Gardner welcomes new wing

January 17, 2012|Nicole Cammorata, Globe Staff

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CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION: Word is, one of Boston’s great museums has a new wing. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum unveils a new building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. Check out new galleries, conservation labs, Calderwood Hall for performances, Cafe G, greenhouses, and the exhibits "New Work by Victoria Morton" and "Points of View: 20 Years of Artists-in-Residence at the Gardner" later this week. Jan. 19-21 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (9 a.m. ribbon cutting). Free (online timed ticket required). Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 the Fenway, Boston. 617-566-1401. www.gardnermuseum.org/visit JUNE WULFF

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