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Shakespeare and Art: Images of the Author and his Plays

By Constance McPhee, Curator, Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In 2016, the four-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare’s death inspired Constance McPhee, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to delve into the collections and explore how artists responded to the Bard across time. She discovered over 300 works—prints, drawings, paintings and sculptures—inspired by the plays and their author. Using this trove, she will discuss how European and American artists responded to Shakespeare between the 18th and early 20th centuries. The imagery reveals a rich evolving dialogue between visual and literary sources, sheds light on stage history, and affirms Western culture’s enduring fascination with the author (whose image remains surprisingly hard to pin down).

All lectures are free and begin at 6:30pm at the Dahesh Museum of Art Gift Shop, located at 145 Sixth Avenue, on the corner of Dominick Street, one block south of Spring Street.

 











When: Thu., Mar. 1, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Where: Dahesh Museum of Art
145 Sixth Ave.
212-759-0606
Price: Free
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By Constance McPhee, Curator, Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In 2016, the four-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare’s death inspired Constance McPhee, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to delve into the collections and explore how artists responded to the Bard across time. She discovered over 300 works—prints, drawings, paintings and sculptures—inspired by the plays and their author. Using this trove, she will discuss how European and American artists responded to Shakespeare between the 18th and early 20th centuries. The imagery reveals a rich evolving dialogue between visual and literary sources, sheds light on stage history, and affirms Western culture’s enduring fascination with the author (whose image remains surprisingly hard to pin down).

All lectures are free and begin at 6:30pm at the Dahesh Museum of Art Gift Shop, located at 145 Sixth Avenue, on the corner of Dominick Street, one block south of Spring Street.

 

Buy tickets/get more info now