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Haiti Rising
Institute of Sacred Music
(203) 432-5180
www.yale.edu/ism

Fifty paintings and sculptures by Haitian artists, on loan from Eastern Connecticut State University, are on exhibit to raise donations for Haiti earthquake relief.

Through September 17

 

Seeing Double: Portraits, Copies, and Exhibitions in 1820s London
Center for British Art
(203) 432-2800
www.ycba.yale.edu

John Scarlett Davis’s 1829 painting Interior of the British Institution, which depicts an art exhibit, incorporates dozens of other paintings. “Seeing Double” examines the practice of sampling other works. It includes many of the images that Davis references, some in multiple media forms.

Through September 19

 

Coffee: The World in Your Cup
Peabody Museum of Natural History
(203) 432-5050
www.peabody.yale.edu

Artifacts, films, and photographs illuminate the influence of coffee on the environment, human culture, and economies worldwide—from the cultivation, trade, and production of the coffee bean to the effects of caffeine on human health.

Through September 19

 

Italian Paintings from the Richard L. Feigen Collection
Yale University Art Gallery
(203) 432-0600
artgallery.yale.edu

An exhibit of some 50 paintings from the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries, including work of such masters as Fra Angelico, showcases the Italian collection of Manhattan art dealer and author Richard L. Feigen ’52.

Through September 12

 

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