Tours and Events
Tours
Special Exhibition Tours
Tuesdays through Sundays at 2 p.m. and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. (special exhibition admission charged). Tours begin July 15.
Audio Guide
Free rental with exhibition ticket!
The accompanying audio guide features the voices of MIA Director and President Kaywin Feldman, curators Rachel McGarry, Tom Rassieur, Dennis Michael Jon, and other scholars whose passion and enthusiasm for these works of art are matched by the depths of their knowledge. Expect to have your eyes sharpened, your knowledge of technique and styles enhanced, your connoisseurship elevated, and your sense of wonder and marvel of great drawings filled to the brim.
Talks
Window into the Artist’s Mind: Master Drawings from the MIA
Presenter: Rachel McGarry
Thursday, July 24, 6:30 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium
Hear exciting discoveries and incredible stories behind extraordinary drawings by artists such as Guercino, George Romney, Jean-François Millet, Edgar Degas, Käthe Kollwitz, Egon Schiele, Piet Mondrian, and Roy Lichtenstein, along with dazzling works by other masters who deserve to be better known. Rachel McGarry, PhD, curator of “Marks of Genius,” will offer a rare glimpse at many of the museum’s treasures usually hidden from view. Sensitive to light exposure, works on paper are exhibited for only short durations. This is your chance to hear their stories brought to light.
$10; $5 members; free for members of the Prints and Drawings Affinity Group
Special Member Opportunities
Member Preview Days
Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12
Members-only Tours
Tuesday, July 29, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 7, 6 p.m.
Saturday, August 23, 11 a.m.