Past exhibitions and programs

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

"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

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 2–3 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Saturday, September 24, 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.
Tours

Introductory Tour

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

Elizabeth Alexander, photo by Djeneba Aduayom
Talks

Book Discussion | “The Trayvon Generation” by Elizabeth Alexander

Friday, September 23, 2022, 4–5 pm

J. M. W. Turner, "The Channel Sketchbook" (detail), ca. 1845, Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Open Houses

Study Room Open House: J. M. W. Turner

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 1–6 pm

Photo of Winsome Pinnock by Geraint Hill
Talks

Windham-Campbell Prize Talk | Close Looking: Turner Turned Inside Out

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 4–5 pm

Three oil paintings by Turner on view in fourth floor galleries, view of Yale University Art Gallery through the window
Tours

Special Tour | J. M. W. Turner

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 3–3:45 pm

Photo of Zaffar Kunial by Geraint Hill
Talks

Windham-Campbell Prize Talk | Sources of Poetry

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 12:30 pm–1:30 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.
Tours

Introductory Tour

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 11:00 am–12 pm

Photo of Winsome Pinnock by Geraint Hill, Photo of Margo Jefferson by Micah Tautkus, Photo of Zaffar Kunial by Geraint Hill, and Photo of Sharon Bridgforth by David Maziarz
Talks

Windham-Campbell Prize Talk | Children of Migrations

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 12–1 pm

Photo of Tsitsi Dangarembga by Buck O'Donoghue, Bad Rabbit Studio
Talks

Windham-Campbell Prize Talk | This Mournable Body

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 12–1 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 2–3 pm

Paintings on display in the fourth floor gallery.
Tours

Special Exhibition Tour | Marc Quinn: History Painting +

Saturday, September 17, 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.
Tours

Introductory Tour

Saturday, September 17, 2022, 11:00 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

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 11:00 am–12 pm

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

Call for Papers | Works on the Floor Symposium

Friday, August 5, 2022, 8:00 am–Monday, September 12, 2022, 5:00 pm