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APRIL 27 – May 3, 2020

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TAKE A TOUR

Wander the Museum–from Home

Longing to be back inside the Gallery? Let this guided tour of the museum’s three buildings transport you there. The tour is available on our website, as well as through our audio guide, and on our SoundCloud channel.
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IN-DEPTH

Architecture of the Yale University Art Gallery

The 2000 Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin focuses on the architecture and history of the Gallery. Register for free through JSTOR to read the 2000 Bulletin.

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LEARN MORE

Louis Kahn’s
Yale Center for British Art

Want to know more about Louis Kahn and the museum he designed across the street from the Gallery? Download the Yale Center for British Art’s audio guide and listen to the 30-minute Louis Kahn architecture tour.

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WATCH

Vincent Scully’s

Modern Architecture Course

Watch vintage footage of the late art historian Vincent Joseph Scully, Jr. (1920–2017), the Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and Architecture at Yale University, teaching his famous classes.

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DISCOVER

“Gateless Gate”
The Happy and Bob Doran Tea Gate

Just outside the Gallery’s Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Lecture Hall, the Tea Gate, built by master temple-builder and ordained Buddhist priest Paul Discoe, is a space for quiet contemplation and reflection. In Zen Buddhism, the gate is a symbolic marker of the moment one leaves the day-to-day world to enter the sacred space of the temple. Discoe described his creation as a “gateless gate, a gate to nowhere except for everywhere.” Watch a time-lapse of the gate’s construction.

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READ

Tea Culture of Japan

In this excerpt, Sadako Ohki, Japan Foundation Associate Curator of Japanese Art, explores the world of chanoyu—literally “hot water for tea”—and the aesthetics and history of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Learn more about the publication.

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EXPLORE THE COLLECTION

Unidentified artist

Threshold

Possibly 17th century
Wood

The central opening in this elaborately carved threshold, made in Flores, Indonesia, was once the entrance into a ritual house (bhaga) dedicated to a female ancestor. Among the intricate open scrolls on both wings are the body, legs, and neck of a horse. The head (not in the collection) would have been part of an additional panel.

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Listen to Ruth Barnes, Thomas Jaffe Curator of Indo-Pacific Art, discuss the significance of ancestors in Southeast Asia and the meaning of the carved animal decorations.

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COMMUNITY PARTNER

The Shops at Yale

There are currently more than 20 restaurants at The Shops at Yale offering takeout and/or delivery. Learn which restaurants are offering this service.

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MEDIA

Yale University Art Gallery in the News

The Washington Post, April 22, 2020: “Rooms with a View: Martin Wong Takes a Page from Hitchcock‘s ‘Rear Window’”

Contract, April 9, 2020: “On Our Radar: Christina Cho Yoo and Ming Thompson”

Yale Alumni Magazine, May/June 2020: “Grounded: Birds from the Peabody, on the Wall of the Art Gallery”

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Support the Gallery’s Annual Fund

Gifts to the Annual Fund strengthen the Gallery’s ability to respond to uncertain times. To everyone who has a made a recent gift, we say thank you.

Download and read the 2018-19 Yale University Art Gallery Annual Report.

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The Yale University Art Gallery is currently closed until further notice. The Gallery is working in close collaboration with Yale University leadership to safeguard against the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to ensure the safety of our visitors and staff. Please continue to check our website in the coming days and weeks for additional information or changes to the Gallery’s public services. Learn more.

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