The ever-evolving world of the New York art market will be explored at a symposium being hosted on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, by the Yale University Art Gallery.Titled “Postwar Art and the New York Contemporary Art Market,” the symposium will...
Students at the Yale School of Architecture handed over the keys to a house that they designed and built to its new owners at a ceremony on Sept. 25 at 20 King Place (at Truman Street).The dedication of the house will mark the completion of the school’s...
Many photographers have been intrigued by the distortions that can result when the camera “captures” the real world. This phenomenon is explored in “First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography,” an exhibition on view through Jan. 4 at the Yale...
The first major U.S. retrospective of the art of British landscape and watercolor painter David Cox (1783-1859) will open at the Yale Center for British Art on Thursday, Oct. 16.The exhibit, titled “Sun, Wind and Rain: The Art of David Cox,” marks the...
Battell Chapel will be the setting for an unusual presentation of poetry and whirling dervishes on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 4 p.m.The internationally recognized sacred Whirling Ceremony, known as SEMA, will be preceded by a reading from the poetry of...
“Happy Now?” by Lucinda Coxon, described as a “painfully truthful, darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it,” will make its American premiere Oct. 24-Nov. 15 at the Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St. (at York St.).The play will be...
The galleries of the Yale Center for British Art will serve as the stage for the production of an unconventional play that raises questions about art, wealth, culture and the value of human life.Titled “England,” the two-act play is by British playwright...
Yale Opera will open its season this month with the performances of scenes from some of the world’s most popular operas.There will be two nights of performances, with a different program offered each night. The performance on Friday, Oct. 31, will feature...
An exhibition of book jacket designs from the Yale University Press will be on view at the Whitney Humanities Center Nov. 5-Dec. 19 as part of the publishing house’s centenary celebration.The exhibit features book jackets from the past decade, with titles...
Bertolt Brecht’s “MAN=MAN,” a play inspired by silent cinema, clown and song, is currently being staged by the School of Drama, through Saturday, Nov. 1.“MAN=MAN” tells the tale of a peaceable porter transformed by a gang of soldiers into a ruthless...