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Art Matters by Rachael Z. DeLue

Art Matters by Rachael Z. DeLue

I am thrilled to be leading the newly minted Princeton Humanities Initiative and excited to think big and capaciously with partners like the Art Museum about what the humanities can accomplish on and off campus in the coming years.
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...
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...
Art Matters by Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, Class of 1991

Art Matters by Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, Class of 1991

I ’m a rabbi and a religious teacher and leader. Would it be a surprise to hear that I wouldn’t be a rabbi today, doing what I do, without art?
The Feminist Critique, Fifty Years Later

The Feminist Critique, Fifty Years Later

The challenges that the feminist critique posed to the fields of art history and contemporary art were the subject of my fall 2024 course “The Feminist Critique, Fifty Years Later” in the Department of Art and Archaeology, cross-listed with the...
Remembering Annette Merle-Smith: Docent, Donor, and Friend (1930–2023)

Remembering Annette Merle-Smith: Docent, Donor, and Friend (1930–2023)

Annette was endlessly receptive to new ideas. She was really open-minded and utterly excited by Art on Hulfish, of which she was the lead sponsor.
Art Matters by Donnetta Johnson, Executive Director, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

Art Matters by Donnetta Johnson, Executive Director, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

The most important lesson that I have learned is that marginalized communities cannot wait for larger and more powerful institutions to tell our stories. In order to accurately capture our experiences, we must be in charge of telling our stories...
Azul: An Amazigh Indigenous Relationality

Azul: An Amazigh Indigenous Relationality

Tifinagh is an ancient script used to write Tamazight that was preserved by the Indigenous Tuareg communities. The centrality of the Tamazight language is what kept the Amazigh people resilient.
Art Matters by Rahsaan Harris, Class of 1995

Art Matters by Rahsaan Harris, Class of 1995

Art matters because it has the power to bring people together in ways that words alone cannot achieve.
Treating the Frames for Object Lessons

Treating the Frames for Object Lessons

The painting’s frame is the “setting” that translates a two-dimensional idea into a three-dimensional world.