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John Wilmerding, Eminent Historian and Collector of American Art

John Wilmerding, Eminent Historian and Collector of American Art

When John Wilmerding came to Princeton in the fall of 1988 as the inaugural Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art, he broke new ground. John stood at the forefront of a small group of art historians, most of...
Princeton University Art Museum Appoints MaryKate Cleary as Curator of Provenance<

Princeton University Art Museum Appoints MaryKate Cleary as Curator of Provenance
Career Survey of Influential American Artist Helène Aylon on View at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Career Survey of Influential American Artist Helène Aylon on View at the Princeton University Art Museum
The Light Inside

The Light Inside
New Photography Exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum Explores Changing Views of Australian Identity<

New Photography Exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum Explores Changing Views of Australian Identity
Past Made Present in Mexican Photography

Past Made Present in Mexican Photography

There is no “typical week” in a Princeton University classroom. When I learned that the major traveling exhibition Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures would be opening at the Museum’s Art on Hulfish gallery during the spring semester, I knew immediately that...
Probing Colonial Fictions with Denilson Baniwa

Probing Colonial Fictions with Denilson Baniwa

The Indigenous Amazonian artist Denilson Baniwa (born 1984) tries to lay these biases bare in his work, exposing “colonial fictions” and calling attention to the ongoing effects of colonization.
Scenes in the Entertainment District

Scenes in the Entertainment District

T he Museum recently acquired a pair of magnificent Japanese six-panel folding screens that date to the seventeenth century.
George Inness’s Moonrise

George Inness’s Moonrise

Moonrise is a seminal expression of George Inness’s mature style, the culmination of a gradual evolution that began with the artist’s move away from the classically descriptive compositions with which he began his career, exemplified by Pastoral Scene of 1857,...
Exhibition: “Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here?”: Photography and Touch

Exhibition: “Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here?”: Photography and Touch

We take up the question “Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here?” for this exhibition, exploring aliveness and complexity through the conceptual framing of materiality, affect, embodiment, and collaboration in relation to touch and photography.

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John Wilmerding, Eminent Historian and Collector of American Art

Princeton University Art Museum Appoints MaryKate Cleary as Curator of Provenance

Career Survey of Influential American Artist Helène Aylon on View at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Light Inside

New Photography Exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum Explores Changing Views of Australian Identity

Past Made Present in Mexican Photography

Probing Colonial Fictions with Denilson Baniwa

Scenes in the Entertainment District

George Inness’s Moonrise

Exhibition: “Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here?”: Photography and Touch