After a 14 year renovation, the Yale University Art Gallery reopened last year and excited everyone who had the possibility to visit it. We went there yesterday. Three hours drive in sunny weather, to spend four hours in New Haven before returning to Boston. It gave us just enough time to grasp the richness of their collection and to admire the history of the different architectural styles.
The museum's oldest building is from 1866, then the first addition from 1928 and the third by the famous architect Louis I. Kahn opened 1953. His tetrahedral ceilings favor the acoustics and is at the same time decorative. While we took a pause in the sculpture garden the quiet slow movements of Rickey's 'Two Planes Vertical-Horizontal' sculpture played with the sun rays in a pleasant way.
This museum has free entrance not only to the students but all visitors and is a true proof of the generosity of thousands of donors during the 280 years it existed.
