For
access to complete press kits for past exhibitions, including
image/caption sheets, exhibition and wall text, please email
press@isgm.org or call 617/278-5106.
Thursday, July 31, 6-9 pm | Ticketed Event | $12, free members
What better way to spend
a sultry summer evening than with a music mash-up performance
by experimental musician Fa Ventilato amid the splendor of
the Gardner's courtyard garden?
On Thursday, July 31st,
2008, from 6 to 9PM, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum hosts
a night of contemporary art and music featuring a DJ Concert
by the celebrated Brooklyn-based Fa Ventilato. Inspired by
the museum's atmospheric courtyard, and the vibe of the audience,
Ventilato will spin a musical mix of different artists and
sounds to create a unique and spontaneous experience for visitors,
layering tracks into a mash-up soundtrack reflective of the
evening and the unique setting.
June 26-September, 2008 | Then
traveling to The Merz Foundation, Turin Italy, in early 2009
A
new video work by Luisa Rabbia inspired by Isabella Gardner's
1883 travels throughout China,
Travels with Isabella adds
a contemporary perspective to 19th-century China and engages
viewers in an imaginary landscape steeped in nostalgia.
Artist Luisa Rabbia layers original drawings, images and objects
from the collection, and music by collaborator Fa Ventilato,
upon images of photographs from 1883 China purchased and compiled
by Isabella Gardner into an elaborate travel scrapbook to
create a fantastical narrative steeped in nostalgia and a
narrative on the human condition.The
26-plus minute video isaccompanied in the exhibition by an
artist drawing (Untitled, 2008) and Gardner's 1883
China scrapbook, open to images of Shanghai and Hong Kong,
and on view to the public for the first time.
Travels
with Isabella is Luisa Rabbia's first solo U.S. museum
exhibition - and sixth collaborative project with experimental
musician Fa Ventilato.
Advance
Press Preview Event: Wednesday, June 25th, 5:30-6:30 pm
Please RSVP to karmstrong@isgm.org
or 617 278 5107
Between
1883 and 1884, Isabella Gardner traveled throughout the Orient,
compiling five travel scrapbooks along the way. This exhibition
represents the first time these Asia scrapbooks will be on
view together in an historic scholarly exhibition devoted
to her travels and influences throughout the Orient.
A
full press release will be published in Fall 2008.
Jun 6
FREE Community Events "NEIGHBORHOOD
NIGHTS" Events Celebrate Art and Community at the GArdner July
10, July 24 & August 7, 2008,
5:00-8:00 pm Select
Thursday evenings,
FREE for all! Free Neighborhood Nights bring the community and families
together for live performances, art-making activities, and
more. This year's festivities include storytelling,
dance, music, and visual artsinspired
by Isabella Gardner's travels and emphasizing art and culture
from around the world - and feature
young local artists and performers from Cambridge, Jamaica
Plain, and Boston.
Jun 1
Seasonal Calendar
Release
Season at the Gardner: SUMMER 2008 Detailed
Exhibition & Programming Highlights: June-Aug 2008 A
detailed look at this summer's contemporary Artist-in-Residence
exhibition, courtyard garden installations, performances,
events and promotions, lectures, gallery tours, thematic café
menus, and other programming - in addition to world-class
art in the permanent collection.
Jun 1
Advance Calendar Release
The
Year+ Ahead: Summer 2008 through 2009 An advance look
at historic and contemporary Artist-in-Residence exhibitions,
annual garden installations, and programming highlights at
the Gardner Museum in the coming year-plus. Updated
regularly.
Special offers for Moms
on Mother's Day: Mom gets in free! Plus...
Revel in the enchanting interior courtyard garden, always
abloom; Indulge in a decadent Mother's Day dessert in the
Gardner Cafe (reservations recommended); And give Mom the
gift of the Gardner with $10 off new memberships, so Mom can
enjoy all the Gardner has to offer year-round.
The
Gardner Cafe: 617-566-1088
Membership: 617-566-5643
Mar 6
<Revised
May 6>
Advance Contemporary
Exhibition Release "Luisa
Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008 June 26-September, 2008 A contemporary
Artist-in-Residence exhibition inspired by artist Luisa
Rabbia's residency at the Gardner Museum - and photographs
collected by Isabella Gardner while traveling in China in
1883.
This advance release
was revised May 6, 2008
A complete press kit will be available in late May 2008.
