Paris in Transition: Photographs from the National Gallery of Art presents 60 works revealing the transformation of the French capital city and the art of photography from the mid-19th to early 20th century. The exhibition, organized from the perspective of a flâneur-an aimless wanderer, will be on view in the ground floor photographs galleries of the West Building from February 11 through May 6, 2007. It includes photographs by Eugène Atget, André Kertész, Brassaï, Alfred Stieglitz and others.

Shakespeare has been inspiring art and literature for more than 400 years and now the National Gallery of Art is presenting some of the sources that inspired him in a special installation of rare 16th- and early 17th-century books. Sources for Shakespeare's Plays: Selections from the National Gallery of Art Library, part of the citywide festival "Shakespeare in Washington," is on public view in the Gallery's Library, East Building, through April 17, 2007.

The National Gallery of Art department of adult programs is recruiting for docent volunteers to help visitors learn about and enjoy the Gallery's collections and exhibitions through general introductory and occasional special-topic tours for adults.

Mark Rothko: The Mural Projects, a special installation of works by Mark Rothko (1903-1970), long recognized as one of America's foremost artists, celebrates the centenary of his birth. On view in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art indefinitely, the nine paintings are related to two mural commissions--the Seagram murals and the Harvard murals--which date from the late 1950s and early 1960s, respectively.

The work of Jasper Johns (b. 1930) represents an important breakthrough in art at midcentury, a period of radical change in American art. Themes developed in the first decade of his career will be examined as a group for the first time in a comprehensive exhibition of 84 works, on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 28 through April 29, 2007.

A medalist, sculptor, and designer, Alexandre Charpentier was a pivotal figure in the movement to unite the fine and decorative arts in France at the end of the 19th century. Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856-1909) marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the artist and will be on view on the ground floor of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art through January 28, 2007.

A new exhibition drawn from the Gallery's collection of prints and drawings, combined with major loans from private collections, will survey the varied art of British romanticism. The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Britain, on view in the West Building's prints and drawings through March 18, 2007, features approximately 70 works from the late 18th century through the early 20th century. The exhibition presents artworks by Samuel Palmer, J.M.W. Turner, William Blake, and more.