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  • Washington insider

    As America elects its 45th president, John Trumbull’s portrait in the Yale University Art Gallery reminds us of the first. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2016 08:42am

  • Outlook

    The roof terrace of Paul Rudolph Hall (the A&A Building to us old-timers) is always a good place to go for a little perspective. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 1 2016 08:44am

  • Autumn artistry

    Nature and Calder both contribute some color to Hewitt Quadrangle. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 27 2016 08:40am

  • Color us impressed

    The Chaplain’s Office and the South Asian Graduate and Professional Association marked the start of fall break yesterday afternoon by inviting... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 19 2016 10:04am

  • Feats of clay

    Louis Kahn’s architecture provides a sublime setting for the Art Gallery’s display of Japanese terra cotta and ceramics. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 13 2016 08:43am

  • A golden year for the Rep

    The Yale Rep took over Library Walk Friday to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Congratulations on 50 enriching seasons! We look forward to 50 more. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 10 2016 08:36am

  • Music hall

    The new building connecting Hendrie Hall (far left) and Leigh Hall (right) is coming along. When completed, the three buildings will collectively be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 4 2016 09:23am

  • Good chemistry

    Sterling Chemistry Lab reopened this fall after a thorough renovation, and its 93-year-old laboratories were transformed into twenty-first-century... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 28 2016 10:40am

  • Please look down

    Not only do we have the Beinecke Library back after a 16-month renovation, we can also gaze again on Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture in the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 27 2016 09:03am

  • Thrills and chills

    On a cool fall Saturday evening, we happened on a screening of North by Northwest in the south court of Berkeley College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 25 2016 08:24am

  • Cleaning Calder

    Alexander Calder’s Gallows and Lollipops is getting some attention from conservators this week. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 15 2016 08:42am

  • The Beinecke’s back

    The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is open today for the first time since it closed for renovation in May 2015. Sixteen months and $73... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 6 2016 10:01am

  • Ocean state exports

    Opening today at the Yale University Art Gallery: Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture from the Colonial and Early Federal... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 19 2016 10:12am

  • Ups and downs

    Besides the 4,000 or so works of art on display at the Yale University Art Gallery, the buildings themselves reward a closer look. This stairwell is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2016 08:32am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Web maintenance

    Conservator Natalie Karas spent a few days recently working on Alexander Liberman’s Lightweb on the Morse-Stiles walkway. Karas cleaned... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2016 08:51am

  • Popping up everywhere

    Twice a week in July, students from the Morse Summer Music Academy play “pop-up concerts” in several spots on campus and downtown. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2016 08:45am

  • 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