Past exhibitions and programs

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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 | Color and Abstraction

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 2–4 pm

Bridget Riley, "Current" (detail), 1964, synthetic emulsion on board, The Museum of Modern Art, Philip Johnson Fund
Talks

Art in Context | Anxious Analogies: Bridget Riley and Computers in the 1960s

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 12:30–1 pm

George Darrell © White Cube
Talks

at home: Artists in Conversation | Ibrahim Mahama

Friday, June 24, 2022, 12–1 pm

Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, "Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas" (detail), 1782, oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Talks

Art in Context | Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Charles Stanhope and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 12:30–1:15 pm

Photo of Sandra Amann by Jimbo Blachly
Talks

In Conversation | Material Concerns: Preserving Appearance

Friday, June 17, 2022, 12–1 pm

Photo by Ori Gersht
Talks

at home: Artists in Conversation | Ori Gersht

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 12–1 pm

Furniture at the Yale Center for British Art: A Selection, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole
Exhibitions

Furniture at the Yale Center for British Art: A Selection

Thursday, July 22, 2021–Sunday, June 12, 2022

Yale Center for British Art Founder's Room, photo © Elizabeth Felicella/ESTO
Open House

Founder's Birthday

Saturday, June 11, 2022, 10 am–5 pm

Helen Cammock, "There's a Hole in the Sky Part I"
Film & Media Screenings

Three Films by Helen Cammock

Monday, May 23, 2022, 12 am–June 6, 2022, 11:59 pm

Jessica Weber, photo by Beth Miller

The View From Here: Accessing Art Through Photography

June 3, 2022, 11:59 pm

Photo of Timothy Snyder, Jiri Zerzon for Hospodarske noviny
Talks

at home: Lecture | Post-Colonial Ukraine: The Meanings of Resistance

Friday, June 3, 2022, 12–1 pm

Photo by Sebastiano Luciano
Talks

at home: Artists in Conversation | Helen Cammock

Friday, May 27, 2022, 12–1 pm

Bridget Riley, "White Discs 3," 2019/1964, acrylic on polyester, Bridget Riley Collection © Bridget Riley 2022. All rights reserved.
Talks

at home: Digital Docents | Bridget Riley

Thursday, May 26, 2022, 12:30–1 pm

Marc Quinn, 2021. © Marc Quinn Studio
Talks

Opening Conversation | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Friday, May 20, 2022, 12–1 pm

Chapel Haven Students with members of the YCBA's Installation team, photo by Tina Menchetti
Out to Art

In Celebration of Our Neurodiverse Community: Selections from the Collection

Sunday, May 1, 2022, 12 pm–Sunday, May 15, 2022, 5 pm

Bridget Riley, "New Day" (detail), 1988, oil on canvas, Bridget Riley Collection © 2021 Bridget Riley, All rights reserved
Symposia

Bridget Riley Symposium

May 14, 2022, 9:45 am–5 pm

Bridget Riley, "Untitled (Fragment 4)" (detail), synthetic emulsion on board, Bridget Riley Collection, © 2022 Bridget Riley, All rights reserved
Talks

at home: Art in Context | Bridget Riley and Ad Reinhardt's "Poor Old Tired Horse" (1965)

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 12:30–1 pm

Photo of Richard Shiff by John Semlitsch
Talks

at home: In Conversation | The Im-perceptible

Friday, May 6, 2022, 12–1 pm