Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Art Matters by Sandy Kurinsky

    Art Matters by Sandy Kurinsky

    Art has broadened my outlook, enhanced my community involvement, and taught me so very much—all thanks to my experiences as a docent at the Princeton University Art Museum.
  • From Ownership to Stewardship

    From Ownership to Stewardship

    The Princeton University Art Museum hired its first curator of provenance, MaryKate Cleary, last summer. In September 2024 she served as the moderator of a panel discussion that brought together Princeton curators and provenance specialists from major museums—an event intended...
  • Recent Acquisition | A Key Work from Dürer’s “Master Engravings”

    Recent Acquisition | A Key Work from Dürer’s “Master Engravings”

    While the Princeton University Art Museum acquired impressions of Albrecht Dürer’s Jerome and Melencolia in 1949 and 1952, respectively, the set remained incomplete until now, with the recent acquisition of an excellent impression of the Knight, Death, and the Devil...
  • Recent Acquisition | A Major Acquisition of African Modernism

    Recent Acquisition | A Major Acquisition of African Modernism

    Ibrahim El-Salahi is one of Africa’s most celebrated postcolonial modernist artists, known for his contributions to calligraphic modernism. The Museum has recently acquired one of his paintings.
  • Art@Bainbridge | Roberto Lugo / Orange and Black

    Art@Bainbridge | Roberto Lugo / Orange and Black

    At Art@Bainbridge this winter, ceramic works by the artist Roberto Lugo will be on view alongside a selection of ancient Greek vessels from the Museum’s collections.
  • Monumental Commission by Nick Cave to Welcome Visitors

    Monumental Commission by Nick Cave to Welcome Visitors

    When the Museum’s director, chief curator, and curator of modern and contemporary art first sought to commission a work of art for the soaring entrance court of the new Museum, they had only one artist in mind: Nick Cave.
  • Embedded Objects Find a New Home in the New Museum

    Embedded Objects Find a New Home in the New Museum

    The first pieces to grace the interior of the new building include a number of works being physically embedded into the architecture of the facility. Their installation marks the culmination of years-long collaborations between teams of specialist conservators, art handlers,...