Tag Archives: Yale Center for British Art

This Week in New Haven (April 30 – May 6)

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Fiction and non- trade shots during the week while the weekend waves hello and goodbye, albeit not in that order. …

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This Week in New Haven (March 26 – April 1)

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Post-break Yale hits the gas with notable films, ideas and performances while the city at large brakes for literature, laughs and color. …

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Unburied Treasure

Unknown artist (Dutch School), The Paston Treasure, ca. 1663, oil on canvas, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK, courtesy of Norfolk Museums Service

The Paston Treasure, the enormous centerpiece of the Yale Center for British Art’s new exhibition The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World, is bursting at the seams…

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Going Fourth

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It’s hard to overstate Paul Mellon’s contributions to the Yale Center for British Art. …

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Watched Pots

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Before the telling of names, dates and other facts, before the presentation of insights and analyses, before the giving of credit where credit is due, curators of art exhibits should strive to do what …

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Vase to Vase

Made in China at Yale Center for British Art

Every now and then, the Yale Center for British Art artfully challenges your ideas about what’s artful. …

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This Week in New Haven (July 10 – 16)

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Information is the lifeblood of democracy—and of planning out your week. …

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Royal Treatment

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Though generations of young American girls have never experienced monarchy, they’ve still wanted to be princesses. Fed by movies, toys and countless other influences, they’ve gotten a vivid and alluring sense of what the title confers: fame, privilege, glamor, luxury.…

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This Week in New Haven (January 30 – February 5)

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Transgressive theater meets transcendent speech and a whole lot more, including the most-watched television event in America. …

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Rising Tide

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There’s something about the moment of a shipwreck—the strange incongruity of smoke and fire on water, of splintered masts and snapped riggings on glassy sea. …

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