Arts & Architecture News
Vincent J. Scully
National Trust for Historic Preservation Gives Highest Award to Vincent J. Scully
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has presented the Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award, its highest accolade, to renowned Yale professor Vincent J. Scully.
New Musical Asks: Who Took a ‘Pop’ at Andy Warhol?
"Art is anything you can get away with," Andy Warhol, one of the leading figures of the Pop art movement, once famously contended.
Yale Baroque Opera Presents Scenes from Handel’s Operas and Oratorios
The Yale Baroque Opera Project (YBOP) will present its fifth biannual fully-staged production, “Le tre Stagioni” (“The Three Seasons”), a pastiche of scenes from operatic and oratorio works by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), on December 5 and 6 at Sprague Hall, 470 College St.
Exhibit Documents the Courage of Women ‘in the Face of Unbelievable Atrocities’ in the Congo
"Portraits of War" featuring women from the Democratic Republic of Congo are on view through Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center at Saint Thomas More The Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale, 268 Park St.
‘Native Guard’ Author Will Read From Her Work at Beinecke Library
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, the 2009 James Weldon Johnson Fellow in African American Studies at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, will read from her work on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Ralph Lauren Establishes Gwathmey Professorship at Yale School of Architecture
Iconic American designer Ralph Lauren and his wife, Ricky Lauren, have established a professorship at the Yale School of Architecture in memory of the late architect Charles Gwathmey, Yale University President Richard C. Levin has announced.
Yale Arts Library Showcases Work of Noted Aerial Photographer Robert B. Haas
An exhibition of aerial photography by noted photographer Robert B. Haas is now on view at Yale’s Haas Family Arts Library, 180 York Street.
Alfred Brendel Lectures and Gives Master Class at Yale
Yale School of Music will host two events with internationally renowned pianist Alfred Brendel on November 11–12.
New Teaching Space in Yale Art Gallery Named In Honor of President Levin and his Wife, Jane
A space within the Yale University Art Gallery dedicated to the teaching of Yale students has been named in honor of President Richard C. Levin and his wife, Jane.
School of Drama Adds New Concentration in Projection Design
The Yale School of Drama will offer a new concentration in "Projection Design" beginning in the fall of 2010. This is the first such course of graduate theater training in the United States.
Once-Underground Polish Theater Troupe To Present Play the Communist Government Had Banned
A play about life under martial law in Poland that prompted the exile of the troupe that created it will be presented Nov. 5-7 as part of "No Boundaries: A Series of Global Performances."
