Announcing “People Look Up at Good Architecture”
This exhibition includes photographs, letters, sketches, and other archival materials from Yale’s repositories that highlight the Yale Center for British Art’s history and the significance of its building.
September 9, 2024
The exhibition People Look Up at Good Architecture at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library underscores the significance of the Yale Center for British Art’s building, the last design by architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974). The display features photographs, letters, sketches, and other archival materials from Yale’s repositories and was curated by Jessica Quagliaroli, formerly Chief Archivist, Yale Center for British Art, and Kathy Winsor Bohlman, Architecture Records Archivist, Haas Family Arts Library Special Collections. The exhibition title comes from project notes by lighting designer Richard Kelly (1910–1977)—on view in the show which continues through May 11, 2025.
The Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library is located at 180 York Street, New Haven, and is open to the public Mondays through Thursdays, 8:30 am – 6 pm; Fridays, 8:30 am – 5 pm; and Saturdays, 10 am – 5 pm. Outside these hours, a valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry.
About the Yale Center for British Art
The Yale Center for British Art houses the largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom, encompassing works from the fifteenth century to the present in a range of media. The museum offers a vibrant, year-round program of events and exhibitions in person and online. Presented to the university by collector and philanthropist Paul Mellon (Yale College, Class of 1929), the museum opened to the public in 1977. The YCBA is currently closed for a major building conservation project and will reopen to the public in spring 2025. Connect on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X @yalebritishart.
