Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Artist Talks

    Artist Talks

    The Museum is excited to present a very special series of artists’ talks this fall. The season begins with Pat Steir—long one of the most important abstract painters on the New York scene—whose work is currently on view at the...
  • Beneath the Surface: X-raying a Kongo Nkisi

    Beneath the Surface: X-raying a Kongo Nkisi

    While much is already known about the ways Kongo people relied on minkisi to solve social, political, and bodily problems, X-ray examination provides new information about this figure’s internal structure.
  • Freshmen Draw Inspiration from Museum Collection

    Freshmen Draw Inspiration from Museum Collection

    This spring, freshman students explored color in a new course offered by Anya Klepikov, a lecturer in Theater through the Lewis Arts Center, and a New York based set and costume designer for theater and opera.
  • Art Matters Summer 2016

    Art Matters Summer 2016

    What is it like to be a docent at the Princeton University Art Museum? We work in a treasure house of art and artifacts illustrating five thousand years of world history. Our job is to cherish these pieces and introduce...
  • Light and Lighting Design in the Museum

    Light and Lighting Design in the Museum

    When we first met to discuss her class “Lighting Design” (THR 318/VIS 318), it was immediately apparent that Jane’s passion for the performing arts is matched by her enthusiasm for her students and the visual arts.
  • Surfaces Seen and Unseen: African Art at Princeton

    Surfaces Seen and Unseen: African Art at Princeton

    This exhibition of exceptional sculptures from the Princeton University Art Museum, including works newly acquired from the Holly and David Ross Collection, explores culturally significant additions and changes to sculptures’ surfaces made over time.
  • The Art and Life of Solomon Nunes Carvalho

    The Art and Life of Solomon Nunes Carvalho

    The art and life of Solomon Nunes Carvalho, one of the first American-born Jewish artists, speak to the extraordinary and unaccustomed degree of freedom available to Jews in antebellum America. His eleven paintings and photographs on view in By Dawn’s...