Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Lecture Series October 8, 11:30am
Imaging Using Milli X-ray Fluorescence: A New Tool for Forensics and Microanalysis
Jeffrey M. Davis, MSCE, EIT Materials Research Engineer, NIST; East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium. Traditional X-ray fluorescence has been a mainstay of analytical chemistry and microanalysis for over 40 years.

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series
The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series provides a forum for distinguished artists to discuss the genesis and evolution of their work in their own words. October 12, 2:00pm Rachel Whiteread. Rachel Whiteread, artist, in conversation with Molly Donovan, associate curator of modern and contemporary art, National Gallery of Art; East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium.  

Weekend Lectures October 19, 2:00pm
Finding Ancient Rome on the Bay of Naples: An Introduction to Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Carol Mattusch, Mathy Professor of Art History, George Mason University; East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
 
The Last Days of Pompeii October 25, 2:00pm
Martin M. Winkler, professor of classics at George Mason University and editor of the recent essay collections Gladiator: Film and History, Troy: From Homer’s Iliad to Hollywood Epic, and Spartacus: Film and History, will present an illustrated lecture on the destruction of Pompeii as impulse for the popular imagination, focusing especially on Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii and its adaptations to stage and screen. East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
 
Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt’s Shadow October 26, 2:00pm
Arthur Wheelock, curator of northern baroque paintings, National Gallery of Art; East Building Concourse, Large Auditoriu. Jan Lievens in Black and White: Etchings, Woodcuts, and Collaborations in Print. Stephanie S. Dickey, Bader Chair in Northern Baroque Art, Queen’s University; East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
 
Works in Progress: Mondays October 20, 12:10PM, 1:10pm
Venice in the Bazaar: Ceramics, Textiles, and Furniture
Rosamond Mack, independent scholar; East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium 
 
National Gallery of Art is located on Constitution Avenue between Third and Seventh Streets
202.737.4215 www.nga.gov.  Metro:  Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter

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