Press
Releases:
Gardner Museum News - Complete (by date)
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Date
This
page contains all Gardner Museum press releases, by date.
For information or access to complete press kits no longer
contained on these pages, including image/caption sheets,
exhibition and wall text, please contact press@isgm.org or
617/278-5106.
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"SU-MEI
TSE: FLOATING MEMORIES" | On view July 16 to October
18, 2009
Advance Press Preview Event: Wednesday, July 15, 9:00 AM RSVP to karmstrong@isgm.org or 617 278 5107
•
"TARO
SHINODA: AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE EXHIBITION"
On view November 5, 2009 to January 18, 2010
Advance Press Preview Event: Wednesday, November 4, 9:30 AM RSVP to karmstrong@isgm.org or 617 278 5107
*
Advance Release: Please check back for a more detailed press
release on the Floating Memories exhibition in early July.
June
26
FREE
Community Events FREE
NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS EVENTS CELEBRAT ART & COMMUNITY Thursday Evenings | July 9, July 23 & August
6 |
5-8pm Neighborhood
Nights are back this summer! Enjoy free admission to the museum
and special exhibition gallery, art-making activities, family-friendly
performances, and more!
Art created through the Gardner's Community
Partnership and Teens Behind the Scenes Programs
in collaboration with area artists celebrated with special
exhibition and FREE opening reception.
The Gardner's successful free classical music
podcast, The Concert, and online music library have
been embraced by listeners across the globe for quality programming
and use of flexible copyright.
Gardner
Museum's first online auction features a unique prize package
filled with all things "WICKED" includes private,
gourmet lunch for four with author GREGORY MAGUIRE at the
Gardner, orchestra seats to see the musical Wicked, &
autographed copies of The Wicked Years series
Available for
Bidding May 10 through May 21, 2009 online at:
http://gardnermuseum.cmarket.com
"Journeys
East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia" February 21 - May
31, 2009 New scholarly exhibition
and catalogue chronicle Isabella Gardner's love of Asia -
from travel and art collecting to a fascination with daily
life and the religions of the East.
Landscape
and Culinary Arts Nasturtiums
Herald the Spring with Visual and Culinary Delights Hanging Nasturtiums courtyard display | March 31 to
mid-April, 2009 Edible Nasturtiums thematic menu | April 1-19, 2009 One-of-a-kind
floral installation in the museum's courtyard and flower-infused
menu in The Gardner Cafe continue and update a 100 year-old
Gardner Museum tradition.
Family
Programs Gardner
Museum Hosts FREE "Fun For Families" Events
FREE! Fun for Families Days| February 18 and April 22, 2009 School Vacation Week
Activities |
February 16-20 and April 21-24, 2009 Free
Wednesday events punctuate a full week of drawing activities
and family guides -- free for all with admission throughout
February and April public school vacation weeks.
Feb 12
Culinary
Arts The
Gardner Cafe Unveils "$16 Below" Prix Fixe Special
Available February 17 through March 14, 2009 Chef
Peter Crowley and The Gardner Cafe reward anyone who braves
the winter weather to lunch at the Cafe with a special two-course
priz fixe menu for just $16
Jan 16
Landscape Landscape
Visions Lecture Series: Spring 2009
Saturdays, January 24, February 21, and March 21, 2009
1:30 PM Saturday
afternoon series features guest speakers on a wide range of
horticultural themes -- from a Mughal garden to the elaborate
water systems of the Rajput Palace Gardens.
Jan 1
Seasonal
Preview This
Season at the Gardner: WINTER|SPRING 2008 Exhibition & Programming
Highlights | Jan-April
2008 Take a close look at the
upcoming season at the Gardner -
including special exhibitions, lectures, concerts, events,
culinary offerings, and more that will transport visitors
around the world - and particularly
Asia.
Event showcases the magic and romance of the Gardner
at night; invites guests to indulge in decadent cuisine &
cocktails, explore romance-filled art & poetry, and savor
the sounds of live jazz -- all in Boston's most romantic setting!
A special birthday gift from the Gardner, new policy aims
at providing respite, particularly during these tough economic
times, launches January 1st, 2009 - in celebration of the
museum's own birthday!
Dec 18
Concerts Music
at the Gardner: Winter/Spring 2009 Concert Schedule January
through May 2009 Nation's longest-running museum music program unveils
diverse concert offerings showcasing young performers, celebrating
contemporary composers & exploring globally-inspired jazz.
Holidays
at the Gardner *NEW*
"Artful Holidays at the Gardner Museum" Event December
13, 2008 | 7:00 pm Museum
'decks the halls' - and courtyard - for special evening celebration;
opens a Boston holiday tradition to the general public for
this year for the first time.
