Off the Wall: Gardner and Her Masterpieces

March 10 - August 28, 2016 - This once-in-lifetime exhibition will provide visitors with direct access to extraordinary works by artists such as Botticelli, Raphael, and Rembrandt, among others. Placing select group of paintings and drawings in our contemporary exhibition space, seen up close and lit to best advantage, will allow us to reconsider the museum’s rich holdings and to think anew about how works from the Renaissance to the Rococo speak to us today. In addition to the artworks themselves, a selection of archival material will focus on Gardner herself as a collector and will illuminate how she tapped into an international network of artists and scholars to put together such an extraordinary collection.