Museum issues call for donations of children's storybooks
in conjunction with Gcina Mhlophe's museum residency - and
great passion to get books in the hands of South African school
children
Drop box available at
the museum admissions desk, 280 The Fenway, Boston, or by
contacting Johnetta Tinker at 617/278-5126, jtinker@isgm.org
Apr 18
Artist-in-Residence
Performance "TRAVELING
IN TIME": A Storytelling Performance by South African Artist-in-Residence
Gcina Mhlophe Thursday, April 24, 6:30 pm * Tickets $10-$23 Join Gcina Mhlophe as she
weaves together tales inspired by an important - and whimsical
- textile in Isabella Gardner's collection, filled with whimsical
animals, mermaids playing the guitar, monkeys climbing trees,
and more...
Join eteemed medical
history andlandscape scholars Robert Martenson and Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs
trace the 400-year history of collaboration among physicians,
landscape designers and artists on the role of natural environments
in medical training and theory with a special Landscape Visions
lecture:"Erasmus in the Age of Jarvik: Physicians, Designers
and the Construction of Healthy Environments."
Artist-in-Residence
Performances
Serra Yilmaz: "APPLES FROM THE SKY" March 13, 6:30
pm & March 14, 18 & 19, 3:30 pm Turkish
actress and artist presents a series of staged readings exploring
the heartbreaking and hilarious sides of the human experience.
Evening performance on March 13th to honor the memory of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink, a vocal supporter of free speech, including
Dink's final work, "A Dove's Skittishness in My Soul."
Theft
Press Statement In the wake of recent
art thefts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
reissues a public statement - calling for the proper care
and immediate return of thirteen works of art stolen from
its collection seventeen years ago and encouraging anyone
with information about the case to come forward. Stolen
artworks (image/caption sheet)
New scholarly exhibition
celebrates the dynamic cultural exchange between India and
Portugal around 1600. Exhibition showcases sumptuous Indo-Portuguese
objects and reveals new discoveries about a rare silk embroidery
in the Gardner Museum's collection.
Dynamic programming,
an exhibition catalogue, and a dedicated Luxury for Export
website are being produced in conjunction with the exhibition.
Advance
Press Preview Event: Wednesday, February 6th, 5:30-6:30 pm
Please RSVP
to: karmstrong@isgm.org
Jan 29
Evening Event "A
Venetian Valentine" Evening Soiree Celebrates
the Art of Romance at the Gardner Museum Thursday, February
14th, 6:00-8:30 pm Experience the magic and romance of the
Venetian-inspired Gardner Museum at night; indulge in decadent
cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and desserts; listen to live jazz
from the courtyard; and explore romance-filled art paired
with poetry --- all in Boston's most enchanting setting.
Call 617/566-5643 or
click here to purchase a ticket
through the Membership office
2007
Dec 26
Concerts Music
at the Gardner: WINTER/SPRING 2008 CONCERTS Season premiere
performance: January 6, 2008 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum announces
winter/spring 2008 performance schedule, with over 20 classical,
jazz and new music concerts. Season highlights young performers,
profiles contemporary jazz and classical composerts, and continues
series of major chamber music works by Beethoven, Brahms,
Schumann, and Shostakovich
Dec 17
Theft
Press Statement Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum calls for the return of the stolen artworks taken from
the museum seventeen years ago; reiterates its offer of $5
million for information leading to their return
New
Building Project Update: Article 80 Development Review with
the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) The Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum on November 26th initiated the Article 80 Development
Review process with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA)
for a proposed new building on its campus. Designed by internationally
acclaimed architect Renzo Piano and The Renzo Piano Building
Workshop, the new building is part of a larger campaign to
preserve Isabella Gardner's historic Palace, world-class fine
art collection, and legacy.
Artist-In-Residence
Exhibition "CLIFF
EVANS: EMPYREAN" November 9, 2007 - January 20, 2008 "Empyrean" is a new five-channel
video projection exhibition by artist Cliff Evans that takes
a critical look at contemporary American culture. Evans is
a contemporary Artist-in-Residence exhibition at the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum by young multi-media artist Cliff Evans.
The work is a digital polyptych using photomontage animation
in place of painting to recall the alterpieces of northern
Europe and create loose narratives around the subjects of
baptism, repetion and return.
Press Preview Event:
Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 5:00-6:00 PM. RSVP to karmstrong@isgm.org
or 617/278-5107.
