Author Archives: Yanan Wang

When the Yale University Art Gallery unveils its newly renovated and expanded space on Dec. 12, visitors will be able to view works of art in rooms specifically designed to enhance their appeal. The opening of the renovated Gallery will signify the culmination of a $135 million construction project that has spanned 14 years and »

Before last weekend, David Burt ARC ’14 said he barely noticed the sounds that occur around him on a daily basis. But walking up the stairs in the School of Architecture’s Loria Center on Friday, he said he was aware of every noise his footsteps made. Burt had just finished listening to the keynote address »

For three months, the Yale University Art Gallery will played host to “The Way We Live,” a traveling retrospective of the work of American photographer Robert Adams, an artist best known for his poignant depictions of the American West. On view in New Haven from Aug. 3 to Oct. 28, the exhibition will have traveled »

The dance scene at Yale is growing — perhaps too rapidly for the University to keep up. In recent years, a variety of student dance groups have cropped up around campus, outgrowing the resources that currently exist for undergraduate dance. According to the website for the Alliance for Dance at Yale, an umbrella organization that »

At a Pierson College Master’s Tea on Monday, filmmaker Dennis Tupicoff said his first project took little more than a book and some “craziness.” In front of an audience of about 15, Tupicoff discussed the trend toward realism in animation and the financial constraints of independent filmmaking. Co-hosted by Pierson College and the Film Studies »

On Wednesday afternoon, visitors to the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript library got a taste of William Shakespeare’s writing playlist. Under the direction of music professors Grant Herreid and Robert Mealy, the Yale Collegium Musicum performed a repertoire of musical pieces that influenced the Bard’s plays at the library. Dedicated to exploring music from before »

The Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions Program is one of the most prestigious competitions for aspiring young opera singers. The contest holds auditions in 14 regions across the United States and Canada, attracting the most talented emerging singers in the field. This year, Annie Rosen ’08 MUS ’12 won first place in the New England »

Architect Sir David Chipperfield discussed the challenge of juggling modern architecture, historical buildings and public opinion in a talk at the Yale School of Architecture Thursday night. Chipperfield, a renowned British architect and Norman R. Foster visiting professor, spoke in detail about the difficulties he has encountered in trying to reconcile his own modern aesthetic »

Julie Ault, co-founder of the artists’ collaborative Group Material, explained her approach to the challenge of documenting artists’ creative processes at the School of Art on Monday night. A New York-based artist, writer and editor, Ault discussed how she constructed a book to tell the story of Group Material, the now-defunct art team she founded »

Former United States Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky discussed everything from city lights to genealogy and television at a poetry reading Wednesday. Pinsky read a selection of his poems, discussed his writing process and fielded questions from an audience of about 60 Yale students and faculty in the Whitney Humanities Center. At the reading, Pinsky said »

Connecticut hikers braved steep and winding trails to raise money for Habitat for Humanity on Saturday. The hike, organized by the “Sleeping Giant Build” chapter of Habitat for Humanity, took place at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, Conn. From 1-3 p.m., registered individuals, teams and organizations hiked up Tower Trail to raise funds for »

The Yale University Art Gallery and the Haven String Quartet presented a novel opportunity for the modern Renaissance man and woman Wednesday afternoon: the chance to peruse an art gallery and attend a music concert at the same time. Attended by a group of about 40 people, Haven String Quartet violist Colin Benn led a »