Past exhibitions and programs

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

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

Sunday, October 16, 2022, 1–2 pm

"Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree" installation, third-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole

Student Guide Tour | Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree

Sunday, October 16, 2022, 12:15 pm–12:45 pm

12 Years a Slave (2013), Directed by Steve McQueen Shown: Chitwetel Ejiofor Fox Searchlight Pictures/Photofest ©Fox Searchlight Pictures

Film & Media Screenings

Steve McQueen's “12 Years a Slave”

Saturday, October 15, 2022, 2:30 pm–5 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Saturday, October 15, 2022, 2–3 pm

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

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

Saturday, October 15, 2022, 1–2 pm

"Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree" installation, third-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole

Student Guide Tour | Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree

Saturday, October 15, 2022, 12–12:30 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, October 15, 2022, 11:00 am–12 pm

Yale Center for British Art exterior, photo by Richard Caspole

Open Late | New Haven Night Market

Friday, October 14, 2022, 5–8 pm

12 Years a Slave (2013), Directed by Steve McQueen Shown: Chitwetel Ejiofor Fox Searchlight Pictures/Photofest ©Fox Searchlight Pictures

Film & Media Screenings

Steve McQueen's “12 Years a Slave”

Friday, October 14, 2022, 2:30 pm–5 pm

Photo of Celia Paul by Alice Mann

at home: Artists in Conversation | Celia Paul on Gwen John

Friday, October 14, 2022, 12–1 pm

Anita Dey mending a playbill for performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, February 4–5, 1853. Photo by Soyeon Choi

Becoming a Museum Conservator

Friday, October 14, 2022, 10–11 am

Painting of two dogs, brown and white retriever lying on flagstone surface, black and white retriever stands behind. Large tree trunks, against cloudy sky in background.

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

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, October 13, 2022, 11:00 am–12 pm

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

Educators' Open House

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

Film still from Steve McQueen's Hunger (2008), courtesy of IFC Films/Photofest © IFC Films

Art in Context | Steve McQueen's “Hunger,” the Carceral State, and Prison Abolition

Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 12:30 pm–1 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2–3 pm

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

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

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 1–2 pm

"Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree" installation, third-floor galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by Richard Caspole

Student Guide Tour | Steve McQueen: Lynching Tree

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 12:15 pm–12:45 pm