Gallery Archives
Press Releases: 1996
January 24, 1996
National Gallery of Art to extend hours for Johannes Vermeer to 9:00 p.m. every night, February 1-11, 1996
January 25, 1996
The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995 to open at NGA on March 31, 1996; One of finest private collections of postwar art in U.S.
January 26, 1996
National Gallery reschedules popular New Year concert for February 4
February 9, 1996
Deborah Ziska appointed head of Press Office at the National Gallery of Art
February 26, 1996
Innovation and stylistic evolution mark exhibition of Harry Callahan's remarkable photographs over fifty years, premieres at the National Gallery March 3, 1996
March 1, 1996
Advance exhibition schedule
March 11, 1996
Volunteers sought for NGA School Docent Program
March 25, 1996
Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller, opening at the National Gallery on April 28, presents exceptional range of Dutch master's paintings
March 25, 1996
Scenes of Daily Life: Genre Prints from the Housebook Master to Rembrandt van Rijn to open at the National Gallery on April 28
April 2, 1996
Major paintings by Johns and Stella and Avant-Garde theater programs are among 214 recent gifts to the National Gallery of Art
June 20, 1996
National Gallery offers summer exhibition programs for families
August 1, 1996
Advance exhibition schedule
August 5, 1996
Stellar lineup from Herbert and Nannette Rothschild family collections of modern art opens at National Gallery of Art on September 22
August 5, 1996
First major American survey of Victorian painting to open at the National Gallery of Art February 16, 1997
August 5, 1996
A major German artist rediscovered: Adolph Menzel at National Gallery of Art September 15, 1996- January 5, 1997
August 16, 1996
Heroic Civil War Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens to be restored, recast, and relocated [National Park Service news release]
August 16, 1996
National Gallery of Art 55th concert season celebrates Schubert bicentennial and gallery exhibitions; first concert scheduled for October 6
August 23, 1996
Extraordinary drawings from Windsor Castle by Michelangelo and those he influenced at the National Gallery of Art, October 27, 1996
September 10, 1996
National Gallery Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts announces 1996-1997 appointments
September 10, 1996
A major German artist rediscovered: Adolph Menzel at National Gallery of Art September 15, 1996-January 5, 1997 [updated release]
September 10, 1996
Ruth Anderson Coggeshall named Chief Development Officer for the National Gallery of Art
September 29, 1996
National Gallery of Art names Marla Prather Head of Department for Twentieth-Century Art
September 29, 1996
The Burnett Foundation awards $600,000 to complete O'Keeffe catalogue raisonné
September 30, 1996
National Gallery of Art names Mark Leithauser Chief of Design and Architectural Services
October 22, 1996
Extraordinary drawings from Windsor Castle by Michelangelo and those he influenced at the National Gallery of Art, October 27, 1996 [Updated release]