Fall/Winter 2024 Exhibition

Mary Ellen Mark: A Seattle Family, 1983-2014

Coming Soon

October 10, 2024 - January 20, 2025

Fall/Winter 2024 Exhibition

Manet: A Model Family

Coming Soon

October 10, 2024 - January 20, 2025

Fall/Winter 2024 Exhibition

Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She's a Beauty, 2009

Coming October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024 - February 17, 2025

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Friends of Fenway Court Patron Preview

Manet: A Model Family; Mary Ellen Mark: A Seattle Family, 1983-2014; and Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She’s a Beauty, 2009

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
6:30 - 9 pm

Patrons enjoy early access to the upcoming spring exhibitions before they open to the public.

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Fall/Winter 2024 Exhibitions

Member Preview Day

Manet: A Model Family; Mary Ellen Mark: A Seattle Family, 1983-2014; and Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She’s a Beauty, 2009

Wednesday, October 09, 2024
11 am - 5 pm

Members enjoy early access before the exhibitions open to the public. Free; advanced timed general admission ticketing is required.

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Fall/Winter 2024 Exhibitions

Member Opening Celebration

Manet: A Model Family; Mary Ellen Mark: A Seattle Family, 1983-2014; and Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She’s a Beauty, 2009

Wednesday, October 09, 2024
6:30 - 9 pm

Celebrate our new exhibitions, enjoy a glass of wine and a welcome from the curator. Free for members, but space is limited. Advanced registration is required. 

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Saturday, October 12, 2024
1 - 4 pm

Stop by the Bertucci Education Studio and join us for a drop-in clay activity designed by Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Erin Genia and inspired by the Gardner’s collection. Open Studios are free with Museum Admission, and participation is on a first-come, first- served basis.

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Indigenous Peoples' Day: Connection to Place

Free Admission is Generously Supported By Linda Cabot And Ed Anderson

Monday, October 14, 2024
11 am - 5 pm

Join us on Indigenous Peoples' Day to explore connections to place and memory through art-making, storytelling, and conversation.

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Figuring a Family: Édouard and Suzanne Manet

Emily Beeny & Diana Greenwald

Thursday, October 17, 2024
7 - 8:30 pm

Édouard Manet revolutionized 19th-century French painting, yet his family’s role—especially that of his wife Suzanne and her son Léon—is often underexplored. Join Emily Beeny, Chief Curator of the Legion of Honor and Barbara A. Wolfe Curator-in-Charge of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and Diana Seave Greenwald, curator of Manet: A Model Family as they explore the Manet family’s impact on the artist and how it shaped his work.

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Saturday, October 19, 2024
1 - 4 pm

Stop by the Bertucci Education Studio and join us for a drop-in clay activity designed by Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Erin Genia and inspired by the Gardner’s collection. Open Studios are free with Museum Admission, and participation is on a first-come, first- served basis.

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African American man with dread locks and glasses, leaning on a Yamaha piano, looking confidently at the camera.
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Weekend Concert Series

Awadagin Pratt, piano

Sunday, October 20
1:30 pm

Piano superstar Awadagin Pratt comes to the Gardner with a program built around Liszt’s astonishing Sonata in B minor.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
12:30 - 2 pm

Join a member of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum horticulture staff for a presentation about the role of plants at the Museum, past and present, followed by an hour-long guided experience through the galleries.

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Saturday, October 26, 2024
9 - 10 am

Tour the special exhibitions in-person with a Museum Teacher and a small group of members.

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