The Museum will close at 2 pm on Saturday, May 4 for an event.
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Friday, May 03, 2024
11 am - 5 pm
We welcome you to participate in a scavenger hunt, and encourage you to take a closer look at the detailed and extremely labor-intensive works featured in our current exhibition, Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West. Pick up your scavenger hunt card outside of the Hostetter gallery, located on the second floor of the New Wing. Once you find the images featured on the front of this card, post the titles and photos of the paintings and tag us on social media.
Porsha Olayiwola, George Abraham, Tarik Bartel, Princess Moon, and Krysten Hill
Canon, Canyon, Cannon: Futurity
DJ WhySham
Thursday, May 09, 2024
7 - 8:30 pm
Porsha Olayiwola, Boston Poet Laureate, gathers leading artists from across the city and beyond for an inspired evening of poetry and performance featuring George Abraham, Princess Moon, Krysten Hill, and Tarik Bartel. Canon, Canyon, Cannon invites these artists to erase and recreate literary and performance traditions, to explore the depth of language, or to sound the alarm. Pre-show music provided by DJ WhySham.
Member Exhibition Insight Tours
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West
Saturday, May 11, 2024
9 - 10 am
Tour the special exhibition Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West in-person.
Saturday, May 11, 2024
1 - 4 pm
Stop by the Education Studio and join us for lively drop-in art-making activities inspired by the Gardner collection. Experiment and explore a variety of skills, materials, and creative processes!
A special event for Boston Public School teachers
Teacher Day at the Gardner
Saturday, May 18, 2024
9 - 11 am
Thursday, May 30, 2024
5 - 9 pm
Join us on this special evening as we say thank you to our members with some additional perks and special surprises!
Friends of Fenway Court Patron Preview
On Christopher Street: Transgender Portraits by Mark Seliger; Portraits From Boston, With Love; and Hakeem Adewumi: Possession of a Recalcitrant Dream, 2024
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
6:30 - 9 pm
Patrons enjoy early access to the upcoming spring exhibitions before they open to the public.