Davis Museum at Wellesley College Spring Opening Celebration

The Davis Museum kicks of its spring exhibition season with a lecture by videogame artist Jason Rohrer in Collins cinema, followed by a lively reception in the Davis lobby and galleries to celebrate the openings of The Game Worlds of Jason Rohrer, That Right Promethean Fire: Shakespeare Illustrated, and Gendered Value: Curators’ Choice.

The Game Worlds of Jason Rohrer is the first museum retrospective dedicated to the work of a single video game maker. Rohrer’s work is engaging, surprisingly moving, and widely acclaimed for its variety of content and complexity. The exhibition will feature four large build-outs that translate Rohrer’s games into unique spatial experiences, alongside a section dedicated to exploring a large body of his work.

That Right Promethean Fire: Shakespeare Illustrated celebrates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death by exploring the legacy of artistic engagement with the Bard’s plays. Here, a selection of paintings, prints, photography, and books will illuminate how artists such as Angelica Kauffman, Eugene Delacroix, Max Beckmann, and Rockwell Kent have engaged with the rich corpus of Shakespeare’s work.

Gendered Value: Curators’ Choice places the permanent collections of the Davis Museum within the context of feminist art history. This exhibition seeks to illuminate the complex interplay between gender and value via artworks that have been selected by eight members of the curatorial staff.

All are welcome; the event is free and open to the public.

Image above: Jason Rohrer, Transcend (2005)

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