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| Wayne admiring the Abbey painting of Richard III Yale Museum of Art |
We had a pack-filled three days and four nights this week end. On our way to NYC Thursday, we stopped in New Haven for some excellent art engagement and also some great pizza. Our hotel, The Graduate New Haven, practically abuts Yale University. Our intention was to visit the Yale Museum for a look at one painting, Richard III by the Pre-Raphaelite artis Edward Austin Abbey. We both love this painting with its strong diagonal lines, its bold use of red and white, and the narrative interpretation of Shakespeare's Richard III. It also came to be that Hilton Als was lecturing across the street at the Center for British Art. The lecture concluded with the third and final show in a series curated by Als, The Beautiful Ones by Njideka Akunhili Crosby. We looked at the show prior to the lecture. I liked her work and was intrigued by her methods. Als did not address the plastic aspects of the work nor the sources and inspirations. Disappointingly, he talked extensively about his own history and a small bit about Crosby's history. The evening ended with our go-to pizza joint and favorite pizza.
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| Peppe's White Clam Pizza |
