Gardner Museum Expansion

Coverage of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's expansion project

Will Dailey performs at Calderwood Hall at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as part of the Rise music series. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)

Museums Open Their August Halls To Pop Concerts To Open Doors To Wider Audiences

“We’re really tackling a problem that the Gardner Museum has worked on for years and years and years ... to try to get rid of the elite image," says museum...

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06:27Mar 22, 2016

Art handler John Peitso, left, and collections care associate Matthew Del Grosso carefully load Botticelli's "The Tragedy of Lucretia" onto a cart for its short journey to the new building at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for an upcoming exhibition. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

New Exhibit Explains How Isabella Stewart Gardner Amassed Her Famous Art Collection

In a first-of-its-kind exhibition, selections from Isabella Stewart Gardner's unique art collection have been moved away from their stipulated locations to tell the origin story of the collection itself.

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07:02Mar 16, 2016

Maya Beiser performs in Paola Prestini's "Labyrinth," produced by Beth Morrison Projects. (Courtesy Jill Steinberg)

Beth Morrison Brings 'Labyrinth,' A Chamber-Style Installation, To The Gardner Museum

Morrison, known for her multimedia stagings like "Labyrinth" and interest in contemporary composers, says that we've reached a turning point in opera. "New work is really viable. It's exciting and...

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Feb 1, 2016

Anne Hawley, seen here in a WBUR file photo, is in her final week as the longtime Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum director. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Outgoing Gardner Leader Anne Hawley Reflects On Her 26 Years At The Museum

Not since Isabella Stewart Gardner herself has one person so affected the contours of the museum and its culture.

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07:42Dec 22, 2015

The Story Behind 'Penelope,' Sarah Kirkland Snider's Song Cycle Coming To The Gardner

Homer's "Odyssey" provides the framework for "Penelope," a rich tale of recognition, healing and the passage of time that will be staged at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Thursday,...

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Dec 1, 2015

New Gardner Director Peggy Fogelman Explains Museum's Significance To Her Past And Present

After an eight-month search with 200 candidates, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has selected Peggy Fogelman as its new director.

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04:14Oct 28, 2015

Meet The New Director Of The Gardner Museum

Peggy Fogelman, who oversees art exhibitions at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum, is expected to begin work as the Gardner's new director in January.

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Oct 27, 2015

"Saint George Slaying the Dragon," by Carlo Crivelli, 1470 (Courtesy Gardner museum)

Renaissance Painter Crivelli, With His Gilded 'Saint George,' Gets The Gardner Spotlight

Isabella Stewart Gardner was actually the first collector to bring a painting by Carlo Crivelli into the U.S.

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05:30Oct 23, 2015

Plants in the Dorothy Hundley Magee Greenhouse (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston's Gardner Museum Is Offering Free Admission Thursday

In an effort to lift Boston's snow-weary spirits the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is offering free admission all-day Thursday, Sept. 26.

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Feb 26, 2015

A Far Cry at the Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. (Courtesy Yoon S. Byun)

'Love, Trust And Respect' Help Conductor-Less Boston 'Criers' Get To The Grammys

The group A Far Cry -- a unique, classical string ensemble based in Jamaica Plain -- is up for a Grammy Award.

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06:15Feb 6, 2015

In this March 11, 2010 photo, the empty frame, center, from which thieves cut Rembrandt's "Storm on the Sea of Galilee" remains on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. (Josh Reynolds/AP)

FBI Says It Has Sources With Sightings Of Artwork Stolen From Gardner Museum

In a broadcast interview, FBI Special Agent Geoff Kelly did not say the FBI has seen the artwork.

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May 22, 2014

Detail of the second version of Anders Zorn's 1892 Paris bus painting, "Omnibus II." (Courtesy Gardner Museum)

Why Remember The Forgotten Artist Anders Zorn?

A Gardner Museum show makes the case for this 19th century peer of John Singer Sargent.

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Mar 12, 2013

Evening exterior view of the new Evans Way Park entrance of the new wing of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Courtesy Nic Lehoux/Renzo Piano Building Workshop)

New Gardner Museum Expansion Opens To The Public

As the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum opens to the public today, we tour the modern features added to the historic palace.

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05:11Jan 19, 2012

LA-based photographer Luisa Lambri in an apartment for artists (Andrea Shea/WBUR)

Gardner Museum Has New Digs For Artists-In-Residence

The new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has many new spaces. And on the building's second floor, there are two chic apartments — especially for artists.

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04:51Jan 19, 2012

A statue of an angel wrapped in plastic sheeting in the new conservation laboratory at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Photo: Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Time-Shifts And Discoveries At The Gardner Museum

The new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum opens next week, and was created to carry the institution into the future. But Gardner's historic Venetian palace has been experiencing...

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06:18Jan 13, 2012

Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, on Wednesday (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Architect Piano Unveils 'New' Gardner Museum

Italian architect Renzo Piano helped unveil the Isabella Stewart Gardner's new wing to members of the media Wednesday morning.

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Jan 11, 2012

Stan Kozak, head of the horticultural department at the Gardner Museum (Andrea Shea/WBUR)

As Part Of Expansion, Gardner Museum Gets A New Greenhouse

The new building, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, features a cutting-edge concert hall, a much bigger café and gift shop. It also features a brand new greenhouse, to the...

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04:14Jan 11, 2012

Final preparations are made in the Isabella Stewart Gardner's Tapestry Room. At right is Valentine Talland, the room's objects conservator. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Down To The Wire As 'New' Gardner Museum Readies To Open

In less than two weeks the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will unveil its decade-long, $180 million extension project.

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Jan 6, 2012

Gardner Museum’s Concert Hall Finds Its Voice

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is kicking into high gear now that the January opening of its new $180 million expansion is on the horizon. A state-of-the art performance hall...

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03:59Nov 10, 2011

The Tapestry Room in the existing Gardner Museum, being restored (Andrea Shea/WBUR)

Gardner Undergoes Both Preservation, Expansion

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is in the middle of an ambitious $180 million upgrade. But because its namesake left explicit instructions that nothing be altered after her death, the...

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05:19Jan 31, 2011

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Museums Open Their August Halls To Pop Concerts To Open Doors To Wider Audiences

New Exhibit Explains How Isabella Stewart Gardner Amassed Her Famous Art Collection

Beth Morrison Brings 'Labyrinth,' A Chamber-Style Installation, To The Gardner Museum

Outgoing Gardner Leader Anne Hawley Reflects On Her 26 Years At The Museum

The Story Behind 'Penelope,' Sarah Kirkland Snider's Song Cycle Coming To The Gardner

New Gardner Director Peggy Fogelman Explains Museum's Significance To Her Past And Present

Meet The New Director Of The Gardner Museum

Renaissance Painter Crivelli, With His Gilded 'Saint George,' Gets The Gardner Spotlight

Boston's Gardner Museum Is Offering Free Admission Thursday

'Love, Trust And Respect' Help Conductor-Less Boston 'Criers' Get To The Grammys

FBI Says It Has Sources With Sightings Of Artwork Stolen From Gardner Museum

Why Remember The Forgotten Artist Anders Zorn?

New Gardner Museum Expansion Opens To The Public

Gardner Museum Has New Digs For Artists-In-Residence

Time-Shifts And Discoveries At The Gardner Museum

Architect Piano Unveils 'New' Gardner Museum

As Part Of Expansion, Gardner Museum Gets A New Greenhouse

Down To The Wire As 'New' Gardner Museum Readies To Open

Gardner Museum’s Concert Hall Finds Its Voice

Gardner Undergoes Both Preservation, Expansion