The Gallery acquires new objects each year through gift, purchase, and bequest.
Between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, the museum acquired over 1,200 works of art. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic some cataloguing data may be incomplete; research is ongoing and information will be added as it is available. View acquisitions by department:
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Reuben Showing Jacob Joseph’s Bloodied Tunic, 1655. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Richard L. Feigen, B.A. 1952
The Gallery’s collection features art in all media from all regions of the globe and across time that now numbers nearly 300,000 objects.
The Gallery actively researches the provenance of all works of art in its collection.
Individuals and groups can view the collection in a number of study centers, rooms, and archives in downtown New Haven and at the Collection Studies Center at Yale West Campus, in West Haven.
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