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Exhibitions at Princeton University Art Museum through Fall 2014<

Exhibitions at Princeton University Art Museum through Fall 2014
Director's Letter Spring 2014

Director's Letter Spring 2014

Last evening I had the opportunity to talk with a large group of Princeton graduate students working in a range of disciplines, from neuroscience to economics, in the context of a High Table held at the Graduate School.
Intaglio Techniques at Crown Point Press

Intaglio Techniques at Crown Point Press

Innovation in printmaking, from woodblock and lithography to silkscreen and solvent transfers, proliferated in the postwar United States—and nowhere did more remarkable advancements in intaglio technique take place than at Crown Point Press in the 1970s.
Royal Treasures of the Asante Court

Royal Treasures of the Asante Court

The African gallery’s display of Akan regalia is one of its most popular, used equally by university students, Museum docents, and visiting K–12 students and teachers.
Minor White's Legacy

Minor White's Legacy

In anticipation of the exhibition Minor White: Manifestations of the Spirit , opening at the J. Paul Getty Museum on July 8, Katherine A. Bussard, Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography at the Princeton University Art Museum, and former curator...
Collecting Art of the Maya

Collecting Art of the Maya

Acquiring new works of art for the Museum is both an exhilarating and a challenging task. For a university art museum, the degree to which an object advances the teaching mission is important, but high artistic quality remains the principal...
Lee Bontecou: Drawn Worlds

Lee Bontecou: Drawn Worlds

Though Lee Bontecou is best known for her three-dimensional work, drawing has always been an equally important component of her artistic practice. Calling her drawings “worldscapes,” Bontecou has produced an incredible body of work that propels us into fantastic spaces...
Rothko to Richter: Mark-Making in Abstract Painting from the Collection of Preston H. Haskell, Class of 1960

Rothko to Richter: Mark-Making in Abstract Painting from the Collection of Preston H. Haskell, Class of 1960

The years between 1952 and 1990 were one of the most fertile periods in the history of abstract painting. Rothko to Richter provides an idiosyncratic window into a moment of remarkable creative ferment, when abstraction was being hotly contested. At...
Director's Letter Summer 2014

Director's Letter Summer 2014

At Princeton, we are indebted to the generations of benefactors who have given both the University and the Art Museum a strong financial base and to the visionary leaders who assure that those assets are used wisely.
KONGO ACROSS THE WATERS | First exhibition in America to deeply explore the legacy of Kongo culture<

KONGO ACROSS THE WATERS | First exhibition in America to deeply explore the legacy of Kongo culture

On view at the Princeton University Art Museum from Oct. 25, 2014 to January 25, 2015, Kongo across the Waters will be the single most important project ever presented at Princeton University that addresses the issues of the slave trade...