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Art Matters by Rev. Dr. Theresa S. Thames

Art Matters by Rev. Dr. Theresa S. Thames

As group leaders and teachers try to hush the students, I consider that if the celebrity birthday section of a local newspaper was my foray into the art world, imagine how a visit to an actual art museum has the...
Recent Acquisition John Peto’s Office Board for Christian Faser

Recent Acquisition John Peto’s Office Board for Christian Faser

Office Board for Christian Faser is a superlative early example of John Peto’s so-called rack paintings—images inspired by boards with ribbons tacked into a square to hold notes, letters, and ephemera, represented by the artist in minutely detailed compositions that...
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.