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During the fiscal year, 257 lenders from
fifteen countries and twenty-nine states
loaned 1,157 works to twenty-three
exhibitions. The Gallery also worked on
another thirty-six projects scheduled
to open in the next five years, and
administered the tour of seven exhibitions.
United States Government Indemnity was
secured for eight exhibitions on view in
fiscal year 2012, resulting in a savings of
$2,494,258 in insurance premiums.
>In the Tower: Nam June Paik
Continued from the previous fiscal year
to 2 October 2011
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Harry Cooper, curator
Made possible by The Exhibition Circle
of the National Gallery of Art
>Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang
Ratjen Collection, 1525–1835
Continued from the previous fiscal year
to 27 November 2011
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Margaret Morgan Grasselli, curator
>The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms
Continued from the previous fiscal year
to 27 November 2011
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Charles Ritchie, curator
>A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse’s “Gallery
of the Louvre”
Continued from the previous fiscal year
to 8 July 2012
Nancy Anderson, curator
Made possible by the generous support
of the Terra Foundation for American Art
and organized in partnership with the
National Gallery of Art
>The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the
Pastrana Tapestries
Continued from the previous fiscal year
to 8 January 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of
Art, Washington, and the Fundación
Carlos de Amberes, Madrid, in
association with the Embassy of Spain,
the Spain-USA Foundation, and the
Embassy of Portugal and with the
cooperation of the Embassy of Belgium
and the Embassy of Morocco in
Washington, DC, as well as the Diocese
of Sigüenza-Guadalajara and Church
of Our Lady of the Assumption of
Pastrana, Spain
Julia Burke, Susan Arensberg, and
Mary Levkoff, curators
Made possible through the generous
support of the government of Spain;
the government of Portugal, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Instituto Camões; and
the government of Belgium, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Conservation of the tapestries
undertaken at the initiative of the
Spanish Fundación Carlos de Amberes,
with support from the Belgian InBev-
Baillet Latour Fund, and the following
Spanish institutions: Fundación Caja
Madrid, Region of Castilla-La Mancha,
Provincial Council of Guadalajara,
EXHIBITIONS AND LOANS
Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, and
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
of Pastrana
>Warhol: Headlines
Continued from the previous fiscal year
to 2 January 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of
Art in association with The Andy Warhol
Museum, Pittsburgh; the Galleria
nazionale d’arte moderna, Rome; and
the Museum für Moderne Kunst,
Frankfurt
Molly Donovan, curator
Sponsored by The Terra Foundation for
American Art
Made possible by The Exhibition Circle
of the National Gallery of Art
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
>Harry Callahan at 100
2 October 2011–4 March 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Sarah Greenough, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of the Trellis Fund
>Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance
Bronzes
6 November 2011–8 April 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
in association with The Frick Collection,
New York
Eleonora Luciano, curator
Made possible by the generous support
of Robert H. and Clarice Smith
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
Part of ITALY@150, a series of activities
in Washington, DC, and throughout the
United States that celebrated the 150th
anniversary of the unification of Italy and
the long-lasting friendship between the
two countries
>In the Tower: Mel Bochner
6 November 2011–8 April 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
James Meyer, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of Suzanne F. Cohen and The
Kraus Family Foundation
Additional support provided by Judith
Racht and Irving Stenn Jr., The
Exhibition Circle, and The Tower Project
>Picasso’s Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing
Tradition
29 January 2012–6 May 2012
Organized by the Frick Collection, New
York and the National Gallery of Art
Andrew Robison, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Also made possible by The Exhibition
Circle of the National Gallery of Art
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
>The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto
Castiglione
29 January 2012–8 July 2012
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Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Jonathan Bober, curator
>Civic Pride: Group Portraits from
Amsterdam
10 March 2012–11 March 2017
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Arthur Wheelock, curator
Made possible by the Hata Foundation
Also supported, in part, by public funds
from the Netherlands Cultural Services
and through the generosity of Mrs.
Henry H. Weldon
>Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower
Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800)
30 March 2012–29 April 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of
Art, The Imperial Household Agency,
and Nikkei, Inc., in association with the
Embassy of Japan
Yukio Lippit, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of Toyota; Nikkei, Inc.; and
The Exhibition Circle of the National
Gallery of Art
Additional sponsorship from Japan
provided by Daikin Industries, Ltd.;
Itoen, Ltd.; Mitsubishi Corporation; and
Panasonic Corporation
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
>I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the
Street, 1938–2010
22 April 2012–5 August 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Sarah Greenough, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of The Ryna and Melvin Cohen
Family Foundation and the Trellis Fund
In-kind support of the Optium Acrylic
Glazing provided by Tru Vue
>Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape
6 May 2012–12 August 2012
Organized by Tate Modern, London, in
collaboration with Fundació Joan Miró,
Barcelona, and in association with the
National Gallery of Art
Harry Cooper, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of the Anna-Maria and Stephen
Kellen Foundation
Additional support provided by Buffy
and William Cafritz and exhibition
sponsor in Washington and London, The
Institut Ramon Llull
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
>Deacon Peckham’s “Hobby Horse”
27 May 2012–28 October 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Deborah Chotner, curator
>George Bellows
10 June 2012–8 October 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
in association with The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, and the Royal
Academy of Arts, London
Charles Brock, curator
Made possible by Nippon Television
Network Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Sponsored by The Terra Foundation for
American Art
Generously supported by the Henry
Luce Foundation
Made possible by the Cordover Family
Foundation, with additional support
provided by The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
>In the Tower: Barnett Newman
10 June 2012–24 February 2013
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Harry Cooper, curator
Made possible by The Exhibition Circle
and The Tower Project of the National
Gallery of Art
>The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished
Collection of Drawings and Watercolors
17 June 2012–25 November 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Margaret Morgan Grasselli, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of the Joseph F. McCrindle
Foundation
>Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life
Paintings of Willem van Aelst
24 June 2012–14 October 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of
Art, Washington, the Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell
Blaffer Foundation
Arthur Wheelock, curator
Made possible by The Exhibition Circle
of the National Gallery of Art
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
>Shock of the News
23 September 2012–27 January 2013
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Judith Brodie, curator
Made possible through the generous
support of The Leonard and Evelyn
Lauder Foundation
Supported by an indemnity from the
Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities
Catalogue made possible, in part,
by the Corinne H. Buck Charitable
Lead Trust
>The Serial Portrait: Photography and
Identity in the Last One Hundred Years
30 September 2012–31 December 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Sarah Kennel and Ksenya Gurshtein,
curators
Made possible through the generous
support of the Trellis Fund
>Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and
Drawings, 1475–1540
30 September 2012–31 December 2012
Organized by the National Gallery of Art
Gregory Jecmen, curator
Supported in part by a generous grant
from the Thaw Charitable Trust