Yale Center for British Art

An important newspaper has declared the Yale Center for British Art to be “one of the World’s 50 Greatest Galleries,” and it’s all the cooler when you consider that it’s a British newspaper making the call. The venerable...

The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven made the Times of London’s list of the 50 greatest art galleries in the world this week. It came in 15th. The article’s paragraph on YCBA reads: “Paul Mellon, who died in 1999, gave his...

Hear famous writers discuss their work, listen to the poet who spoke at President Obama's inauguration and learn about the publishing industry at spring and summer books events this year. Here are a few: >>CAPA-U: The 10th annual CAPA-U Professional...

Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven, presents its annual exhibit curated by undergraduates in the Yale Student Guide Program, “Art in Focus: St. Ives Abstraction, opening with a reception on Friday, April 12, at 4 p.m., and...

"Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century" On view through June 2, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, (203) 432-2800, britishart.yale.edu   Think of "Edwardian Opulence," an exhibition on view...

During the Edwardian era in England, one of the most popular status symbols among rich women was an ostrich-feather fan. To make one, manufacturers had to run dozens of dull, drab, gray feathers through a lengthy cleansing and fluffing process to make...

Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, on view at the Yale Center for British Art, presents a survey of visual art from the Edwardian period. Defined as much by the reign of King Edward VII as it was by the height of British...

In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...

Like many Connecticut residents who didn't matriculate at Yale, I know the university in bits and pieces — a lecture at the law school, a play at the Rep, a dinner at the Commons. I don't have a good sense of how the whole place fits together, yet...

Need a brain escape after election day? Award-winning British stage and screen actress Miriam Margolyes will perform her celebrated production of “Dickens’ Women,” where she portrays 23 of the author’s best-loved characters, on...

Julian Sands performs "A Celebration of Harold Pinter" today at 6 p.m. in a free show at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven. The show, directed by John Malkovich, features personal anecdotes and stories drawn from the work between the British...

Art can be a revolution, an unexpected and disarming splash of color. But this fall, let's applaud the stability and reliability that we often take for granted in the New Haven art gallery scene. You don't have to wait for a single famous painting to...