Common Threads: Weaving Stories Across Time
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| Venue: | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| Dates: | Friday, October 4, 2019 - Sunday, January 13, 2019 |
| Hours: | Hours Vary see below |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Exhibits |
Common Threads: Weaving Stories Across Time features the work of contemporary artists, many of whom have been Artists-in-Residence at the Gardner. These artists are redefining textile art through mediums including music, video, and participatory art.
Taking its cue from Isabella Stewart Gardner’s own magnificent collection of historic and contemporary textiles, this exhibition explores the ways in which the art of the past continues to inspire artists now.
Textiles have been a vehicle for exploring political and personal narratives over the centuries, and in the hands of a select group of boundary-pushing artists today, they invite one to consider anew the stories we tell ourselves, collectively and individually.
The Museum’s magnificent set of sixteenth-century Flemish tapestries depicting scenes from the life of the Cyrus the Great, an ancient Persian ruler, provide the stage for a new opera by renowned composer David Lang, with a libretto by the playwright Sibyl Kempson.
This new work—true pearl, an opera in five tapestries—was made specifically to be heard in the Museum’s Tapestry Room, the site of numerous musical performances in Isabella’s lifetime.
The opera is not meant to be performed live, but is recorded and will be available on special headsets in the room so that visitors can listen individually as they move from tapestry to tapestry, and from scene to scene.
| HOURS | ↑ top |
MONDAY - 11 am–5 pm
TUESDAY - Closed
WEDNESDAY - 11 am–5 pm
THURSDAY - 11 am–9 pm
FRIDAY - 11 am–5 pm
SATURDAY - 11 am–5 pm
SUNDAY - 11 am–5 pm
| COST | ↑ top |
Adults: $15 Seniors 65 and up: $12 College Students with current ID: $10
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/common-threads
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA map
Phone: 617-566-1401
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