05/11/2026
Phantom Lines (May 23-June 14 Weekends Only)
Visit Phantom Lines, an installation by the artists in Yale-China’s Arts Lab, at New Haven’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas, from May 23-June 14. In the exhibition, artists Shellie Zhang, Joy Li, and Amy Fang offer a meditation on silk as a metaphor, following its shifting presence across bodies, images, and global contexts. Working largely through material substitution and transformation, the artists reflect on how the visual, cultural, and bodily associations of silk continue to persist and evolve. Phantom Lines traces how silk’s histories remain present within the ways it is perceived, imagined, and encountered today.
Note: The installation will be open to the public from 12PM–4PM during the listed days, however, we encourage advance registration to help ensure a comfortable and accessible experience for everyone. Visit https://www.artidea.org/PhantomLines for more information.