MFA Museum Exhibit & Lunch

     Thursday, October 12   10:10-1:30p

Through more than 100 works from the 14th to the early 17th century, this exhibition explores the lives and experiences of women in Renaissance Italy and offers new perspectives on female creativity, power, and agency.

Learn about Sofonisba Anguissola, who served at the court of King Phillip II of Spain and painted more self-portraits than any other artist in
Renaissance Italy. See the bronze bust of Cleopatra showing the Egyptian queen as pensive and noble rather than seductive and dangerous. Get to know the story of Gracia Nasi, a Jewish woman from a powerful family, through the portrait medal cast to celebrate her marriage.

Women in Renaissance Italy faced challenges and barriers to equity, education, and influence. But they often found ways to work around or overcome the institutional structures of their time. The mix of sculpture, paintings, ceramics, textiles, fashion accessories, illustrated books, and prints in this exhibition reveals the material lives of Renaissance women and tells empowering and inspiring stories that have long gone untold.

Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery (Gallery 184)

Meeting Place: Meet at the Museum Entrance at 10:10 am
Lunch:    Noon at New American Cafe, Shapiro Family Courtyard. (no reservations)    
Parking:  Parking lots or street parking.          
Tickets:
Purchase your ticket ahead online.  (mfa.org)

Note:  The afternoon Sargent Exhibit is included in general admission but needs a timed entry ticket.  You can get your timed ticked after 9/12, and choose 1:30 pm if possible.

Don't forget to register here on TTN so we know who is going.

Organized with Tate Britain, “Fashioned by Sargent” explores the artist’s complex relationship with his often-affluent clients and their clothes.

The exhibition reveals Sargent’s power over his sitters’ images by considering the liberties he took with sartorial choices to express distinctive personalities, social positions, professions, gender identities, and nationalities.

Alongside about 50 paintings by Sargent, over a dozen period garments and accessories shed new light on the relationship between fashion and this beloved artist’s creative practice.