Gallery Archives
Press Releases: 1999
January 5, 1999
150 New Objects on View in Edo Exhibition, January 15-February 15; Edo Experts Present Lecture and Symposium, January 8 and 9
January 8, 1999
Renowned Horowitz Collection of American Impressionism and Realism on View at National Gallery, January 24-May 9, 1999
January 14, 1999
Exquisite Dutch and Flemish Flower Still Lifes on View at National Gallery of Art, January 31-May 31, 1999
February 1, 1999
Updated Release: John Singer Sargent on View at the National Gallery of Art, February 21-May 31, 1999
February 2, 1999
Paul Mellon, Renowned Philanthropist and Patron of the Arts, Leaves Behind a Great Legacy
February 5, 1999
National Gallery of Art Launches Monthly Children's Film Program
February 5, 1999
National Gallery Hits Ten-Year High in Attendance for 1998 and Acquires More than 1,000 Works of Art, Including the Renowned Whitney Collection
March 5, 1999
Advance Exhibition Schedule
March 22, 1999
Photographs from the Collection at the National Gallery of Art, April 25-July 5, 1999
March 24, 1999
The National Gallery of Art's Micro Gallery is Now Available on CD-ROM
March 24, 1999
Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch on View at the National Gallery of Art, May 23-August 22, 1999
April 2, 1999
Addendum to Advance Exhibition Schedule Dated March 5, 1999
April 9, 1999
Revised Addendum to Advance Exhibition Schedule
April 29, 1999
National Gallery of Art's Fifty-Sixth American Music Festival Begins May 2
March 24, 1999
Comprehensive Survey of Mary Cassatt's Work on View at National Gallery of Art, June 6-September 6, 1999
June 9, 1999
National Gallery Board Elects David Maxwell as New Trustee
June 25, 1999
Gifts from Paul Mellon Bring Depth to National Gallery's French, American, and British Collections
July 28, 1999
Advance Exhibition Schedule
August 2, 1999
Powerful and Evocative Master Drawings by Annibale Carracci on View at National Gallery, September 26, 1999-January 9, 2000
September 8, 1999
National Gallery of Art's Fifty-Eighth Concert Season Begins October 3, 1999
September 20, 1999
Virtuoso Examples of Late Gothic Carving by Tilman Riemenschneider on View at the National Gallery, October 3, 1999-January 9, 2000
September 24, 1999
National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Announces 1999-2000 Appointments
October 12, 1999
National Gallery of Art Presents Brassaï: The Eye of Paris, First Major U.S. Retrospective of the Celebrated Photographer
October 18, 1999
National Gallery of Art Names Jeffrey Weiss Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
October 20, 1999
National Gallery of Art Awards Medals to Leaders in Corporate Philanthropy for Distinguished Service to Education
October 22, 1999
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Skating Rink Opens November 15, 1999
November 3, 1999
Exhibition of Masterworks Honors Paul Mellon's Legacy of Gifts to the Nation; Includes 14 Rare Degas Waxes
November 23, 1999
National Gallery of Art Celebrates the 1999 Holiday Season
December 3, 1999
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Skating Rink Opens for the Season