Video Game Art: Smithsonian Exhibit Celebrates 40 Years of Creativity

A new exhibition, "The Art of Video Games," opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on March 16. Conceived to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, the exhibit features 80 video games and includes interviews with developers and artists, playable games and vintage game consoles. Chris Melissinos, former chief evangelist and chief gaming officer for Sun Microsystems and founder of PastPixels, is the guest curator. "The Art of Video Games" will travel to 10 U.S. cities following its six-month run in Washington, D.C. Flip through our slideshow to see some of the games on display, and check out our Q&A with Melissinos.