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...
Scenes of everyday life and of spiritual transformation are featured in the paintings in the exhibition “The Story of Our Journey: The Art of John Swanson,” on exhibit Oct. 1-Dec. 12 at the Institute of Sacred Music (ISM).The child of a Mexican mother and...
The power of cinema to illuminate the daily lives of people living in different cultures around the world will be demonstrated in a film series being presented at Yale Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 2-5.“Global Lens 2008: Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding...
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...
Chinese musician and educator Wing Ho will be the first Class of ‘57 Visiting Professor of Music Education, serving in the 2008-2009 academic year.Robert Blocker, dean of the Yale School of Music (YSM), announced Wing Ho’s appointment on the last day of...
Two of America’s most celebrated composers are among the six new faculty appointments at the Yale School of Music (YSM), according to its dean, Robert Blocker.The new appointments are for the 2008-2009 academic year.The composers are David Lang, a recent...
“Passion Play,” an epic trilogy of plays performed in one evening and the Yale Repertory Theatre’s first production of the 2008-2009 season, will be staged Sept. 19-Oct. 11.The play is by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl, whose works “The Clean House”...
A reading of the play “Grenadine,” the winner of the 2008 Yale Drama Series Award, will take place on Monday, Sept. 15, at the New Theater, 1156 Chapel St.The reading will take place at 7:30 p.m. Admission to the event is free, but reservations to ensure...
This fall the Yale Center for British Art will serve as the first and only venue for a small exhibition about a late 18th-century hoax that fooled several prominent British artists and sheds light on a number of technical and historical issues.“Benjamin...