Press Room

Welcome to the Gallery’s Online Press Room.

Contact

Joellen Adae
Director of Communications
203.432.0611
joellen.adae@yale.edu
yuagpress@yale.edu

Janet Sullivan
Communications Coordinator
203.436.4666
janet.sullivan@yale.edu

Featured Press Releases

Exhibitions
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January 29, 2019

Matthew Barney: Redoubt

March 1–June 16, 2019

Yale University Art Gallery announces exhibition and publication of latest work by renowned contemporary artist Matthew Barney

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Matthew Barney, Redoubt, 2018. Production still
Staff
Press Room
December 14, 2018

Gallery Appoints Liliana Milkova as Nolen Curator of Education and Academic Affairs

Milkova is a leader in museum pedagogy and cross-curricular collaborations

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Liliana Milkova
Exhibitions
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November 6, 2018

Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual

November 9, 2018–March 3, 2019

Exhibition presents a multicultural perspective on the sensory experience of religious ritual in the ancient world

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Exhibitions
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September 14, 2018

Seriously Funny: Caricature through the Centuries

September 14–January 27, 2019

Works on view attest to the enduring appeal and impact of visual humor

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Pierre‑Nolasque Bergeret, Les musards de la rue du Coq (The Dawdlers of the Rue du Coq), ca. 1804
Exhibitions
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September 7, 2018

Reckoning with “The Incident”: John Wilson’s Studies for a Lynching Mural

January 25, 2019–April 7, 2019
Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa

June 3, 2019–August 9, 2019
David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park

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John Wilson, Study for The Incident, 1952
Exhibitions
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June 15, 2018

Leonardo: Discoveries from Verrocchio’s Studio

June 29–October 7, 2018

A landmark exhibition investigating Leonardo da Vinci’s early years as an artist, featuring paintings newly attributed to the Renaissance master

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Leonardo da Vinci and Lorenzo di Credi, A Miracle of Saint Donatus of Arezzo (detail), ca. 1475–85
Collections
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April 9, 2018

20th-Century American Jewelry from a Promised Gift of Toni Wolf Greenbaum

On view through August 26, 2018

An installation of 16 pieces of American studio jewelry from the 1930s to the present day

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20th-Century American Jewelry from a Promised Gift of Toni Wolf Greenbaum
Exhibitions
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March 2, 2018

Joel Shapiro: Plaster, Paper, Wood, and Wire

March 2–June 10, 2018

Approximately 30 works spanning the artist’s career illuminate his creative process through the lens of his engagement with specific materials

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Joel Shapiro: Plaster, Paper, Wood, and Wire