The English language is rife with idioms that use clothing as metaphor: “If the shoe fits, wear it,” “speaking off the cuff” and “skirting the issue,” for example.The relationship between words — especially literature — and the world of fashion is...
It will soon be possible to “attend” Yale musical performances in your pajamas, thanks to a new “Virtual Concert Hall” program being launched by the Yale School of Music.Beginning in February, the school will present live, online concerts in Morse Recital...
Yale School of Art is holding a silent auction of small-scale work by students and faculty from January 25 to February 8 to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti.The donated works will be on display at Green Hall Gallery, 1156 Chapel Street, from...
Sheila L. de Bretteville, the newly named Caroline M. Street Professor of Graphic Design, is a noted graphic designer and public artist who was designated in 2006 as a “Design Legend” by the American Institute of Graphic Arts.Her work reflects her...
Peter D. Eisenman, the inaugural Charles Gwathmey Professor in Practice, is an internationally renowned architect and educator whose recent projects include the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, a stadium for the NFL Arizona Cardinals and the six-building...
Peter Halley, newly designated as the William Leffingwell Professor of Painting, is known for his geometric paintings that have been featured in exhibitions and galleries around the world.Known as a minimalist artist whose paintings are often created...
In 1935, in order to generate support for New Deal reforms, the Historical Division of the Farm Security Administration — and later the Office of War Information — began making photographic surveys of economic struggle and social dislocation in Depression...