Collection

Art Collection

Gallup’s New Deal art collection consists of over 120 objects created, purchased, or donated from 1933 to 1942 through New Deal federal art programs administered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to support artists during the Great Depression.

View the Collection

View and search all 120+ objects in the collection.

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Facts & Figures

Get the 411 on artwork locations and provenance and collection statistics.

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History

Trace the origins and evolution of the collection.

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Themes

Browse by theme: landscapes, history paintings, Native cultures, and more.

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Art Exhibits

The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum features three types of exhibits, combining traditional and non-traditional approaches to illuminate academic, creative, and individual understandings.

Special Exhibits

Take an expertly curated deep dive into southwestern and New Mexican art history.

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Creative Perspectives

Explore creative responses to the Gallup New Deal Art collection from contemporary artists, writers, poets, historians and educators.

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Do-it-yourself

See how visitors like you have interpreted Gallup’s New Deal art and hang your own virtual gallery wall of artworks from the collection.

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