Gallery Archives
Press Releases: 1995
January 1, 1995
Advance exhibition schedule
March 13, 1995
Historic retrospective of art by James McNeill Whistler opens at National Gallery of Art, May 28, 1995
March 15, 1995
Arshile Gorky's "Breakthrough" art on exhibition at National Gallery of Art May 7-September 17, 1995
March 17, 1995
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts names Arthur C. Danto as 1995 Mellon Lecturer; Series of six lectures begins March 19
April 3, 1995
National Gallery's fifty-second American Music Festival features bluegrass, classical, and jazz April 23 through May 21, 1995
April 19, 1995
National Gallery of Art book sheds new light on major paintings in its collection
May 23, 1995
Renowned American artist James McNeill Whistler celebrated in four exhibitions in the nation's capital
May 23, 1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries opens Sunday, June 18, 1995, National Gallery of Art
May 26, 1995
National Gallery acquires major photography collection; Rare masterpieces on view, September 10-December 31, 1995
June 1, 1995
National Gallery acquires important works by Jean Dubuffet from the Stephen Hahn Family Collection
June 30, 1995
Recently acquired major prints, drawings, and photographs on view at NGA July 2-December 31
June 30, 1995
Marc Chagall's fanciful early graphics works showcased at National Gallery of Art July 2-December 31
July 20, 1995
National Gallery receives major grant to establish the J. Paul Getty Fund for the Franklin D. Murphy Collection
August 1, 1995
Advance exhibition schedule
August 7, 1995
Masterworks from the acclaimed Chatsworth Collection of Drawings on view at the National Gallery of Art October 8-December 31
August 22, 1995
National Gallery to open Micro Gallery on October 29. Thousands of images and information available at the touch of a screen
August 25, 1995
Exhibition of rare masterpieces reveals beauty and magic of photography's first century; at National Gallery September 10-December 31, 1995
August 25, 1995
Definitive book on Winslow Homer's extraordinary achievements to be published by the National Gallery of Art
September 8, 1995
Influential works by Jean Dubuffet to be installed as part of National Gallery Permanent Collection on September 17; Selected from recent Stephen Hahn family gift
September 8, 1995
National Gallery exhibition to present selections from exceptional Woodner Collections of Master Drawings
September 11, 1995
John Singleton Copley's brilliant career in England highlighted at the National Gallery of Art with masterworks of portraiture and history painting
September 11, 1995
National Gallery of Art inaugurates 54th concert season on October 8 with program honoring 2 exhibitions
September 15, 1995
Passes required on weekends and holidays for Winslow Homer; Daily for Johannes Vermeer
September 19, 1995
New Dutch cabinet galleries return visitors to seventeenth-century Holland and Flanders; Open September 24 with works by Brouwer, Vermeer, and others
September 19, 1995
National Gallery of Art announces first major catalogue on its seventeenth-century Dutch paintings
September 22, 1995
National Gallery CASVA names 1995-1996 Samuel H. Kress Professor [David R. Coffin] and twenty-eight fellows
September 22, 1995
Updated Release: National Gallery exhibition to present selections from exceptional Woodner Collections of Master Drawings
September 30, 1995
National Gallery of Art receives new gift from collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
October 15, 1995
Sandra Masur to head the National Gallery of Art's Corporate Affairs Office
October 16, 1995
National Gallery of Art Collectors Committee selects Cy Twombly's Untitled (Bolsena) for its twentieth anniversary addition to the modern collection
November 20, 1995
Celebrate the 1995 holiday season at the National Gallery with festive music, gifts, tours, and more
November 24, 1995
National Gallery to extend weekend hours for visitors to view the extraordinary art of Johannes Vermeer