Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Death of a carriage house in the Fenway

By adamg - 7/15/09 - 9:58 am

Thomas Garvey posts before and after photos from the demolition of the carriage house at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

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Gardner trustees win right to demolish buildings, drill hole in museum

By adamg - 3/5/09 - 11:07 pm

Greg Cook reports the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Wednesday that trustees of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum can tear down buildings and build a new entrance to the museum:

It is in the public interest because it will extend the life of the building, it will reduce the risk of harm to the art objects from the increased number of visitors to the museum, and it will make a visit to the museum more meaningful for viewing art by reducing congestion.

Yay, we won! - Museum press release (OK, link is a paraphrase of what they said).

SJC memorandum.

Modernization details.

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Forget the Rose, what about the mishegas at the Gardner?

By adamg - 2/1/09 - 8:23 pm

Former Brandeis grad student Jeff Hayes finds it hard to get upset about the Rose Art Museum when the museum is in a lousy location and the school is in financial trouble. But efforts by Gardner trustees to modify Mrs. Jack's will are another matter, he writes:

OH MY GOD ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME????

Isabella Stewart Gardner built a highly eccentric and deeply individual museum which is in itself a work of art. Her will very specifically said: DON'T SCREW WITH THIS.

There's a good reason for that. The Gardner is an exhasperating, frustrating, thrilling, absolutely uniquely beautiful experience; it's my favorite museum in the whole wide world, and I know many, many others think exactly the same thing. I don't for a minute buy the argument that the museum is in deep trouble, but even if it were, punching holes in it is NOT the way to fix it. ...

Not so fast there, Brandeis alum Martin Lieberman writes:

... The Rose is symbolic of, and part of, the singularity and greatness of Brandeis University, and I don't want to see the museum be sacrificed in such tough times.

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Classical-music podcasts from the Gardner Museum

By adamg - 9/14/06 - 4:22 pm

The Gardner is now offering MP3s of live classical performances.

... These exclusive recordings from our regular concert series feature performances by acclaimed master musicians and up-and-coming young artists. ...

Via Geoff Edgers.

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Art at the Gardner

By adamg - 1/11/06 - 8:12 pm

JL explains why the Gardner is not one of my favorite places to look at art.