The Yale Center for British Art exhibits~John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined~ ans ~Sightlines:British Landscape Photography 1840. to. Now.

The eye observing the Landscape is an important art element historically reviewed at the Yale Center for British Art within the  current exhibition: Constable, as painter and photography.  

YCBA Fall Exhibitions Preview and Opening Celebration John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now Wednesday, September 9, 2–4 pm ___________________________   Join YCBA Paul Mellon Director Martina Droth and exhibition curators Jackson Davidow and Edward Town to preview and explore our two new fall exhibitions. The afternoon includes availability for media interviews and guided gallery tours. Stay afterward for the public celebration, with a discussion in our Lecture Hall starting at 5 pm followed by gallery tours and a reception.   Exhibition curators Jackson Davidow (Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now) and Edward Town (John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined) will be present to answer questions about the exhibitions and provide gallery tours. YCBA Paul Mellon Director Martina Droth, Head of Publications Don McMahon (to discuss the accompanying Constable book written by leading British art historian Tim Barringer), and other YCBA leadership will also be present at the preview. Snacks and light refreshments will be served. Public Opening Curatorial Conversation 5–6 pm Lecture Hall  Exhibition curators Jackson Davidow and Edward Town will explore the changing vision of the British landscape in conversation with Tim Barringer and Jennifer Raab of the department of the history of art, Yale University.  Gallery Talks 6–6:30 pm John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined Second Floor  Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now Third Floor  Reception 6–7 pm Library Court  Public programs for Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now are presented with the generous support of Hans Kraus and Mariana Cook. Learn More ___________________________ About the YCBA Opened in 1977 through the generosity of Yale graduate and philanthropist Paul Mellon, the Yale Center for British Art holds the largest and most significant collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. The collection spans more than five centuries and is the foundation for a museum uniquely focused on the histories, legacies, and shifting contexts of British art. Housed in a celebrated modernist building designed by Louis I. Kahn, the museum is situated on the Yale University campus in the city of New Haven. Free and open to all. Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street New Haven, CT 06520-8280 Museum Hours Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm Tuesday–Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm   britishart.yale.edu Subscribe to our newsletter Image Credits:  Top: John Constable, Sir Richard Steele’s Cottage, Hampstead, 1831 to 1832, oil on canvas, 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (21 x 28.6 cm). Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection Bottom: Henry Stuart Wortley, Clouds, 1863, albumen print from a wet collodion negative, 6 7/8 × 9 inches (17.5 × 22.9 cm). Yale Center for British Art, gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro in honor of Scott Wilcox