When Tina Lu, head of Pauli Murray College, first commissioned an artistic work to commemorate the residential college’s namesake, she had three requirements: She wanted something “monumental,” “enduring,” and “challenging.”
This week, at an unveiling of...
A tiny mahogany slipcase of microscope slides on display at the Yale University Art Gallery raises issues of conquest, colonialism, and empire.
The slipcase, created in the workshop of a Dutch diamond merchant and gem setter in the early 19th century,...
In a celebration of African-American history, culture, and resiliency, the Yale Camerata’s spring concert, “To Sit and Dream,” will feature works that combine the words of W.E.B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes — two giants of American letters — with music by...