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Yale Art Gallery acquires recovered German works
Two paintings lost for years at the hands of the Nazis have found their way into the Yale University Art Gallery. Last month, the gallery became the only museum in the United States with two paintings by the late Gothic artist Meister der Heiligen Sippe, known also as the Master of the Holy Kinship, after it acquired two of his six panels from a 16th-century altarpiece in Germany. In 2003, the paintings, which the Nazis forcibly acquired in 1936, were returned to Robert and Virginia Stern, the
Popular Art School classes respond to digital-age demands
Digital art classes are becoming an increasingly popular part of the art major’s curriculum, according to Department of Art course-enrollment numbers. The department introduced this semester two new digital arts classes — digital drawing and introduction to digital video — in response to increasing student demand, Art Director of Undergraduate Studies Henk Van Assen said.
Undergraduate Gallery Guides to curate exhibit
In just six months, five undergraduate Gallery Guides will become experts in Jerome Liebling’s work — and have an exhibit to prove it.
Identity questioned in painting of ‘Lady Jane’
If confirmed as a depiction of Lady Jane Grey, a two-inch portrait at the Yale Center for British Art may put a face on a long-lost legend, according to one art historian’s recent work.
ARC dean to design complex
With Yale School of Architecture Dean Robert Stern on board as its newly-hired designer, the College Square development is one step closer to living up to its name. Centerplan Development selected Stern last week to design its 19-story mixed-use complex, which will now feature hotel and conference rooms — in addition to its previously planned for-sale condominiums — above two floors of retail.
As Yale develops plans, NYU Abu Dhabi campus in works
As planning for Yale’s potential arts institute in Abu Dhabi continues, New York University formally announced earlier this month that it will open a liberal arts college of its own in the emirate.
Lucier ’54 premieres piece at art gallery
At a Yale University Art Gallery performance Thursday night, sound artist Alvin Lucier ’54 premiered a four-minute musical composition inspired by LeWitt’s “Wall Drawing Number 11,” which is on view in the gallery lobby.
My Yale - To Tea, or Not To Tea?
Behind the forest-green door on College Street, a lock of hair reputed to be Lord Byron’s is sealed in a vault; nearby, a series of priceless first editions — author: William Shakespeare — is carefully kept.
Bulldog debaters arguably the best
The Yale Debate Assocation is basking in its success after pulverizing the competition this weekend at the national debate championship in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Autism study makes progress
Worldwide project reports initial results
Earlier this month, the Autism Genome Project — which includes several Yale researchers — announced that it has finished the first phase of its effort to identify the genes that cause autism.