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Powerful Artworks by Alison Saar in Dialogue with the Toni Morrison Papers at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Powerful Artworks by Alison Saar in Dialogue with the Toni Morrison Papers at the Princeton University Art Museum

As part of a campus-wide celebration of the life’s work of Toni Morrison (1931–2019)—acclaimed author, essayist, Nobel Laureate, and Princeton professor—the Princeton University Art Museum will present an exhibition bringing together selections from the Toni Morrison Papers with sculptures, prints,...
The Artist Dor Guez Examines the Layered Histories of Jerusalem at the Princeton University Art Museum<

The Artist Dor Guez Examines the Layered Histories of Jerusalem at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Jaffa-based artist Dor Guez’s penetrating transformations of early twentieth-century photographs of Jerusalem will be the subject of a thought-provoking exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum’s galleries at Art@Bainbridge.
The Princeton University Art Museum Reintroduces Its Celebrated American Art Collections in a Boldly Reconsidered Exhibition<

The Princeton University Art Museum Reintroduces Its Celebrated American Art Collections in a Boldly Reconsidered Exhibition

Object Lessons in American Art , drawn entirely from the Museum’s venerable collections, presents more than one hundred works of Euro-American, African American, and Native American art, created between the eighteenth century and today, to ask fundamental questions about artistic...
Acclaimed Photographer and “Man of a Thousand Faces” Samuel Fosso Is the Subject of a Major Survey at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Acclaimed Photographer and “Man of a Thousand Faces” Samuel Fosso Is the Subject of a Major Survey at the Princeton University Art Museum

This fall the Princeton University Art Museum will present Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts , the first major US survey of one of the most renowned contemporary artists based in Africa today.
Human Folly and the Natural World Intersect in Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks, on View at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Human Folly and the Natural World Intersect in Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks, on View at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum presents Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper that depict contemporary interpretations of historical shipwrecks while confronting current environmental crises, on view at Art@Bainbridge from September 24 to November 27, 2022.
Time’s Relentless Melt, ten artists’ ruminations on the complex nature of time opens at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Time’s Relentless Melt, ten artists’ ruminations on the complex nature of time opens at the Princeton University Art Museum

The ways we grapple with time—its use as a measuring tool for our lives, its nature as both intangible and tangible, and its unceasing march forward—are the subject of the exhibition Time’s Relentless Melt at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Princeton University Art Museum Appoints Carolyn M. Laferrière as Assistant Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art<

Princeton University Art Museum Appoints Carolyn M. Laferrière as Assistant Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art

The Princeton University Art Museum has named Carolyn M. Laferrière as assistant curator of ancient Mediterranean art.
Artist Rose B. Simpson's Powerful Work to be Featured at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Artist Rose B. Simpson's Powerful Work to be Featured at the Princeton University Art Museum

A selection of sculptural figures by the mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson invites visitors to reflect on the fundamental aspects of being human. Witness / Rose B. Simpson will be on view July 23 through Sept. 11, 2022 at the...
Princeton University Art Museum Names Elena Torok as its First Associate Objects Conservator<

Princeton University Art Museum Names Elena Torok as its First Associate Objects Conservator

The Princeton University Art Museum has appointed Elena Torok as its associate objects conservator.
Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Body Matters / Martha Friedman May 20<

Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Body Matters / Martha Friedman May 20

The Princeton University Art Museum presents new mixed-media works by the artist Martha Friedman in Body Matters / Martha Friedman , on view May 20 to July 10 at Art@Bainbridge.

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Museum in the News

50 years of powerful self-portraits by Samuel Fosso

Sarah Moroz
i-D January 27, 2023
Samuel Fosso's Century in Selfies

Julian Lucas
The New Yorker, January 21, 2023
Within Himself, an African Photographer Finds Multitudes

Arthur Lubow
The New York Times, January 5, 2023
Princeton University Art Museum gifted abstract works by Richter, Frankenthaler, De Kooning and others

Claire Voon
The Art Newspaper, December 14, 2022
Princeton University Art Museum announces major gift of abstract art and a gift to establish Haskell Education Center

Advancement Communications
Princeton.edu, December 13, 2022

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Recent Press Releases

Powerful Artworks by Alison Saar in Dialogue with the Toni Morrison Papers at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Artist Dor Guez Examines the Layered Histories of Jerusalem at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum Reintroduces Its Celebrated American Art Collections in a Boldly Reconsidered Exhibition

Acclaimed Photographer and “Man of a Thousand Faces” Samuel Fosso Is the Subject of a Major Survey at the Princeton University Art Museum

Human Folly and the Natural World Intersect in Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks, on View at the Princeton University Art Museum

Time’s Relentless Melt, ten artists’ ruminations on the complex nature of time opens at the Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton University Art Museum Appoints Carolyn M. Laferrière as Assistant Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art

Artist Rose B. Simpson's Powerful Work to be Featured at the Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton University Art Museum Names Elena Torok as its First Associate Objects Conservator

Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Body Matters / Martha Friedman May 20

Annual Reports

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