Exhibitions and programs

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

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

Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Friday, May 20–Sunday, October 16, 2022

Richard Long, "Quantock Wood Circle," 1981, courtesy of the artist and Sperone Westwater

Call for Papers | Works on the Floor Symposium

Friday, August 5, 2022, 8 am–Monday, September 12, 2022, 5 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.

Introductory Tour

Thursday, August 11, 2022, 11 am–12 pm

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

Exploring Artism

Exploring Artism: A Program for Families

August 13, 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.

Introductory Tour

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 11 am–12 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 2–3 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Sunday, August 14, 2022, 2–3 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.

Introductory Tour

Thursday, August 18, 2022, 11 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.

Introductory Tour

Saturday, August 20, 2022, 11 am–12 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Sunday, August 21, 2022, 2–3 pm

Children making crafts, using brightly colored pipe cleaners, pompoms, tape, markers, and other supplies at the Yale Center for British Art, photo by Harold Shapiro

Family Programs

Portico Projects

Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 2–4 pm

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

Richard Long: Quantock Wood Circle

Wednesday, August 24, 2022–Sunday, February 12, 2023

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.

Introductory Tour

Thursday, August 25, 2022, 11 am–12 pm

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

Exploring Artism

Exploring Artism: A Program for Families

August 27, 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.

Introductory Tour

Saturday, August 27, 2022, 11 am–12 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Saturday, August 27, 2022, 2–3 pm

Gangaram Tambat, "View of Parbati, a Hill near Poona Occupied by the Temples Frequented by the Peshwa" (detail), 1795, watercolor and graphite on paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Book Discussion | Grafted Arts: Art Making and Taking in the Struggle for Western India, 1760–1910

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 4–5 pm

Photo of Walter Hood by Brigitte Lacombe

at home: Architects in Conversation: To Build for Art | Walter Hood

Friday, September 9, 2022, 12–1 pm

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

The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

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

Elizabeth Alexander, photo by Djeneba Aduayom

Book Discussion | "The Trayvon Generation" by Elizabeth Alexander

Friday, September 23, 2022, 4–5 pm

Installation of Steve McQueen's "Sunshine State" at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, photo by Agostino Osio

Steve McQueen Symposium

Friday, October 28–Saturday, October 29, 2022