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Ronni Baer, Eminent Museum Curator and Scholar, Named Princeton University Art Museum’s Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer<

Ronni Baer, Eminent Museum Curator and Scholar, Named Princeton University Art Museum’s Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer
James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum, today announced the appointment of Ronni Baer, Ph.D., to be the next Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer.
Mexican Folk Paintings Explore Migration, Faith, and Human Vulnerability in the 20th Century<

Mexican Folk Paintings Explore Migration, Faith, and Human Vulnerability in the 20th Century
More than 50 Mexican retablos – folk paintings dedicated to Christ, the Virgin Mary or saints to commemorate a miraculous event – will be presented in a profound and timely exhibition this spring and summer.
Princeton University Art Museum Reveals Time Capsule of 1970 in Major Print Series by Robert Rauschenberg<

Princeton University Art Museum Reveals Time Capsule of 1970 in Major Print Series by Robert Rauschenberg
In a burst of activity in early 1970, groundbreaking American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) collaged newspaper clippings of the day, photographed the collages and ultimately silkscreened them to create three seminal print series. One of these portfolios of 18 large-scale screenprints, Surface Series from Currents, will be shown in its entirety for the first time since 1970.
Princeton University Art Museum Receives Major Gift and Grant from Helen Frankenthaler Foundation<

Princeton University Art Museum Receives Major Gift and Grant from Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
Ten prints, in a variety of media, and several related trial proofs by distinguished American abstract artist Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) will be donated to the Princeton University Art Museum by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
Family Portraits of Thomas Gainsborough Reveal Personal Side of Canonical British Painter<

Family Portraits of Thomas Gainsborough Reveal Personal Side of Canonical British Painter
For the first time, 10 of the surviving portraits carried out by British master Thomas Gainsborough of his daughters, augmented by approximately 40 additional family images by the artist, will be on view in a historic gathering.
Princeton University Art Museum part of collaboration between nation's art museums and local schools<

Princeton University Art Museum part of collaboration between nation's art museums and local schools
A group of third graders from the Trenton Public School District in Trenton, New Jersey, are represented in an exhibition in our nation’s capital of works of art by children from across the country. The four New Jersey students are among the 100 third-grade students who participate each year in the Frances Lange Public Schools Program, a partnership between the Princeton University Art Museum and the Trenton Public Schools.
Princeton University Art Museum Announces Enhanced Online Access to Asian Art Collection<

Princeton University Art Museum Announces Enhanced Online Access to Asian Art Collection
A dynamic new look at the world-renowned Asian art collection at the Princeton University Art Museum has been made possible through a $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
New Princeton University Art Museum Envisioned as "Cultural Gateway"; Architects Selected<

New Princeton University Art Museum Envisioned as "Cultural Gateway"; Architects Selected
Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates has been selected as design architect, in collaboration with Cooper Robertson as executive architect, for the new Princeton University Art Museum.
'Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment' premieres October 13 in Princeton<

'Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment' premieres October 13 in Princeton
This fall, the story of our changing relationship with the natural world will be comprehensively told through a groundbreaking exhibition encompassing three centuries of American art.
Importance of Place in Japanese Art is Explored Through Special Exhibition Opening This Fall<

Importance of Place in Japanese Art is Explored Through Special Exhibition Opening This Fall
The exhibition includes nearly forty paintings, prints, books and photographs, from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries, that collectively explore the varied meaning of place to Japanese artistic practice over these epochs. Picturing Place in Japan will be on view exclusively at the Princeton University Art Museum from Oct. 20, 2018 through Feb. 24, 2019.

Annual Reports

Museum in the News

The Activist Exhibition: When we consider art through different lenses, we can engage wider audiences

James Christen Steward
Museum, a publication of the American Alliance of Museums, March/April 2019
Imagined, Famous, and Sacred Places Trace the History of Japan in Art

LEV FEIGIN
Hyperallergic, January 21, 2019
The Tradition of 'Picturing Place in Japan'

LORRAINE FERRIER
Epoch Times, January 11, 2019
Land Studies: Ecocriticism at the Princeton University Art Museum

Amy Beth Wright
Art in America, January 9, 2019
How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History

HANNAH STAMLER
The Nation, December 27, 2018