"Jazz
at the Gardner" Select Thursday
Evenings at 7 PM Nov
15 • Dec 20 •
Feb 21
• Apr 17 •
Jun 19 JAZZ IS BACK! Starting November 15th,
Jazz at the Gardner presents a five-concert lineup
of outstanding young musicians from Berklee College of Music
performing jazz standards, original material, bluegrass, vocal
jazz and more.
Oct
24
Commemorative Red
Sox Banner & Visitor Photo Contest "Oh,
you Red Sox!" Game One (October 24th ) through the end of the World
Series 2007 Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
celebrates the Red Sox' championship bid in the style of its
founder - a New Yorker turned Bostonian and avid Red Sox fan.
Museum to display commemorative 25-foot banner immortalizing
these words made famous by Isabella Gardner. And for the first
time, invites fans to show their own support for the team
with a new visitor photo contest.
Advance Exhibition
Release CLIFF
EVANS: "EMPYREAN" November 9, 2007 - January 20, 2008 Empyrean is a contemporary Artist-in-Residence
exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by young
multi-media artist Cliff Evans. The work is a digital polyptych
using photomontage animation in place of painting to recall
the alterpieces of northern Europe and create loose narratives
around the subjects of baptism, repetion and return.
A complete press kit
will be available in the Fall 2007.
Oct
2
"Composer
Portraits" Concerts Select Thursday evening,
7 PM
October 18th •
January 17th •
March 28th The Fall 2007/Spring 2008 concert season
brings with it the return of the Gardner's renowned "Composer
Portraits" concerts. Featuring profiles Julius Hemphill,
Magnus Lindberg, and Gerald Barry, the series is presented
on select Thursday evenings as part of the museum's all-new
"After Hours" events.
Sept 14
All-New Evening Events "GARDNER
AFTER HOURS"
Third Thursdays 5-9PM
Premiere Event: September 20th
A new kind of night out...
"Gardner After Hours" evening events series combines
cutting-edge art, music, performances, cocktails and more
in Boston's most inspiring setting.
Classical Music Podcast "THE
CONCERT": PODCAST UPDATE September 15, 2007 "The Concert" classical music
podcast marks its one-year anniversary - on September 15th
- with the release of its first-ever contemporary music podcast
- featuring music by contemporary American composer Leon Kirchner.
MUSIC
AT THE GARDNER: FALL 2007 CONCERTS Music at the Gardner Museum enters
its 80th season this Fall with weekly classical concerts on
Sunday, new jazz and contemporary performances After Hours
on select Thursday nights, and continuing concert podcasts
online.
June 25
A Contemplative Contemporary
Exhibition "STEFANO
ARIENTI: THE ASIAN SHORE" June 29-October 14, 2007 Leading Italian artist Stefano Arienti
this summer presents "The Asian Shore," a contemplative
contemporary exhibition that will visitors in an intimate
and sensual encounter with art. Arienti presents new drawings
and rugs by the artist, alongside an important historic set
of 17th-century Japanese fusuma doors in a highly meditative
space.
Advance
Exhibition Release
"THE TRIUMPH OF MARRIAGE: Art for the Renaissance Home"
Exhibition Date: October 16, 2008 - January 18, 2009 An historic, scholarly exhibition at the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum examining Renaissance cassoni
(wedding chests) and other images reflecting the triumphant
celebration of marriage.
Advance
Release: Spring 2009
Advance
Exhibition Release
"FROM TOURIST TO COLLECTOR: Isabella Stewart Gardner and
the Orient"
Exhibition Date: February through May 2009 An historic, scholarly exhibition at the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum inspired by Isabella Gardner's
former Buddha (or Chinese) Room, a private, subterranean chamber
in the museum which possessed an atmospheric, evocative arrangement
of Buddhist statues, alter tables, temple ornaments, and decorative
screens in Isabella Gardner's collection - and that today, exists
only in archival photographs.
June
25
Free
NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS" Events at the Gardner Thursdays, July 12, July 26 & August 9, 2007 | 5:00-8:00
pm | FREE for all! "Neighborhood Nights" events
at the Gardner Museum celebrate art, music and community this
summer with live performances and art-making activities for
the whole family. Inspired by the diversity of Boston communities,
this year's annual summer evening celebrations will emphasize
African-American, Latin American, Chinese and Japanese art
and culture through storytelling, dance, jazz, poetry and
the visual arts. Nights feature free performances by local
artists from Dorchester, Cambridge, West Roxbury, and Boston.
