Collection

The college maintains a permanent collection of art that offers students and members of the community an opportunity to interact with and research more than 4,000 works of art spanning five centuries. Works from the permanent art collection are also loaned to other regional, national, and international art institutions for inclusion in thematic exhibitions and/or individual retrospectives. 

The college’s Fine Art & Antiquities Collection Management Policy can be read here.

Click the button to browse the full collection or view a curated selection of artwork in the categories below.

For more information about using the collection (or exhibitions in your classes), please contact Lia  Newman, Gallery Director/Curator at linewman@davidson.edu.

To learn more about Art in Office or ArtMate, art lending programs for staff and students respectively, please contact Marisa J Pascucci, Gallery & Collection Coordinator at mapascucci@davidson.edu.

Nicholas Galanin monotype

Acquisitions, 2021-2022


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Africana Studies

Africana Studies


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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Architecture


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The Star Spangled Banner: A Hymnal by Bethany Collins

Artist’s Books


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Campus Sculpture Program

Campus Sculpture Program


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Stanton MacDonald-Wright

Can You See the Music?


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Kara Walker

Carol Quillen, 18th President of Davidson College, and George McLendon Collection


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Current and Former Davidson College Faculty

Current and Former Davidson College Faculty


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Davidson College Alumni

Davidson College Alumni


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Woodland landscape with a pond in winter

Dr. Joan Huntley Collection


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Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies


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Gender and Sexuality Studies

Gender and Sexuality Studies


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Hispanic/Latinx Studies

Hispanic/Latinx Studies


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John Andrew MacMahon Collection

MacMahon ’95 Collection


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Medicine and Bodies

Medicine and Bodies


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James G. Pepper Collection

Pepper ’65 Collection


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Photography

Photography


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Printmaking

Printmaking


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ornate frame with image of boats by the shore

Recent Acquisitions, 2022-2023


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Recent Acquisitions, 2023-2024


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Religious Studies

Religious Studies


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Sculpture and Relief

Sculpture and Relief


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Alvin C. Jacobs, protest photo

Social Justice


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Louise Bourgeois

Text and Images


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Theater and Dance

Theater and Dance


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John A Welsh III Colleciton

Welsh ’59 Collection


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