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Curator Laura Giles in Residence at Villa I Tatti, Italy

Curator Laura Giles in Residence at Villa I Tatti, Italy

Last spring, Laura M. Giles, the Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970, Curator of Prints and Drawings, was a Craig Hugh Smyth Visiting Fellow for three months at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, located...
New Acquisition: View of the Sumida River

New Acquisition: View of the Sumida River

The bijinga , or picture of a beautiful woman, is a central theme in ukiyo-e , paintings and prints featuring landscapes, tales, actors, and courtesans in Edo Japan (1600–1868).
Saint Paul the Hermit in Meditation

Saint Paul the Hermit in Meditation

Now on view in the museum’s European galleries is a dramatic, half-length Saint Paul the Hermit in Meditation , on loan from a private collection.
Material Metaphors: Ear Adornments of the Americas

Material Metaphors: Ear Adornments of the Americas
Gift from alumni endows directorship of Princeton University Art Museum

Gift from alumni endows directorship of Princeton University Art Museum

A $5 million gift from Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger of Dallas, both members of Princeton University's Class of 1976, will endow the directorship of the Princeton University Art Museum.
Princeton University Art Museum Launches the Sarah Lee Elson International Artist in Residence Program with Turkish Artist Emre Hüner<

Princeton University Art Museum Launches the Sarah Lee Elson International Artist in Residence Program with Turkish Artist Emre Hüner
Director's Letter Fall 2011

Director's Letter Fall 2011

We often speak of spring as the season of renewal and rebirth, but for many of us in the academic community it is fall that most strongly speaks of new beginnings—a new academic year, a newly minted class of freshmen...
Director's Letter Winter 2012

Director's Letter Winter 2012

What does it mean to be a teaching museum?
Director's Letter Spring 2012

Director's Letter Spring 2012

There’s an adage that all art was contemporary in its day.
Director's Letter Summer 2012

Director's Letter Summer 2012

Until now it’s been a closely guarded secret that I’m a bit of a failed architect: I originally imagined studying architecture as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia before opting instead for history and the life of the art...