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Life Magazine and the Power of Photography Debuts at the Princeton University Art Museum Feb 22–June 21, 2020 <

Life Magazine and the Power of Photography Debuts at the Princeton University Art Museum Feb 22–June 21, 2020

From its groundbreaking launch issue in 1936 through the conclusion of its weekly run in 1972, Life magazine profoundly shaped how its readers viewed themselves – and the world.
Hugh Hayden Sculpture Installation Examines American History and Identity<

Hugh Hayden Sculpture Installation Examines American History and Identity

Artist Hugh Hayden explores history, identity and the creation of the America we know today through a series of site-responsive installations at Art@Bainbridge, the Princeton University Art Museum’s gallery space in downtown Princeton featuring the work of emerging contemporary artists.
Hugh Hayden / Creation Myths

Hugh Hayden / Creation Myths
Welcome 2020—and a World of New Experience

Welcome 2020—and a World of New Experience

As 2020 dawns, and I look ahead to the exhibitions, collections installations, and acquisitions that will bring an abundance of the new to our galleries and lecture rooms over the coming year, I am energized by the promise of new beginnings.
Chris Newth Named Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Chris Newth Named Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum has appointed Chris Newth as associate director for collections and exhibitions.
Life Magazine's Photographic Storytelling Process Explored in Compelling New Exhibition<

Life Magazine's Photographic Storytelling Process Explored in Compelling New Exhibition

Co-organized by the Princeton University Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Life Magazine and the Power of Photography is the first museum exhibition to take an in-depth look at the photographs that made Life so revolutionary, by...
The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century

The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century

Feasting was an important social and ritual activity in China from the Bronze Age through the imperial period and retains a strong cultural significance to this day. The Eternal Feast illuminates the impact of the culture of feasting on China...
Princeton University Art Museum Adds New Retail Location on Nassau Street in Historic Downtown Princeton<

Princeton University Art Museum Adds New Retail Location on Nassau Street in Historic Downtown Princeton

The Princeton University Art Museum will open a new, second location of its Museum Store on Palmer Square in support of its mission of bringing the visual arts to the local and regional communities.
Princeton University Art Museum Mounts a Major Exhibition Devoted to an Essential but Understudied Aspect of the Art of Paul Cézanne<

Princeton University Art Museum Mounts a Major Exhibition Devoted to an Essential but Understudied Aspect of the Art of Paul Cézanne

Throughout his 40-year career, the revolutionary French painter Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) made canvases that take rock formations as their principal subjects. Although they are among the artist’s most extraordinary landscapes, such paintings of geological forms have never been the focus...
Exhibition | States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing

Exhibition | States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing

States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing draws on the Princeton University Art Museum’s collections, as well as the holdings of Firestone Library, to address and frame questions of illness, suffering, care, and healing as expressed in the global visual...

Story Archive

Life Magazine and the Power of Photography Debuts at the Princeton University Art Museum Feb 22–June 21, 2020

Hugh Hayden Sculpture Installation Examines American History and Identity

Hugh Hayden / Creation Myths

Welcome 2020—and a World of New Experience

Chris Newth Named Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions at the Princeton University Art Museum

Life Magazine's Photographic Storytelling Process Explored in Compelling New Exhibition

The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century

Princeton University Art Museum Adds New Retail Location on Nassau Street in Historic Downtown Princeton

Princeton University Art Museum Mounts a Major Exhibition Devoted to an Essential but Understudied Aspect of the Art of Paul Cézanne

Exhibition | States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing