Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Molly Eichel

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This is the cream of the Yale photography masters program crop. Works include Richard Mosse's untitled piece in which a stark lime green airplane with an engine aflame is set against a dour, gray sky. Suyeon Yun's Crabmeat, Boulder CO (pictured) shows a family in muted tones, with the patriarch happily chomping on a bowl of crabmeat.

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The murals of Leon Sitarchuk are long gone, thanks to the machinations of overeager renovators. But the studies Sitarchuk created during the '30s still exist. A graduate of Simon Gratz, Sitarchuk finds the art within the working class, a lá Jean-François Millet's The Gleaners. Moses Parting the Sea features vibrant teals, turquoises and oranges as Moses and his flock face the daunting, swirling seas ahead, while Seafood depicts faceless, stretchy-limbed dockworkers as they deal with the day's haul.

Horses are a constant through many cultures and their respective art — from ancient Greek pottery to the Ming dynasty scrolls to the works of neoclassical heavy hitters such as Jacques-Louis David. Spanning different styles and media, this exhibit includes the epic beasts of Adolf Schreyer's oil painting Arab Horseman as well as a quaint blanket chest on which a yellow-and-red ochre tulip tops a galloping horse.