Kamini Purushothaman
Staff Reporter
kamini.purushothaman@yale.edu
Kamini Purushothaman covers visual arts and arts in New Haven. A sophomore in Trumbull College, she is double-majoring in History and Archaeological Studies.
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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

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Yale, New Haven community members and leaders express their new hopes for the YCBA

Mayor Justin Elicker and Yale President Maurie McInnis celebrated the re-opening of the center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, kicking off a weekend of live performances, exhibition previews and community programming.

April 3, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Pan-Asian Cultural Showcase celebrates artistic excellence and cultural diversity

The showcase comes near the end of Yale’s Pan-Asian Heritage Month, which takes place in March each year. The performance took place in Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall and featured eight different performances.

April 1, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN & ADA PERLMAN
Student Exhibition at Yale Divinity School highlights spiritual connections to land

A multi-sensory exhibition features site-specific natural materials from the Divinity School’s property, prompting viewers to embrace the nature around them.

March 31, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN & ALEX GELDZAHLER
After two years, the YCBA to open its doors this Saturday

Take a look inside the $16.5 million, two-year renovation project before the Yale Center for British Art officially opens to the public on March 29.

March 28, 2025

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Dhamaal unites students across the Northeast to celebrate South Asian dance, music

Hosted by Yale’s South Asian Society, the annual intercollegiate showcase took place on Sunday, March 2.

March 4, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
“A wake-up call”: Federal and state arts funding shrinkage threatens New Haven artists

The elimination of the NEA’s Challenge America grants and a proposed 17.5 percent reduction in Connecticut’s Tourism Fund threaten the financial stability of New Haven’s arts organizations.

March 4, 2025

EMILY KHYM & KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Whales everywhere: “Whales of Yale” organizes a campus-wide scavenger hunt

One of these days, you might just stumble upon a crocheted whale sitting atop a shelf. Since last semester, Yalies have been on the hunt […]

February 11, 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

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN & LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
‘Tiny Dorms,’ but big musical potential: an intimate presentation of the Yale music scene

Spring Fling’s “Tiny Dorms” showcases the work of four Yale musicians, each in a different genre of music.

January 26, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
New Haven green-lights proposal for new Dramatic Arts Building, sparking both excitement and concern

The new seven-floor structure, set to finish in 2029, will house the David Geffen School of Drama, the Yale Repertory Theater, and the Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies department.

January 12, 2025