Welcome to Yale University Art Gallery

A gallery installation with a standalone, slender wall with a single hanging scroll surrounded by artworks presented on walls, on platforms, and in covered display cases throughout the space.

News Installation on the Role of Animals and Literary Themes in Asian Art

On view until May 2025

Four framed prints of multiple paintbrushes with their bristles pointing downward hang on a dark gray wall in a gallery. To the left is a wall with a text panel and a framed print of a single paintbrush with reddish bristles.

News Jim Dine: "This Is Me"

Installation on view through June 8, 2025

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Two visitors look closely at a small painting. The visitor on the right-hand side points at the painting.

The Gallery is free and open to the public from Tuesday through Sunday.

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Upcoming Programs

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Tours Highlights Tours

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Two people standing on either side of a long table with an orange tablecloth. One hands something to the other. A sign hanging on the front of the table reads in part, STUDY BREAK.

Student Programs Study Break: Spring Revitalization

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Three people standing a gallery. One seems to gesture toward a large object. A textile hangs on the wall behind them.

Tours Highlights Tours

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
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Research & Learning

A group of student sit in a gallery filled with furntiture. A student in the foreground points toward a large chest of drawers where a man stands looking at the student pensively.

Activating the power of art to inspire and to create a more inclusive world.

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