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Doug Aitken’s migration (empire)

Doug Aitken’s migration (empire)

Doug Aitken’s video work migration (empire) is a poetic allegory of modernity and its effects, conveyed by the actions and behavior of a series of undomesticated animals improbably placed in contemporary human environments.
Recent Acquisition: A Self-Portrait by Charlotte Bonaparte

Recent Acquisition: A Self-Portrait by Charlotte Bonaparte

The Museum recently acquired one of two known self-portraits by the artist Charlotte Bonaparte.
Threading Memories / MiKyoung Lee to Open at the Princeton University Art Museum's Art@Bainbridge Gallery on October 21<

Threading Memories / MiKyoung Lee to Open at the Princeton University Art Museum's Art@Bainbridge Gallery on October 21

Shaped by a childhood fascination with textiles from her home in South Korea, MiKyoung Lee’s work includes dynamic large-scale sculptures and wall-mounted pieces that reflect her interest in domesticity and the ties of family.
Conversation: Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage

Conversation: Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage

The Nigerian American artist Victor Ekpuk is internationally known for his multimedia artworks inspired by Nsibidi, an ancient nonspoken system of communication from the Cross River basin of Nigeria and Cameroon. The following text is excerpted from an interview with...
Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings

Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings

This fall an exhibition at Art on Hulfish presents modern meditations on canonical paintings from early modern Europe. Organized around the genres of portraiture and still life, the exhibition probes the relationship between art and image.
Fall 2023 | Director’s Letter: Between Sensory Experience and Joy

Fall 2023 | Director’s Letter: Between Sensory Experience and Joy

The simple act of looking at art has been shown to release endorphins that can help combat pain and reduce stress.
Contemporary Artists Respond to the Old Masters at the Princeton University Art Museum <

Contemporary Artists Respond to the Old Masters at the Princeton University Art Museum

A new exhibition, Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings, invites viewers to discover new connections between iconic artworks in the European canon and art being created today .
Artworks from Across Victor Ekpuk’s Thirty-Year Career to be Shown at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Artworks from Across Victor Ekpuk’s Thirty-Year Career to be Shown at the Princeton University Art Museum

Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage (July 22 through October 8) brings together seventeen works that underscore key aspects of Ekpuk’s practice as a visual artist, illustrator, commentator, and global citizen over his thirty-year career.
Handle with Care: Art Preparators at Work

Handle with Care: Art Preparators at Work

At the Museum, the preparators—Todd Baldwin, Chris Gorzelnik, Alan Lavery, and Justin Webb—are the people who move, frame, pack, mount, install, and deinstall the precious objects in the collections.
Using Art to Teach Engineering

Using Art to Teach Engineering

Penelope Georges, associate director of Princeton’s STEM Initiatives, Council on Science and Technology, and Veronica White, curator of teaching and learning, recently reflected on their work together teaching from the Museum’s collections