May 23
Special Event: Wine
Tasting with a Twist! "A
Spring Serata" Evening Wine Tasting Event
June 7, 2007, 6:00-8:00 pm Gardner Museum's inaugural evening wine
event offers site-specific tastings of 'floral,' 'grassy,'
and 'mineral' wines in the museum's gardens and galleries,
live music from the courtyard, poetry- and art-filled gallery
tours, and more. •
Wine
tasting menu
•
Event image/caption sheet
May
7
"COMMUNITY
CREATIONS" EXHIBITION Annual exhibition presents
new works by young artists from Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury
and Hyde Park, created as part of the museum's "Community
Partnerships Program"
Special Exhibition Gallery: May 18-29, 2007 FREE public event and
opening reception: Friday, May 18th, 6-8PM •
Image/caption
sheet
Apr 29
Contemporary Artist-In-Residence
Exhibition "STEFANO
ARIENTI: THE ASIAN SHORE"
June 29-October 14, 2007 An Asian-inspired contemporary Artist-In-Residence
exhibition by Italian artist Stefano Arienti presents original
drawings and rugs dyed by the artist alongside an important
17th-century Asian fusuma from Gardner's permanent
collection. These objects reveal lost or hidden images and
patterns in a highly meditative, zen-like space to engage
the viewer in an intimate encounter with art.
ADVANCE RELEASE: A
full press release and press kit including an exhibition list,
image/caption sheet, and accompanying programming overview
will be published in early June.
April
10
"'OH,
YOU RED SOX!' - Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1912" April 10-16, 2007 * Red Sox nation at its most
sublime... 25-foot banner celebrates the Boston Red Sox's home opening
run - and commemorates Isabella Gardner's own creatively vocal
support of the team in the early 1900s. • Press
release
"Fun
for Families": Celebrate at the Gardner Museum during
Public School Vacation Week Wednesday, April 18th; plus special art-making
activities available all week Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum welcomes
families for FREE art activities during April public school
vacation week. Visit on Wednesday, April 18th, for Fun for
Families!, a special day of theatrical performances, music,
gallery activities, tours and art making. Art-making activities
are also available daily all week, from Tuesday, April 17th
through Friday, April 20th.
•
Visit
"Thinking
Through Art" online for access to the full research
report, a documentary film of kids 'learning to look' at art,
sample lesson plans, and more.
Feb
2
Special Exhibition "Sculpture
& Memory: Works from the Gardner and by Luigi Ontani"
February 9 - May 6, 2007 An exhibition contrasting religious imagery
in historic and contemporary art. "Sculpture & Memory:
Works from the Gardner and by Luigi Ontani" presents
important early 16th-century European sculptures from the
Gardner alongside 20th-century works by Italian artist Luigi
Ontani, and provides new insight into myth and meaning in
religious art, and Isabella Gardner's art installations. Image
Sheet•
Accompanying
Programming•
Full
Press Kit
"Tin
Pan Alley at the Gardner" Concerts
Sundays, January 28 & February 4, 2007, 1:30 pm The Great American Songbook Written in the first half of
the 20th Century, the songs of Tin Pan Alley are a cherished
part of the American musical tradition. In a pair of concerts
this season, hear beloved standards and lesser-known gems
by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and many others.
"Composer
Portraits" Concerts at the Gardner December 1, 2006 & February 16,
2007
Critically acclaimed concert series returns to the Gardner
Museum with Boston premieres of percussion pieces by David
Lang and new orchestral arrangements of player piano works
by Conlon Nancarrow.
Oct
5
"A
BRONZE MENAGERIE: MAT WEIGHTS OF EARLY CHINA" First exhibition devoted to bronze animal
mat weights from ancient China on view at the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum
October 5, 2006 - January 14, 2007
Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum Launches Free Classical Music Podcast
- "The Concert" The Gardner Museum launches a new FREE
classical music podcast at www.gardnermuseum.org. "The
Concert" features unreleased live recordings from the
museum's weekly concert series, making the Gardner the first
art museum to encourage file sharing and free distribution
of its online programming by using a Creative Commons license.
"GENTILE
BELLINI AND THE EAST"
First Exhibition Devoted to the Venetian Painter Gentile Bellini
Explores the Role of Art in Bridging East and West in the
Renaissance: December 14, 2005-March 26, 2006
