Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Teaching from "Life"

    Teaching from "Life"

    By the opening day of Life Magazine and the Power of Photography , the Art Museum had more than fifteen classes scheduled to engage with the exhibition. Happily, many of the class visits were scheduled for the first few weeks...
  • Exhibition | Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

    Exhibition | Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

    Writing this article from my front porch while the Museum is temporarily closed, I remain grateful that so many people were able to experience the exhibition on opening night and during its first few weeks on view. For those who...
  • | Director's Letter Spring 2020

    | Director's Letter Spring 2020

    This is a time that cultural and educational institutions must innovate and shoulder new responsibilities.
  • Faculty Voices | Reflections: Illness of Time

    Faculty Voices | Reflections: Illness of Time

    Roaming through the luminously assembled States of Health , we faced the specter of death, scientific unknowns, and social tissues gone awry. And we learned that belonging to the kingdom of well-being is certainly not equally distributed.
  • Recommended Reading from Museum Director James Steward

    Recommended Reading from Museum Director James Steward

    If you’re finding yourself with a little unexpected time at home, or suddenly rediscovering the pleasures of your own company—or frustrated that your favorite museum is closed—these suggestions might take your mind to a few unexpected places.
  • March 2020 | Great art can be a source of solace

    March 2020 | Great art can be a source of solace

    The health and safety of our human family—students, faculty, staff, volunteers, and visitors—is our highest priority. So I’d like to offer a few updates and insights into the continuing work of the Art Museum.
  • Donor Profile: John and Susie Diekman<

    Donor Profile: John and Susie Diekman

    Working closely with Museum Director James Steward and University leadership as we complete design and prepare for construction of the new Museum building, due to begin in 2021, John calls the new Museum facility essential—and he can hardly wait.
  • Art Matters by Robbie LeDesma, PhD candidate, Molecular Biology, Princeton University

    Art Matters by Robbie LeDesma, PhD candidate, Molecular Biology, Princeton University

    After beginning my graduate studies at Princeton, I fell in love with the Art Museum’s collections, often spending my lunch breaks and free time wandering the galleries and attending the Museum’s educational lectures and programs. These events fostered a growing...
  • Rethinking Assumptions through Museum Teaching

    Rethinking Assumptions through Museum Teaching

    Sometimes, or even ideally, a University class visit to the Art Museum is designed not to illustrate course material but rather to upend it, the encounter with works of art productively undoing assumptions and unsettling students’ well-worn ways of engaging...