Story Archive

Story Archive

  • El Anatsui at Princeton

    El Anatsui at Princeton

    Join us for a conversation between influential Ghanaian artist El Anatsui and Chika Okeke-Agulu, associate professor in the Department of Art and Archaeology. This public program takes place during Anatsui’s tenure as the 2015 Sarah Lee Elson, Class of 1984,...
  • The Artist's Studio | Colloquium with John Elderfield

    The Artist's Studio | Colloquium with John Elderfield

    Join us for a lively discussion about the evolving role of the artist’s studio in the 19th and 20th centuries—from a private art making space to one that served as a place for art making, commerce, and social gathering.
  • Art of the Ancient Americas

    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Spanning 5,000 years and covering a vast geography from Alaska to Chile, the Museum’s renowned collection of the art of the ancient Americas illuminates the extraordinary richness of the indigenous art of the western hemisphere. The refurbishment of the galleries...
  • The City Lost & Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980: A Discussion with the Exhibition Curators

    The City Lost & Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980: A Discussion with the Exhibition Curators

    The American city of the 1960s and 1970s witnessed seismic physical changes and social transformations, from shifting demographics and political demonstrations to the aftermath of decades of urban renewal. The works on view in The City Lost and Found blur...
  • John Elderfield at Princeton | Inaugural Lecture Series Spring 2015

    John Elderfield at Princeton | Inaugural Lecture Series Spring 2015

    Join us for a lecture series by celebrated art historian and curator, John Elderfield, on the occasion of his appointment as the Museum’s first Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer.
  • 2015 People's Choice Awards - Vote for Your Favorite Art Museum!

    2015 People's Choice Awards - Vote for Your Favorite Art Museum!

    We need your help! Get out the vote today, and help your favorite art museum, performing arts center, and dance company win a People's Choice Award! Voting ends Februrary 19, so please take a moment to cast your vote today!
  • The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980

    The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980

    Acconci was one of a host of different actors—artists, photographers, architects, filmmakers, planners, and activists—who responded to the city and the activity in the streets. Their work is featured in the groundbreaking exhibition The City Lost and Found: Capturing New...
  • In the Classroom: Picturing Ecology

    In the Classroom: Picturing Ecology

    What can an eighteenth-century Chippendale chest, a pre-Civil War genre painting, a Gilded Age group portrait, and a twentieth-century photograph of lichen-covered rock tell us about our evolving modes of environmental perception and ecological thought? During the fall of 2014,...
  • The Idea of Kongo in Contemporary Art

    The Idea of Kongo in Contemporary Art

    The exhibition Kongo across the Waters begins its exploration of the vibrant art of the kingdom of Kongo (located in present-day Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Republic of the Congo) in the fifteenth century—but the story is...