Press Releases Archive

Artist Rose B. Simpson's Powerful Work to be Featured at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Artist Rose B. Simpson's Powerful Work to be Featured at the Princeton University Art Museum

A selection of sculptural figures by the mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson invites visitors to reflect on the fundamental aspects of being human. Witness / Rose B. Simpson will be on view July 23 through Sept. 11, 2022 at the...

Princeton University Art Museum Names Elena Torok as its First Associate Objects Conservator<

Princeton University Art Museum Names Elena Torok as its First Associate Objects Conservator

The Princeton University Art Museum has appointed Elena Torok as its associate objects conservator.

Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Body Matters / Martha Friedman May 20<

Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Body Matters / Martha Friedman May 20

The Princeton University Art Museum presents new mixed-media works by the artist Martha Friedman in Body Matters / Martha Friedman , on view May 20 to July 10 at Art@Bainbridge.

Princeton University Art Museum presents Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age<

Princeton University Art Museum presents Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age

What does it mean to be an artist in a pixelated world? Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age seeks to answer this question with work by a group of global and intergenerational contemporary artists who explore...

Alexandra Letvin named Duane Wilder, Class of 1951, Associate Curator of European Art at the Princeton University Art Museum<

Alexandra Letvin named Duane Wilder, Class of 1951, Associate Curator of European Art at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum has appointed Alexandra Letvin as the inaugural Duane Wilder, Class of 1951, associate curator of European Art.

Elizabeth Colomba's First Solo Exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum's Art@Bainbridge Gallery This Spring<

Elizabeth Colomba's First Solo Exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum's Art@Bainbridge Gallery This Spring

Elizabeth Colomba: Repainting the Story , the artist’s first solo museum exhibition, will be on view at the Princeton University Art Museum’s gallery space Art@Bainbridge in downtown Princeton from March 12 through May 8, 2022.

Construction Begins on a New Home for the Princeton University Art Museum, Slated to Open in Late 2024<

Construction Begins on a New Home for the Princeton University Art Museum, Slated to Open in Late 2024

Construction has begun on the new Princeton University Art Museum, an entirely new building on the site of the former Museum, at the heart of the Princeton campus. Roughly doubling the square footage of the existing facility, the 144,000-square-foot facility...

Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Native America: In Translation<

Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Native America: In Translation

A new exhibition debuting February 5 at the Princeton University Art Museum gathers work by Indigenous artists who consider the complex histories of colonialism, identity, and heritage. The exhibition spans a diverse array of intergenerational practitioners, offering new perspectives by...

Picture Ecology: Art and Ecocriticism in Planetary Perspective<

Picture Ecology: Art and Ecocriticism in Planetary Perspective

Offering a broad reexamination of visual culture through the lenses of ecocriticism, environmental justice, and animal studies, PICTURE ECOLOGY: ART AND ECOCRITICISM IN PLANETARY PERSPECTIVE presents a diverse array of art historical criticism formulated within an ecological context.

Between Heartlands / Kelly Wang on view at the Princeton University Art Museum’s Art@Bainbridge gallery<

Between Heartlands / Kelly Wang on view at the Princeton University Art Museum’s Art@Bainbridge gallery

New York-based artist Kelly Wang (born 1992) combines ancient and contemporary influences to create multimedia works resonant with elements of cultural identity and personal grief.

Museum in the News

How Ocean Vuong and the pandemic inspired a haptic photo show

Diane Smith '92
British Journal of Photography, May, 2024
Emmet Gowin’s Photo Archive Finds a Lasting Home at Princeton

David Marcus '92
Princeton Alumni Weekly, May, 2024
Princeton University Art Museum Gets Six Site-Specific New Works

Hilarie M. Sheets
The New York Times, April 30, 2024
The Familiar and Familial in MiKyoung Lee’s Art

Julie Schneider
Hyperallergic, December 19, 2023
Portraits in Unlikely Spaces

Eileen Zimmerman
The New York Times, October 20, 2023