
A Venetian palazzo right near the Back Bay Fens, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a beautiful and inspiring place. Built in Boston out of new materials, the palazzo incorporates architectural fragments from European Gothic and Renaissance structures. The museum holds an amazing collection including paintings, sculpture, furniture, textiles, prints, drawings, and rare books and letters.
Jim Lambie works with colored electrical tape in playful patterns and designs — Apartment Therapy has featured his inspiring tape floor projects and the artist currently has a show at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Jim Lambie’s installation can be found on the Lower Galleria wall opposite the cafe. In the MFA installation, the artists uses cut up painted furniture and glittery purses on a wall.