Holiday Happenings at the Gardner:
An Artful Holiday, A Holiday Garden, Holiday Fare & More... December
2008-January 2009 Celebrate the holidays at the Venetian-inspired
museum this season with evening holiday fetes and caroling
around the courtyard, a dramatic holiday courtyard garden
display, a holiday menu in The Gardner Café, a free
day for families, and more.
Nov
26
Evening
Program "Conversations:
EXPERIENCING CONTEMPORARY ART"
with curator Dabney Hailey Thursday,
December 4, 2008, at 6:30 pm Join
curator Dabney Hailey for an interactive Conversation about
contemporary photographs dealing with issues of love, romance,
and marriage - using the revolutionary Visual Thinking Strategies
(VTS) for learning to look at and talk about art -- and tied
to the themes of the current exhibition, "The Triumph
of Marriage."
Presented as part of an all new series of evening CONVERSATIONS
at the Gardner designed to provide a dialogue with visiting
artists, curators, art educators, and scholars on a range
of topics. Ticketed event
The
museum's inaugural Halloween celebration celebrates Friends
of Fenway Court members - and their friends - with a ghoulish
evening filled with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, live
music, and Halloween-themed gallery talks and tours. A
Friends of Fenway Court members event.
Inspired
by the collection, The Gardner Cafe is serving up a new signature
cocktail, The Madame Gautreau, a vibrant blend of grapefruit
and pineapple juices, a splash of grenadine and champagne.
Served up as part of a new "Artful Flavors" and
"Courtside Cocktails" menu available during the
museum's "AFTER HOURS" events every third Thursday
evening, the new signature cocktail is also available daily
at The Gardner Cafe, 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. Salute!
Museum
Directors' Nuptials Celebrated at a Special Evening Event
& Photo Op Next Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:30-8:30
pm - Corresponding with the Opening of a New Scholarly Exhibition
on Italian Renaissance Wedding Chests
(The
Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance: On
view October 16, 2008 - January 18, 2009)
Oct 1
Scholarly Exhibition "The
Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance" On view at the Gardner Museum:
Oct 16, 2008 - Jan 18, 2009 Then traveling to the John and Mable Ringling Museum
of Art, Sarasota, Florida: February 14 - May 17, 2009
This
focused scholarly exhibition presented
by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museumoffers
a new perspective on marriage, social and gender roles, and
patronage of domestic paintings in Renaissance Italy. The
exhibition focuses on Italian Renaissance cassoni (large
'marriage chests') created and used publicly to celebrate
the triumph of marriage and for display in the Renaissance
home, and showcases the art of important, though lesser-known
Italian artists Francesco Pesellino, Giovanni di Ser Giovanni.
"The
Triumph of Marriage" runs concurrently with additional
exhibitions exploring the art of Marriage - including New
York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Art and
Love in Renaissance Italy" exhibition (on view Nov
18, 2008 through Feb 16, 2009).
Is
it possible to describe the true state of material and moral
ruin in which a country finds itself at the end of a war?
Can readers and viewers be expected to take in the tales of
irremediable gloom? Artists and writers help images of war
cross the threshold of national and international consciousness.
In this special evening lecture, returning Gardner Artists-in-Residence
Anne Nivat and Lida Abdul talk about their experience working
in Iraq and Afghanistan and show a film by Lida Abdul.
Tickets:
$7 public; $5 museum members and seniors; Free students
"After
Hours" year two kicks off with a celebration of Isabella
Gardner's love of travel, featuring new Gallery Travels,
contemporary artist Luisa Rabbia's video exhibition Travels
with Isabella, a live acoustic performance by jazz sextet
Dr. Magpie, an all-new time, signature cocktail, and graphic
look by artist Danijel Zezelj, and more!
Concerts MUSIC
AT THE GARDNER: FALL 2008 Concerts The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
launches its 82nd concert season this Fall with a new season
and an eclectic mix of classical, jazz, and contemporary performances
spotlighting influential composers of today (including Philippe
Hurel) plus exceptional performers of tomorrow playing Beethovel,
Debussy, Mozart, Brahms and more! •
Press
Release & Complete Schedule)
Aug
1
Seasonal
Preview This
Season at the Gardner: FALL 2008 Sept-Dec
2008: Exhibition
& Programming Highlights Take a close look
at the upcoming Fall season at the Gardner - exploring the
art of travel, the art of marriage, the art of entertaining
and more with
an array of exhibitions, lectures, concerts, events, and culinary
offerings that will transport the visitor around the world-
in addition to a world-class permanent collection. Updated
regularly.
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 early 2009
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
