Dual image Left; A rectangular geometric floor mosaic. The lower half features a maze-like pattern of black and yellow squares, while the upper border consists of alternating red and white triangles framing a fragmented floral design. Right; A tall, thin dark gray stone has many small horizontal ridges that seem to spiral. It rises vertically from an ornately carved wooden stand. 
R: Artist in the Roman Empire, Atrium House Mosaic Fragment, 2nd century C.E., Gift of the Committee of Excavation, Antioch and Vicinity (given in appreciation of Professor W. A. Campbell's work) 1933.10 L: China, Ying Stone in the Form of Spiraling Incense Smoke, Modern period, 20th century, Limestone from Yingde county, Guangdong province, 20th-century wooden stand, Southern openwork style, Gift of Alan Helms 2024.15.7a-b

Davis Museum Opening Celebration

Fall 2026

Time 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where Davis Museum Lobby
Category

Join Dina Deitsch, the new Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis Museum, to celebrate the opening of our 2026-2027 academic year exhibitions. Excavating Antioch: The Archaeology of an Ancient City and Shi: Stories in Stone both present major new scholarship on artworks stewarded by Wellesley College. Come contemplate history and toast the Davis’s future with us! 

 

5:00 - 8:00 PM Opening Reception - Davis Lobby and Galleries

5:30 PM Welcome Remarks - Davis Lobby

 

Light refreshments will be served.

Free and open to the public. 

 

This program is generously supported by the Kathryn Wasserman Davis ‘28 Fund for World Cultures and Leadership, Maryam and Edward Eisler/Goldman Sachs Gives Fund on Art and Culture in the Near, Middle, and Far East, and Wellesley College Friends of Art at the Davis.

 

Parking is free and available in the Visitor Parking facility located directly off of the Route 135/Central Street entrance to the College. Find the Museum from the Davis Parking Garage.

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