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Join us for tours at the Yale Center for British Art every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm.

Yale undergraduate students lead tours on in-depth discussions of 4-5 pieces in the collection.

03/01/2020

TODAY AT 4, New Guide Khenzom will be delivering her tour "The Subjugated Female Body"! The tour explores the roles of race and gender as they relate to the depiction of subjugated female bodies and the artists who paint them.

Khenzom is a sophomore from Kathmandu, Nepal majoring in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. Besides being a 🌟wonderful🌟 addition to the Guides program, she works with the Yale Refugee Project to co-lead a women's leadership group in partnership with IRIS (a refugee resettlement agency in New Haven); is the student sustainability liaison for her residential college (Grace Hopper!); and is the co-President of the Himalayan Students at Yale. In her spare time, she loves to make her own art (mostly oil paintings) and waste time with friends.

Her favorite artist is Kehinde Wiley. She admires him not only for his beautifully-rendered and highly naturalistic painting style—which she hopes to emulate in her own paintings—but also because his work is incredibly powerful in the way it seeks to reconstruct perceptions of race, gender, and sexuality.

Khenzom has also said that she might do a private Shakira impression at the end of her tour (upon request). ALL THE MORE REASON to attend her excellent tour today at 4!!!

03/01/2020

TOMORROW AT 2, new Guide Sam will be presenting his tour "The Divine Spectacle"! The tour examines the tension between the sacred and earthly purposes of British religious art.

Sam is a first-year from Princetown, NJ thinking of majoring in Economics. He is already a spirited member of Guides and is similarly active in other parts of campus: He is involved behind-the-scenes with the Yale Dramat, and is also the Co-President of Y Pop-Up, a fine dining club that creates pop up restaurants for Yale's undergrads. Outside of school, he enjoys hiking, bad sit coms, and classical music. His favorite work of art is George Frederic Watts’s sculpture "Physical Energy," which depicts a man on a horse—he sees the sculpture as the perfect visual distillation of the vision and yearning of Humanity's greatest heroes. Something you might not have known about Sam: He has built and unbuilt the same gazebo three times (which is crazy! And incredible!)

Meet Sam at the museum's Entrance Court to learn more about divine spectacles✨

02/28/2020

🌷.TOUR TOMORROW AT 2🌷

Tomorrow at 2, Ava will be delivering her tour "Death and Femininity"! The tour looks at paintings that portray women near or after death and explores different interpretations of the fates of these women.

Ava is a sophomore from New Haven double-majoring in History and History of Art. She is a bright and wonderful presence in Guides, but at Yale, she also tutors at New Haven Reads, works in the Prints and Drawings Room in the museum, and participates in the student-run nonprofit Circle of Women. Her favorite work of art is "Ophelia" by Sir John Everett Millais, a painting of Hamlet's Ophelia singing before she drowned tragically — It actually inspired her tour! Fun fact about Ava: As a young child visiting the YCBA, she was absolutely terrified of George Stubb’s “A Lion Attacking a Horse” and refused to go into the library court when visiting for fear of seeing it. (She has gotten over it now, luckily!)

Attend Ava's tour tomorrow to contemplate depictions of women and death!

02/23/2020

🏛TOUR TODAY AT 4🏛

Today at 4, New Guide Alex will be delivering her tour "The Legacy of Hellenism in British Art" for the first time! The tour examines how Greek Antiquity permeates British Art and culture, and how aesthetics of ancient art can be used as a vehicle for modern ideas.

Alex is a first-year from London and prospective History of Art major. Outside of Guides, she participates in the dance group Movement as well as loves to make art herself. Her favorite work of art is "Whistlejacket" by George Stubbs, which depicts a racehorse in motion. Her parents used to take her to the National Gallery (in London) all the time as a child, and that piece has and always will captivate her. Something you might not have known about Alex: She is originally from Greece, so her tour actually combines both halves of her identity!

Don't miss Alex's first tour today at 4!!!

02/16/2020

🎨Tomorrow at 2,🖌 attend Jackson's tour "Paintbrush Poetry"!

Jackson is a senior from St. Petersburg, FL double majoring in Humanities and Economics & Mathematics. He is passionate about being a Student Guide, but is equally invested in the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project (or YHHAP)! For the moment, his favorite work of art is "Backside of the Moon" by James Turrell, and his favorite artists are the master architects behind the Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France. Something you might not have known about Jackson: He saw snow for the first time during his first spring semester at Yale—the best part was it managed to hold off the cold for a whole semester!

Meet Jackson tomorrow at 2 for his tour!

02/14/2020

🌷TOMORROW AT 2,🌷 New Guide Tiffany Ng will be delivering her tour "Selling S*x: Scandal and Subversion in Steamy Portraiture"! Tiffany's tour will explore artists' relationship with female subjects—from first loves they never got over to mistresses they admired from afar—and the implications of placing private portraits in a public space.

