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August 19th, 2011
GALLERY'S RENOWNED AMERICAN ART COLLECTION RETURNS TO NEW HAVEN
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, showcases American art from the Yale University Art Gallery. The yearlong exhibition will be presented in three parts beginning in July 2011. Paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, and photographs—including many of the Gallery’s greatest treasures—document two centuries of American culture.
MELLON FOUNDATION FUNDS CHARTER UNIVERSITY MUSEUM COLLECTION SHARING
Seven college and university art museums have embarked upon a program of significant loans and shared expertise, intended to foster institutional collaboration, expand opportunities for faculty from all disciplines to teach from works of art, and strengthen the diverse community of college art museums.
Music with the Haven String Quartet and an evening of poetry are just two of the wonderful events happening this month at the Gallery. Don't miss the inaugural exhibition by the Department of Indo-Pacific Art; "Old Javanese Gold: The Hunter Thompson Collection."
STUDENT-CURATED EXHIBITION EXPLORES NOTIONS OF ART AND RACE IN AMERICA
A collaboration among a team of students from Yale and the University of Maryland, College Park, "Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery" features works that address, question, and complicate the paradigms that have mapped meanings onto African American bodies throughout history. The 54 works selected for the exhibition, representing the Gallery’s commitment during the past decade to growing this area of the collection, include paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings, and photographs. A fully illustrated catalogue is available.
GALLERY COLLABORATES ON LAUNCH OF JAMES J. ROSS ARCHIVE OF AFRICAN IMAGES, 1590–1920 (RAAI)
A new and exciting website of close to 5,000 published images of African art, the James J. Ross Archive of African Images, 1590–1920 (RAAI), has been launched at Yale University. This unique archive, accessible at http://raai.library.yale.edu, significantly enriches the broad range of resources available to students and researchers of African art at Yale, including the significant collection of African art held by the Yale University Art Gallery.
"ROBERT ADAMS: THE PLACE WE LIVE" OPENS AT VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
Organized by the Yale University Art Gallery, the multivenue traveling exhibition and accompanying publication showcases the artistic legacy of the American photographer Robert Adams.
EARLY DIEGO VELAZQUEZ MASTERPIECE IDENTIFIED AT YALE
A 17-century Spanish painting portraying the Education of the Virgin in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery has been reattributed to Diego Velazquez.
RENOWNED COLLECTION OF ITALIAN PAINTINGS EXHIBITED IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME
"Italian Paintings from the Richard L. Feigen Collection" features some 60 paintings from one of the finest private collections of Italian art in existence. On view from May 28 through September 12, 2010, the exhibition includes major works from the 14th through the 17th century by Guercino, and Orazio Gentileschi.
YALE UNIVERSITY ACQUIRES PHOTOGRAPHER LEE FRIEDLANDER'S ARCHIVE AND MASTER PRINTS
The Yale University Art Gallery and Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library announce the joint acquisition of the Lee Friedlander Archive and 2,000 of the photographer's master prints. With this acquisition, the Yale University Art Gallery becomes the largest holder of Friedlander's work by any museum, and the Beinecke Library becomes home to the preliminary work and records that document the career of one of America's most original and prolific photographers.
The next year features Italian paintings from noted collector Richard L. Feigen, John La Farge's South Seas sketchbooks and the return of the traveling exhibition, "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery."
SPECIAL INSTALLATION SHOWCASES UNIQUE VISUAL LANGUAGE
"Jane Davis Doggett: Talking Graphics" features images by Doggett, a pioneer in architectural and environmental design. This installation features "geometric designs in colors expressing philosophically profound messages” drawn from such sources as Roman proverbs and the Bible.
