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The Yale Center for British Art and Yale University Art Gallery are among a dozen museums Departures magazine recommends visiting. In the publication’s August 2011 issue, Center for Curatorial Leadership Director Elizabeth Easton singled out 12 places that offer an “intimate look at some of the world’s great pieces” of art.
“I always feel enriched by a visit to a university art museum or a regional collection assembled by a local baron of yore,” Easton writes in her piece.
Easton lists the Yale Center for British Art and Yale University Art Gallery alongside the Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, Pa.), The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts (St. Louis, Mo.), Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, R.I.), McNay Art Museum (San Antonio, Texas), Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, Conn.), The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Cambridge, Mass.), and Arthur M. Sackler Museum (Cambridge, Mass.).
Yale University Art Gallery
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“These are my favorites,” Easton writes, “a selection that covers the history of civilization and the entire country, from coast to coast.”
Adrienne Webb, public relations coordinator at the Yale University Art Gallery, said via email, “We are thrilled to be named alongside the wonderful museums in Ms. Easton’s article. And we’re excited to note that the Gallery’s space is about to be not-so-small; a renovation and expansion into three landmark buildings will more than double exhibition and classroom space when it opens in December 2012. The goal, of course, is to increase access to the collections while maintaining the welcoming, comfortable environment for which we are known.”
Amy Meyers, director of the Yale Center for British Art, said in an e‑mail, “The Yale Center for British Art is delighted to have been acknowledged with such warm enthusiasm and in such good company by Ms. Easton. Architect Louis Kahn excelled at creating elegant, light-filled spaces for the contemplation of works of art. Through the generosity of our founder, Paul Mellon, the Center’s world-class collection of British art — always free and open to the public — is for the enjoyment of all, to experience either in our splendid building or through our new online catalogue and expanded website at britishart.yale.edu.”