EXHIBITS AND GALLERIES
ALEX GELDZAHLER
Blake exhibit at British art museum showcases poet’s ‘infernal method’

“William Blake: Burning Bright,” on view at the Yale Center for British Art until Nov. 30, displays Yale’s collection of Blake’s watercolors, poems and engravings.

September 16, 2025

ISABELLA SANCHEZ & ALEX GELDZAHLER
New YCBA Blake exhibit inspires English seminar

In “William Blake: Burning Bright,” the Yale Center for British Art brought together a vast, multimedia array of English poet and artist William Blake’s collection.

September 9, 2025

ISABELLA SANCHEZ
Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition challenges the digital gaze and captures the present through analog

The Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition was on display at the School of Art from April 12 to April 19. The exhibition embodied a nostalgia for older methods of capturing moments in life.

April 25, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Yale Center for British Art to implement accessibility services

The developments, which are aimed at improving access for neurodivergent and disabled visitors, aim to enhance the museum experience for all attendees.

April 18, 2025

ALEX GELDZAHLER & KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
After re-opening celebrations, YCBA objects found broken and marked by pen and beverage spillage

The Yale Center for British Art confirmed that a patron had inadvertently collided into the “Mrs. Pinckney and the Emancipated Birds of South Carolina,” which broke into pieces.

April 18, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Real, fake, stolen? Yale University’s collections under scrutiny

Curators, students and scholars are pushing for transparency, ethical collecting and repatriation at Yale museums including the YUAG and the Peabody.

April 14, 2025

EVELYN RONAN
REVIEW: In Fuck the Goat, “Sex and the City” meets “Lord of the Flies” in a frat basement

Chesed Chap’s ’25 “Fuck the Goat” dissects the pervasive rituals of male friendship — analyzing intimacy, groupthink, and the performances men put on for each other.

April 4, 2025

ALEX GELDZAHLER
The most extensive North American collection of J.M.W. Turner’s works now at the YCBA

“J.M.W. Turner: Romance and Reality” opened on March 29, as part of the YCBA’s opening after renovation closures.

April 2, 2025

MICHELLE SO
Palette to Purpose: Yale undergrads use art, music and touch to chronicle the burning world

A collaboration between a climate activist and an advocate for the visually impaired led to the creation of Palette to Purpose, an art exhibit to fundraise for disaster relief and cataract surgery.

March 3, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Two new art installations at the Yale Divinity School honor the Black experience and neglected histories

These additions include the works of Yale-affiliated Black artists and a new portrait of Black theologian Alexander Crummell.

February 4, 2025

ISABELLA SANCHEZ & ALEX GELDZAHLER
“People Look Up at Good Architecture” exhibit unveils the history of the YCBA building

“People Look Up at Good Architecture” showcases sketches, letters and images from the original construction of the YCBA building. The exhibit is on display until May 11.

February 4, 2025