Tiffany is a sophomore from Hong Kong double majoring in History of Art and Ethics, Politics, and Economics. Outside of the Guides program, she is a Weekend Editor for the Yale Daily News, Arts Editor for the Yale Literary Magazine, and Creative Print Director for Broad Recognition Magazine. She also makes films under CPA grants! Her favorite work of art is Tracey Emin's "My Bed," because who doesn't love their beds? Fun fact about Tiffany: Her feet are so small that her shoe size doesn't exist in Doc Martens!

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, bring someone you love with you to Tiffany's tour tomorrow🥰

02/02/2020

If you missed Srirama's tour last week, never fear!! Because TODAY at 4 pm, Rama is back and better than ever!

Rama's tour, "Seafaring in the Imperial Imagination," examines how ships and seafaring indicate colonial modes of thought within the British empire and participate in Britain's imperial past. Come learn more today at 4🛳

02/02/2020

TOMORROW AT 2, Muriel will be giving her tour, "Violent Nature and the Sublime"! The tour will look at depictions of awe-inspiring nature.

Muriel is a senior from Singapore majoring in Global Affairs. She enjoys Rotten Tomatoes-ing movies before watching them, learning songs on her ukelele, and discussing the British band McFly. Something you may not have known about Muriel: She played the drums in a band she formed in middle school, and they were actually pretty good!

Meet Muriel tomorrow at 2 to learn about some stunning landscapes!

02/01/2020

■ TOUR TODAY AT 2 PM! ■

First-year Julia is the first of our new Guides to give a tour (and we are so excited for it!!). Her tour, which is called "Space as the Third Figure," examines pieces that have exaggerated senses of space and how this increased space impacts viewings of artwork.

Julia is from Orlando, Florida and is currently double-majoring in Philosophy and Economics. At Yale, she is a member of the Yale Debate Association and the Yale Undergraduate Consulting Group. She also writes for the Yale Politic. In her free time, she enjoys listening to Brockhampton and hanging out with friends. Her favorite artist is Michelangelo, not because of his "Pietà" or "David," but because he got his start from making a forgery! FUN FACT about Julia: Sometimes when she visits museums, she thinks about how she could carry out a heist there. YCBA security, are you reading this??

🏛Join Julia today at 2 for a tour about space's function in art!🏛

01/26/2020

🌊TOUR TODAY AT 4🌊

Today at 4 pm, Srirama will be giving his tour, "Seafaring in the Imperial Imagination." The tour looks at how ships and seafaring indicate colonial modes of thought within the British empire and participate in Britain's imperial past.

An Ethnicity, Race and Migration major from Michigan, Rama is known as the best dressed member of the Guides program (with Linda as a close second!). Beyond Guides, he represents Hopper College as a YCC senator, is an interfaith coordinator for the Hindu Students Organization, and participates in the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project as a Big Sib. His favorite artist is Japanese painter and printmaker Hiroshi Yoshida, and is particularly interested in questions of what is defined as worthy of being art in the colonial sense.

💦Find out more about seafaring's link to British colonialism at 4! Meet Rama by the museum's front desk🛳

01/26/2020

🚨TOUR TOMORROW AT 2 PM🚨

Tomorrow at 2, our fearless leader Jordan will be delivering her tour, 🎨"Paint it Black: A History of the Color."🖌 The tour approaches the museum's collection through the lens of the color black, exploring the many ways British artists have used the color: to convey emotion, express religious and political views, depict racialized colonial subjects, and push material and aesthetic conventions.

Jordan is a senior majoring in Environmental Studies. Outside of Guides, she is the president of Yale Outdoors, a FOOT leader, and works for the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. She is also an enthusiastic quilter, and is teaching herself how to embroider! Her favorite artist is contemporary Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu. Fun fact about Jordan: She has done every single Monday New York Times crossword puzzle published since 1993 (we are impressed, too!!).

Meet Jordan by the museum's front desk TOMORROW at 2 to learn about the role of the color black in our museum!

01/24/2020

Happy 2020, everyone. We are SO excited to be back and delivering our first tours of the decade! This semester's first tour will be delivered TOMORROW at 2 pm by none other than our fabulous Social Chair Sunnie Liu!

Sunnie's tour 💀"The Disturbing, the Distressing, and Dark Aesthetics"💀will examine some of the most grotesque art in the museum's collection. Attend the tour to learn why these works weird us out so much!

A little more about Sunnie: Sunnie is a junior double majoring in Art and History. Outside of the Guides program, she is a Managing Editor at the Yale Scientific and the Art Gallery Manager at Jonathan Edwards. She enjoys reading anything from novels to comics, museum hopping, trying new restaurants, and (re)watching movies. Her favorite artist is contemporary artist and Yale alum Byron Kim.

Come to the museum TOMORROW at 2 to see some ~macabre~ art!

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