J. Michael Padgett
Curator of Ancient Art
J. Michael Padgett joined the art museum 1992. He has a B.A. from the University of Kentucky (1975), an M.A. from the University of Minnesota (1984), and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1989). Before coming to Princeton, he was a curatorial assistant at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (1983–84) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1986-90), and was curator of classical art at the Tampa Museum of Art (1990-92). His principal research interests are in Greek art and archaeology, especially Attic vase-painting. He has organized several exhibitions of ancient art and has written and edited many books and articles, including Vase-Painting in Italy: Red Figure and Related Works in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, 1993); Roman Sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University (Princeton, 2001); and The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art (Princeton, 2003). He is a lecturer in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University and, since 1996, has participated in the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus.
