- Sense of Humor
- July 15, 2018 – January 6, 2019
- West Building, Ground Floor
- https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2018/sense-of-humor.html
James Gillray, Midas, Transmuting All into Paper, 1797, etching with hand-coloring in watercolor on laid paper, Wright and Evans 1851, no. 168, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as an Anonymous Gift
The exhibition is curated by Jonathan Bober, Andrew W. Mellon senior curator of prints and drawings; Judith Brodie, curator and head of the department of American and modern prints and drawings; and Stacey Sell, associate curator, department of old master drawings, all National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Passes: Admission is always free and passes are not required
About the Artists
- Bruegel the Elder, Pieter
- Flemish
- , 1525 - 1569
- Calder, Alexander
- American
- , 1898 - 1976
- Callot, Jacques
- French
- , 1592 - 1635
- Daumier, Honoré
- French
- , 1808 - 1879
- Gillray, James
- British
- , 1757 - 1815
- Goya, Francisco de
- Spanish
- , 1746 - 1828
- Grooms, Red
- American
- , 1937 -
- Guerrilla Girls
- 1985 -
- Hogarth, William
- British
- , 1697 - 1764
- Spiegelman, Art
- American
- , 1948 -
- Steinberg, Saul
- American
- , 1914 - 1999
Press Event: Sense of Humor
https://www.nga.gov/audio-video/press/press-sense-of-humor.html
At the press preview for Sense of Humor on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, remarks were given by Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. Following that, a tour of the exhibition was given by Jonathan Bober, Andrew W. Mellon senior curator of prints and drawings; Stacey Sell, associate curator, department of old master drawings; and Judith Brodie, curator and head of the department of American and modern prints and drawings.
Released: July 10, 2018
