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  • Art on the move

    Spotted on College Street this week: a car covered in chalkboard paint, with chalk at the ready, offering “heART therapy” for passersby... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 14 2016 09:09am

  • Observation

    A young student takes notes at the Art Gallery. The painting is It’s the Time of the Mind in the Middle of the Day by William T. Williams... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 13 2016 08:37am

  • Print lives

    As more and more academic resources go digital, Sterling Memorial Library still has a reminder of how it all started. This Albion hand press, built... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 6 2016 04:57am

  • Handle with care

    How many art handlers does it take to move Hiram Powers’s The Greek Slave as part of a reinstallation at the Yale University Art Gallery?... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 1 2016 03:34am

  • Slices are ready

    Music, theater, dance, and thoughtful discussions are all well and good, but for some of us, the highlight of the International Festival of Arts and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 20 2016 08:52am

  • Flatbed foursome

    Rush hour on Chapel Street—the perfect time to sit back and enjoy a string quartet in front of the Art Gallery. As part of the International... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 17 2016 08:15am

  • Moving

    Now pivoting gently in the sculpture garden of the Yale University Art Gallery, this kinetic sculpture by George Rickey, titled Two Planes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 16 2016 01:28pm

  • An old friend is back

    Do you mind if we post another picture of the newly reopened Yale Center for British Art? It’s awfully photogenic. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 10 2016 08:17am

  • Give us a ring

    Throwback Thursday: fifty years ago this summer, workers spent three months installing 44 new bells in Harkness Tower to upgrade the existing chimes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 9 2016 11:09am

  • Get festive

    June used to be quiet in New Haven, but these days we’re blessed with the joyful noise of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 8 2016 10:43am

  • Thriller

    School’s out, and it’s time for summer reading. We wish we knew what book was causing such a reaction in this stone scholar in Sterling... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2016 12:22pm

  • Bag of tricks

    They run a pretty tight ship at the newly reopened Yale Center for British Art, so you might be surprised to see a trash bag lying around the lobby at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 2 2016 08:46am

  • Lots of room

    An organ student tackles the Newberry Memorial Organ in Woolsey Hall, Yale’s most glorious practice room. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 6 2016 08:17am

  • Find the words

    Take a second look at this photo. At first glance you see the familiar vertical concrete face of Yale’s architecture building, Paul Rudolph... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 2 2016 08:38am

  • Hanging fire

    They may look hard at work, but these art handlers are in fact as two-dimensional as the Lion attacking a Horse they’re easing into... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 20 2016 08:51am

  • I see you!

    One of the odd delights of an odd building: the peek-a-boo corner at Chapel and York that gives passersby a glimpse inside the Arts Library in Paul... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2016 08:39am

  • LeWitt and wisdom

    Ever since conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) left Yale his wall drawings—actually instructions for drawings that can be carried out... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2016 10:39am

  • Frozen music

    Now rising: a new building that will connect Hendrie Hall (left) and Leigh Hall (right) to create the Adams Center for Musical Arts. The new and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2016 03:19pm

  • Gone fishing

    Miya’s Sushi has been around New Haven—first on Chapel Street, now on Howe—since 1982, and owner/chef Bun Lai has become... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2016 02:15pm