia in 2008, she has expanded the museum’s collection while also transforming the institution’s relationship to its city by opening its doors to community dialogue, doubling attendance, and engaging with the defining social issues of our era.Frederick W. Beinecke, President of the National Gallery of Art, said, “Kaywin Feldman is a dynamic and highly principled leader, a gracious collaborator, and an innovator with the skills and vision to lead the National Gallery of Art in the 21st century. For more than two decades, she has had a distinguished career as an art museum director with major successes at each of her three institutions. We extend our gratitude to Rusty Powell for leading the Gallery with such strength and integrity during his long and productive tenure, and announce the appointment of our new director, Kaywin Feldman, with great confidence and excitement.”Kaywin Feldman said “The National Gallery of Art is arguably America’s greatest treasure. To be chosen to lead it into its next decades is a profound honor. As I prepare to take on the responsibility for this magnificent institution, I want to express my gratitude to the Trustees for putting their faith in me, and to Rusty Powell for the example of his years of enlightened stewardship. I am eager to work with the talented team at the Gallery in taking the institution to even greater heights.”Kaywin Feldman will assume her duties as director of the National Gallery of Art on March 11, 2019.About Kaywin FeldmanKaywin Feldman has led the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) since 2008 as its Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Director and President. In that time, she has transformed the museum’s relationship to its city by opening its doors to community dialogue, providing free membership, and engaging with the defining social issues of our era. Her many accomplishments include the creation of a Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts at the museum.She is a past president of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), past chair of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and a frequent speaker on reinventing the museum for the 21st century. She is a champion of digital technology for expanding access to art. Feldman established a contemporary art department at Mia and new galleries for showcasing the art of Africa. She has overseen a series of experimental installations in the museum’s venerable period rooms, exploring new ways of engaging with history.Feldman has galvanized the galleries and her field with groundbreaking exhibitions such as At Home with Monsters (2017), which featured the art of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, and Power and Beauty in China’s Last Dynasty (2018), a dramatic display of Chinese art designed by avant-garde theater artist Robert Wilson. As a curator, she has helped organize popular traveling exhibitions, including The Habsburgs: Rarely Seen Masterpieces from Europe’s Greatest Dynasty (2015), which brought dozens of masterpieces to Minneapolis for the museum’s 100th birthday year.Her efforts have helped double attendance while bringing international renown to the museum’s art, particularly its Japanese collection, which has more than doubled in size during her tenure. Other acquisitions include works by Kehinde Wiley, Ai Wei Wei, James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas, and Georgia O’Keeffe.Born in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, Feldman’s fascination with museums began with childhood visits and an early interest in archaeology. She earned her BA in classical archaeology from the University of Michigan and an MA from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of London. She also earned an MA in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, specializing in Dutch and Flemish art, and received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Memphis College of Art in 2008. Before coming to Mia, she was the director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee from 1999 to 2007.About the National Gallery of ArtThe mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards. With some 1,000 employees and a campus that encompasses nearly 25% of the National Mall, the Gallery's permanent collection includes more than 150,000 works of Western art, from the Middles Ages to the present. A robust series of exhibitions is just one of many highlights of the museum's offerings, which extend to an internationally recognized, state-of-the-art science and conservation lab and more than 1,500 free public programs available throughout the year. The museum is housed in historic buildings—John Russell Pope's West Building (1941) and I.M. Pei's iconic East Building (1978)—as well as the 6.1-acre Sculpture Garden designed by landscape architect Laurie Olin.General InformationThe National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information call (202) 737-4215 or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov. Follow the Gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NationalGalleryofArt, Twitter at www.twitter.com/ngadc, and Instagram at http://instagram.com/ngadc.Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon entering. Checkrooms are free of charge and located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances. For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 by 26 inches cannot be accepted by the Gallery or its checkrooms. # # #]]>Photograph of Kaywin Feldman courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/12/1570162/0/en/Just-Announced-Historic-Exhibition-of-Animals-in-Japanese-Art.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=50395Just Announced: Historic Exhibition of Animals in Japanese Art2018-09-12T22:15:00Z<![CDATA[More Than 300 Works Include 180 Traveling From Japan More Than 300 Works Include 180 Traveling From Japan]]>Deer Bearing Symbols of the Kasuga Deities, Nanbokuchō period, 14th century,
bronze, Hosomi Museum
Kano School, Goshawk Mews, Edo period, c.1675, ink and color on paper; mounted as a six-fold screen, Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Cooper, 1978