New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President Franklin D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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Noguchi’s first public works proposal, Play Mountain, dates to 1933 and was submitted to a New Deal–era program.
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Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Later, criticism also came from arbiters of high modernism, such as Clement Greenberg, who wrote off New Deal art as kitsch for the masses.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
The paper compares the current moment to the New Deal and Progressive Era.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Jason Scott Smith, historian at The University of New Mexico and author of two books about FDR and the New Deal.
—Ramtin Arablouei, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
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Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Later, criticism also came from arbiters of high modernism, such as Clement Greenberg, who wrote off New Deal art as kitsch for the masses.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
The paper compares the current moment to the New Deal and Progressive Era.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Jason Scott Smith, historian at The University of New Mexico and author of two books about FDR and the New Deal.
—Ramtin Arablouei, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
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