Exhibitions and programs

Britain in the World installation, fourth-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole
Exhibitions

Britain in the World: A Display of the Collections

Friday, September 25, 2020–Saturday, December 31, 2022

Marc Quinn, "History Painting (London, 8 August 2011) (detail)," 2011, oil on canvas, © 2022 Marc Quinn Studio
Exhibitions

Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Friday, May 20, 2022–Sunday, October 16, 2022

Two hundred eighty five sticks arranged in a circle on a wooden floor.
Exhibitions

Richard Long: Quantock Wood Circle

Wednesday, August 24, 2022–Sunday, February 19, 2023

John McHale, "Aluminum Head" (detail), 1956, from the John McHale Archive, ca. 1950–78, black ink on white paper and aluminum foil. Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
Exhibitions

Interior Dialogues: Works from the Collection

Wednesday, August 24, 2022–Sunday, January 22, 2023

Steve McQueen, "Lynching Tree," 2013, transparency, lightbox © Steve McQueen, courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery
Exhibitions

Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree

Thursday, September 22, 2022–Sunday, October 30, 2022

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, "The Beautyful Ones" Series #1C (detail), 2014, acrylic, colored pencil, and transfers on paper, © Njideka Akunyili Crosby, courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner
Exhibitions

The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Thursday, September 22, 2022–Sunday, January 22, 2023

Elizabeth Alexander, photo by Djeneba Aduayom
Talks

Book Discussion | “The Trayvon Generation” by Elizabeth Alexander

Friday, September 23, 2022, 4–5 pm

Exploring Artism participants, Yale Center for British Art, photo courtesy of the Education Department
Access Programs

Exploring Artism: A Program for Families with Children on the Autism Spectrum

Saturday, September 24, 2022, 10:30 am–12 pm

Woman in black shirt gestures at a painting to small group of onlookers, including woman in green shirt and black blazer and woman in striped shirt and denim jacket.
Tours

Introductory Tour

Saturday, September 24, 2022, 11:00 am–12 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Saturday, September 24, 2022, 2–3 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 2–3 pm

"The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby" installation, second-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole
Talks

Art in Context | Transfers and Connections: Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s Works on Paper

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:30 pm–1 pm

Woman in black shirt gestures at a painting to small group of onlookers, including woman in green shirt and black blazer and woman in striped shirt and denim jacket.
Tours

Introductory Tour

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 11:00 am–12 pm

Carlo Labruzzi, "The Colosseum from the Caelian Mount, with the Arch of Constantine and a View of the Forum, Rome." (detail), undated, Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Open House

Study Room Open House | "The Idea of Italy"

Friday, September 30, 2022, 1–5:30 pm

Calvert Richard Jones, "Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Capitoline, Rome" (detail), 1846, salted-paper print, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Talks

Book Discussion | “The Idea of Italy: Photography and the British Imagination, 1840–1900”

Friday, September 30, 2022, 4–5 pm

"The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby" installation, second-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Saturday, October 1, 2022, 1–2 pm

"The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby" installation, second-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Sunday, October 2, 2022, 1–2 pm

Robert Peake the Elder, "Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu" (detail), ca. 1590, oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Talks

Art in Context | New Acquisition: Robert Peake the Elder's Portrait of Anthony Brown

Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 12:30 pm–1 pm

"The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby" installation, second-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Saturday, October 8, 2022, 1–2 pm

"The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby" installation, second-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 1–2 pm

Visitors in the Study Room, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Stephanie Anestis
Open House

Educators' Open House

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 3:30 pm–6 pm

John Giles Eccardt, "Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter" (detail), ca. 1754, oil on canvas, Lewis Walpole Library
Talks

The Twenty-Fifth Lewis Walpole Library Lecture | What are dogs doing in eighteenth-century British art?

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 5:30 pm–6:30 pm