National Gallery of Art Lectures in November 2009

The National Gallery of Art is one of my favorite museums, not just because of the incredible art on display, but because of the rich lectures and free concerts they offer every month. November 2009 kicks off with an impressive line-up of lectures including a reading of "The Fisherwoman" by Toni Morrison. So mark your calendar:

• November 1, 2009 at 2 p.m. Reading of "The Fisherwoman" by Toni Morrison from Robert Bergman's A Kind of Rapture in the East Building Concourse, Auditorium. Author Toni Morrison and Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus; special consultant to the director of the Princeton Atelier; and lecturer with the rank of professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University will present a reading of "The Fisherwoman". This is in conjunction with the Robert Bergman: Portraits, 1986-1995 exhibition on view October 11, 2009-January 10, 2010.
  
  
• November 15, 2009 at 2 p.m. The American Leonardo: Experts, Dealers, and the Art Market in the Twentieth Century. Hear John Brewer, the Eli and Eyde Broad Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences at California Institute of Technology discuss his book The American Leonardo: A Tale of Obsession, Art and Money. Book signing to follow. Lecture takes place in the East Building Concourse Auditorium.
  
  
• On November 29, 2009 at 2 p.m. listen to Steven F. Ostrow, professor and chair of the department of art history at the University of Minnesota discuss The Angels of Caravaggio. Lecture takes place in East Building Concourse, Auditorium.