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Calendar of Events
Celebrate Fiestas Patrias—Peru’s Independence Day—at the Wadsworth. A docent-guided tour highlights Peruvian artworks in the museum’s collection, and the fiesta includes live music, Peruvian dancers, complimentary snacks, and cash bar. Free.
Co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Peru in Hartford.
Christopher Atkins, Director of the Center for Netherlandish Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston explains Rembrandt’s powerful observational techniques in the context of the painting Titus in a Monk’s Habit, on loan to the Wadsworth from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
5pm reception and gallery viewing, 6pm lecture
This program is canceled. The museum is actively reviewing our public programming schedule in line with state and local guidance. Learn more about the Wadsworth response to COVID-19.
Curator Oliver Tostmann discusses Rembrandt’s beautiful and intimate portrait of his son, Titus in a Monk’s Habit (1660), on loan to the Wadsworth from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Free with admission. Meet at the Museum Shop.
Followed by a screening of REMBRANDT. Film Admission: Adults: $10; Seniors (62+) and students (with school ID): $9. Members: $8 Film Stars: Free.
Image: Rembrandt van Rijn, Titus in Monk’s Habit, 1660. Oil on canvas. Loan from the Rijksmuseum. Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1933; formerly Stroganoff Collection, St Petersburg.
This film is canceled. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, all films are canceled until further notice. The museum is actively reviewing our public programming schedule in line with state and local guidance. Learn more about the Wadsworth response to COVID-19.
Every Rembrandt exhibition is eagerly anticipated, but Rembrandt: The Late Works on view at the National Gallery in London and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in 2014 and 2015, was an event like no other. Given exclusive, privileged access to both galleries, the film documents this landmark exhibition while interweaving Rembrandt’s life story with behind-the-scenes preparations at these world famous institutions. Preceded by a 1pm Focus Tour of Titus in a Monk’s Habit.
2016. UK. 90 min. Not Rated. Directed by Kat Mansoor. Presented by Exhibition on Screen.
Adults: $10; Seniors (62+) and students (with school ID): $9. Members: $8 Film Stars: Free.
Image: Rembrandt (1606–1669), Portrait of a Couple as Isaac and Rebecca, known as “The Jewish Bride” (detail), about 1665. Rijksmuseum, on loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest) SK-C-216 ©Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
This program is canceled. The museum is actively reviewing our public programming schedule in line with state and local guidance. Learn more about the Wadsworth response to COVID-19.
Experience Rembrandt’s painting Titus in a Monk’s Habit (1660), on loan to the Wadsworth from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, with Janna Israel, Adult and Academic Programs Manager.
Free with admission. Meet at the Museum Shop.
This film is canceled. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, all films are canceled until further notice. The museum is actively reviewing our public programming schedule in line with state and local guidance. Learn more about the Wadsworth response to COVID-19.
Every Rembrandt exhibition is eagerly anticipated, but Rembrandt: The Late Works on view at the National Gallery in London and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in 2014 and 2015, was an event like no other. Given exclusive, privileged access to both galleries, the film documents this landmark exhibition while interweaving Rembrandt’s life story with behind-the-scenes preparations at these world famous institutions. Preceded by a 1pm Focus Tour of Titus in a Monk’s Habit.
2016. UK. 90 min. Not Rated. Directed by Kat Mansoor. Presented by Exhibition on Screen.
Adults: $10; Seniors (62+) and students (with school ID): $9. Members: $8 Film Stars: Free.
Image: Rembrandt (1606–1669), Portrait of a Couple as Isaac and Rebecca, known as “The Jewish Bride” (detail), about 1665. Rijksmuseum, on loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest) SK-C-216 ©Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
This gallery talk is canceled. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, all gallery talks are canceled until further notice. The museum is actively reviewing our public programming schedule in line with state and local guidance. Learn more about the Wadsworth response to COVID-19.
Curator Oliver Tostmann investigates Rembrandt’s contemplative portrait of his only surviving son, Titus, before it returns to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Free with admission. Meet at the Museum Shop.
This performance is canceled. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, all programs are canceled until further notice. The museum is actively reviewing our public programming schedule in line with state and local guidance. Learn more about the Wadsworth response to COVID-19.
An original production of The Carnival of the Animals debuts alongside new works by choreographers Nathan Crewe-Kluge, Calvin Bittner, and Rachael Gnatowski. This family friendly ballet will include New England Ballet Theatre company artists, local guest artists, and student performers. For information and tickets visit neballettheatre.com.
December wouldn’t be the same without this unique and totally entertaining twist on the classical ballet. After the performance, don your ugly holiday sweater and have a cocktail in hand to join the cast and crew for a virtual reception. Choreographed and directed by Carolyn Paine. Available to watch until December 31, 2020.
Watch here
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Talkback & Afterparty
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Signature Nutcracker Suite and Spicy cocktail: Sugar Rum Cherry
Craft a delicious cocktail to enhance your evening!
Add 2.5 oz ginger ale
Mix thoroughly. Strain into a coupe glass with a cinnamon sugar rim.
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Nutcracker Suite and Spicy documentary
For more CONNetic Dance, watch the Nutcracker Suite and Spicy documentary to follow the evolution of the creative process surrounding the ballet from its genesis in 2009 to its 10th year anniversary in 2019.