Future Exhibitions
The Fascination of Sugar
Julia Jacquette, "Four Sweets," 1995. Screenprint. Davison Art Collection, Wesleyan University accession number 2010.13.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds. (photo: J. Giammatteo) © Julia Jacquette.The exhibition The Fascination of Sugar explores the allure, rituals, political controversies, and comforts of sweets in artworks of various historical moments. From a cozy bowl of warm milk to intoxicating coca wine to a seductively offered pear, sweet things appeal in a variety of ways, reflected in the artworks on view. The exhibition presents works from the Davison Art Collection by Claes Oldenburg, Pablo Bronstein, Julia Jacquette, James Gillray, and Winslow Homer, among others.
Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 12:30pm to 4:30pm.
On the Road with Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige I, "Fujieda—Fording the Seto River on Foot," from the series "Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations," 1855. Woodblock print in colors. Davison Art Collection, Wesleyan University accession number 2016.13.78. Gift of John and Linda Comstock in honor of the Edward Burr Van Vleck Family Collection. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Collection, Wesleyan University (photo: J. Giammatteo).The exhibition On the Road with Hiroshige features works by the renowned Japanese printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), researched by Wesleyan students in the course ARHA 263 “Curatorial Workshop: Images of the Floating World,” taught by Assistant Professor of Art History and East Asian Studies Talia Andrei and organized in coordination with the Donald T. Fallati and Ruth E. Pachman Curator of the Davison Art Collection Miya Tokumitsu.
Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 12:30pm to 4:30pm