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'Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment' premieres October 13 in Princeton<

'Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment' premieres October 13 in Princeton

This fall, the story of our changing relationship with the natural world will be comprehensively told through a groundbreaking exhibition encompassing three centuries of American art.
Importance of Place in Japanese Art is Explored Through Special Exhibition Opening This Fall<

Importance of Place in Japanese Art is Explored Through Special Exhibition Opening This Fall

The exhibition includes nearly forty paintings, prints, books and photographs, from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries, that collectively explore the varied meaning of place to Japanese artistic practice over these epochs. Picturing Place in Japan will be on view...
Princeton University Art Museum Names Stephen J. Kim Associate Director for Information and Technology<

Princeton University Art Museum Names Stephen J. Kim Associate Director for Information and Technology

The Princeton University Art Museum is pleased to announce that Stephen J. Kim will join the Museum staff as associate director for information and technology beginning Sept. 4, 2018.
What is in a name?

What is in a name?

This year, the Museum’s Andrew W. Mellon Research Specialist for Understudied Collections in Native American art, Dr. India Young, has been considering histories of collecting and currents in digital repatriation.
Considering Sheldon Jackson: A Summer Intern Project

Considering Sheldon Jackson: A Summer Intern Project

Julia Grummitt, 2018 Art Museum summer intern in the Art of the Ancient Americas department, explored the photographs and objects collected by Reverend Dr. Sheldon Jackson in the late nineteenth century, which are now stored both in Princeton University Library’s...
New on View: Photographic Views of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes

New on View: Photographic Views of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes

The album Photographic Views of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes (1861) by the celebrated French artist Charles Nègre is now on view in the galleries of European art from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Peter Scheemaeckers the Elder's Virgin and Child

Peter Scheemaeckers the Elder's Virgin and Child

A large terracotta sculpture portraying the Virgin and Child, by Flemish artist Peter Scheemaeckers the Elder, has entered the collections.
Austrian or German Crucifix

Austrian or German Crucifix

An exquistely detailed figure of the crucifix, carved in fruitwood, recently entered the Museum's collections.
Jonathan Richardson's Self-Portrait

Jonathan Richardson's Self-Portrait

A self-portrait of English artist Jonathan Richardson recently entered the Museum's collections.
Last Look | History on View in the Gallery of American Art

Last Look | History on View in the Gallery of American Art

Hung together in the gallery of American art, Dorthea Lange’s portrait, a recent acquisition, and an Ansel Adams landscape long held in the collection present this historical period through two distinctly different representations.