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Roman Sculptures on Loan from Italy

Roman Sculptures on Loan from Italy

Three very fine works of Roman sculpture, together with an exceptional Attic red-figure stamnos, are now on extended loan from the Republic of Italy.
New Acquisition: Black-figure skyphos: symposium of Hermes and Herakles

New Acquisition: Black-figure skyphos: symposium of Hermes and Herakles

The Art Museum recently added to its fine collection of ancient Greek pottery an Attic skyphos, a type of clay wine cup with a deep bowl, two handles, and a disk foot. The skyphos is decorated in the black-figure technique...
New Acquisition: La Psyché (My Studio)

New Acquisition: La Psyché (My Studio)

Alfred Stevens's La Psyché recently entered the Museum’s collection. Using the studio as its setting, the painting exemplifies the style that made Stevens famous.
In Depth: 1913, The Year of Modernism

In Depth: 1913, The Year of Modernism

This exhibition celebrates the centennial of this pivotal year in art and liternature as well as its aftermath, highlighting key aspects of modernist movements--from Expressionism to Futurism, from visual poetry to Dadaist provocations.
Campus Collections: The Art around Us

Campus Collections: The Art around Us

Outside the walls of the museum building, the Museum oversees a collection of more than 700 works of art in different media that reflect the University’s rich history and aspirations. Many of these exceptional works need to be sought out—on...
Princeton University Art Museum Presents Shared Vision: The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of Photography<

Princeton University Art Museum Presents Shared Vision: The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of Photography

PRINCETON, NJ –Considered among the top photography collectors in the world, Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla have been committed to the medium for over 40 years. More than 130 images from their esteemed collection will be on view at the...
Princeton University Art Museum Presents Itinerant Languages of Photography<

Princeton University Art Museum Presents Itinerant Languages of Photography

PRINCETON, NJ – Through approximately 85 photographs from public and private collections in Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States, The Itinerant Languages of Photography explores the movement of photographs across time and space, and different media, offering a...
Art Matters: Why Art?

Art Matters: Why Art?

Why art? Why does art make a difference in our lives? Mary Miller, Class of 1975 and Sterling Professor of the History of Art at Yale University, offers a thoughtful meditation on how she came to love and appreciate the...
New loans from Italy now on view at the Princeton University Art Museum<

New loans from Italy now on view at the Princeton University Art Museum

PRINCETON, NJ – The Princeton University Art Museum recently installed four significant loans from the Republic of Italy, continuing a collegial relationship between the Art Museum and the Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitá Culturali (Ministry of Cultural Heritage...
Rauschenberg Loan Bank Program

Rauschenberg Loan Bank Program

The first installation of loans from the Rauschenberg Loan Bank Program is currently on view. We recently sat down with Kelly Baum, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, to discuss how the Museum became involved with the Rauschenberg Foundation's...