Celebrate the opening of our new special exhibition Luxury for Export and discover how art and ideas travel the globe.
Courtyard Music:Seven Times Salt plays music from another time and place: Renaissance England. Hear them in the courtyard from 5-7pm. Listen.
Gallery Travels: View art from all over the globe—the Gardner’s collection spans ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, Asia, the Islamic world, 19th-century America and more.
Viewfinder: Check out this famous portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner and learn why it sent a shock through Boston society when it was first displayed.
Exhibition: Ever thought it would be neat to own a mother-of-pearl chess set?
Discover our just-opened exhibition Luxury for Export: Artistic Exchange Between India and Portugal Around 1600, and get some face time with the museum’s curatorial staff in a series of brief talks about some of the decadent objects in the show.
Drawing in the Galleries: Sketch art from many corners of the world in our 6-9pm drawing session.
After Hours PLUS
February 21, 2008, 7:00pm - Jazz at the Gardner: Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet Guggenheim fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative young musicians and composers in jazz today. Named a Rising Star of the alto saxophone by the Downbeat International Critics Poll for the past five years, #2 in 2006, Rudresh has incorporated the culture of his Indian ancestry and has fused myriad influences to create a truly groundbreaking artistic vision. Hear him in performance with his quartet, to round out this night’s globetrotting theme.
One of seven ensembles Rudresh leads, the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet released their most recent new album, Codebook, in September 2006; in short order, it was named one of the Top Jazz Albums of 2006 by The Village Voice, Jazztimes, and The Denver Post to name only a few and received rave reviews from Downbeat, Jazztimes, wired.com and Science Magazine. Recently, All About Jazz wrote of their live performance, “The elements of the musical palette were combined to strike a perceptible balance between limits and freedom, intellectualism and spirit..” A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Rudresh Mahanthappa performs as part of Jazz at the Gardner’s ongoing collaboration with the school, presenting outstanding current students and young alumni playing diverse musical styles.
After Hours Tickets
Members: free | Adults: $12 | College Students: $5
After Hours Plus Tickets (Includes admission to After Hours)
Adults: $23 | Members: $15 | College Students: $10 Buy Now
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Box Office: 617 278 5156
Tickets also on sale at the door, subject to availability.
Due to space limitations, we cannot make special accomodations for groups at After Hours.
The Gardner Café
The Gardner Café is open during After Hours, serving sweet and savory small plates and drinks from 5–9pm. A cash bar, offering specialty cocktails, wine and beer, is also available alongside the courtyard in the museum starting at 5:30pm. Reservations are available for members only by calling 617 566 1088.
Small Plates Brazilian Style Braised Pork black beans, orange and cilantro - $8.00 Baked Rigatoni Bolognese, basil and Grana Padano - $9.00 Cold Poached Atlantic Salmon grapefruit, macadamia nuts and kaffir lime - $10.00 Cassava Soup bacon and scallion butter - $5.00 Imported and Domestic Cheeses raisin toast and apple - $6.00 Ginger Ice Cream - $5.00 Lime and Vanilla Panna Cotta stewed blackberries - $6.00 Banana Bread Pudding crème anglaise - $5.00
Bar Sake Lemon Drop (sake, lemon sugar, lemon zest and Thai basil) - $8.00
White wines - $6.00
Beer - $4.00
Soda and water - $2.00
Coffee - $2.50
Tea - $2.95
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Join the Gardner Museum today to enjoy free admission to all ten After Hours events – plus unlimited museum access, invitations to members-only exhibition previews and events, discounts on tickets for concerts and at the Museum Shop, and more!
