The Yale University Art Gallery has purchased preparatory drawings by American artist Edward Hopper for two of his most famous paintings, “Rooms by the Sea” (1951) and “Western Motel” (1957) — both of which are in the gallery’s collection.Preparatory...
An exhibition that examines the impact of the current economic crisis in the workplace is currently on view at The Parachute Gallery, a collaboration of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, and the...
A new exhibit at the Yale Divinity Library provides a glimpse into the life and work of Charles and Joy Sheffey, American Methodist medical missionaries who served in Wembo Nyama in the Belgian Congo between 1922 and 1946.The exhibit, titled “Charles and...
Original plays written by city youths will come to life on stage this month with help from Yale School of Drama students as part of the Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP).Sponsored by the Yale Repertory Theatre and Yale School of Drama, D/EP is now in its...
The complex issues that conservators and curators consider in the treatment of art objects is explored in an exhibition currently on view at the Yale University Art Gallery.“Time Will Tell: Ethics and Choices in Conservation” showcases the relationship...
A small exhibition of marine paintings and watercolors from the Dutch “Golden Age” and by noted British artists — including scenes of famous naval battles, warships, privateers and historical vessels — is featured in a summer exhibition at the Yale Center...
Portrait sculptures and scenes of domesticity by the exiled French artist Jules Dalou (1838-1902) are featured in a new exhibition opening June 11 at the Yale Center for British Art.Dalou was exiled from France in 1871 for his left-wing connections (he...
Visitors to New York this summer will have three venues where they can view artwork by Jessica Stockholder, professor and director of graduate studies in sculpture at the Yale School of Art.“Flooded Chambers Maid,” Stockholder’s first major outdoor...
Depictions of the British reactions to the French Revolution are on view in a new exhibition at Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut.The show — titled “‘French Liberty. British Slavery.’ British Responses to the French Revolution” —...
If you think of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library as a tomb for old “dead” books where only the most somber of scholars conduct research, curators Nancy Kuhl and Timothy Young hope a visit to their “Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities” might make...