EXHIBITS AND GALLERIES
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

BRYAN HIOTT
In the YUAG’s “Photography and the Botanical World,” art imitates life. Literally.

This installation, which focuses on botanical life, draws on the YUAG’s permanent collection and offers viewers a meditation on time and our relationship to nature.

January 27, 2025

ZEYNA MALIK
In Schwarzman collaboration, Yale Visual Artists “re-present” themselves with a look back at freshman year 

Through a collaborative mural on display at the Schwarzman Center, Yale Visual Artists offer participating artists and viewers a chance to re-imagine their first moments on campus.

January 24, 2025

EUNICE HAN
Sityana Abdu’s ’26 exhibition celebrates women as custodians of sacred sites

Exhibited at the Afro American Cultural Center’s gallery, Abdu’s exhibition is a culmination of her fieldwork in Sousse, Tunisia.

December 6, 2024

SAHRA WAHEDI & CAROLINE PECORE
Afghan women explore themes of home and memory through exhibit at Wilson Branch Library

Until Dec. 4, “Afghan Women’s Narratives through Art: Exploring Themes of Identity & Home.”

December 4, 2024

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
Yale Rep’s “Macbeth in Stride” tells a story of Black femininity this weekend

Through R&B anthems and a feminist rendering of a Shakespearean text, “Macbeth in Stride” reshapes the narrative of one of theater’s most iconic women.

December 2, 2024