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With 'The Art of Scandal', Childs Gallery projects Gardner’s life and spirit onto today’s art world, daring to imagine what she might collect were she still alive today. The exhibition features paintings, photographs, and prints by contemporary artists Alex Katz, Abelardo Morell, Erik Desmazières, Raphael Jaimes-Branger, Michael Bergt, Anthony Moore, and Adam Van Doren, among others. Gardner’s love of religious and classical imagery, Venice, Asian exoticism, and technical bravura is apparent throughout, with many works inspired by Gardner’s own collection, including paintings by Sargent, Whistler, and the masters of the Italian Renaissance. The exhibition marks the publication of the new and expanded edition of Douglass Shand-Tucci’s biography, 'The Art of Scandal: The Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner'.