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Family Portraits of Thomas Gainsborough Reveal Personal Side of Canonical British Painter<

Family Portraits of Thomas Gainsborough Reveal Personal Side of Canonical British Painter

For the first time, 10 of the surviving portraits carried out by British master Thomas Gainsborough of his daughters, augmented by approximately 40 additional family images by the artist, will be on view in a historic gathering.

Princeton University Art Museum part of collaboration between nation's art museums and local schools<

Princeton University Art Museum part of collaboration between nation's art museums and local schools

A group of third graders from the Trenton Public School District in Trenton, New Jersey, are represented in an exhibition in our nation’s capital of works of art by children from across the country. The four New Jersey students are...

Princeton University Art Museum Announces Enhanced Online Access to Asian Art Collection<

Princeton University Art Museum Announces Enhanced Online Access to Asian Art Collection

A dynamic new look at the world-renowned Asian art collection at the Princeton University Art Museum has been made possible through a $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

New Princeton University Art Museum Envisioned as "Cultural Gateway"; Architects Selected<

New Princeton University Art Museum Envisioned as "Cultural Gateway"; Architects Selected

Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates has been selected as design architect, in collaboration with Cooper Robertson as executive architect, for the new Princeton University Art Museum.

'Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment' premieres October 13 in Princeton<

'Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment' premieres October 13 in Princeton

This fall, the story of our changing relationship with the natural world will be comprehensively told through a groundbreaking exhibition encompassing three centuries of American art.

Importance of Place in Japanese Art is Explored Through Special Exhibition Opening This Fall<

Importance of Place in Japanese Art is Explored Through Special Exhibition Opening This Fall

The exhibition includes nearly forty paintings, prints, books and photographs, from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries, that collectively explore the varied meaning of place to Japanese artistic practice over these epochs. Picturing Place in Japan will be on view...

Princeton University Art Museum Names Stephen J. Kim Associate Director for Information and Technology<

Princeton University Art Museum Names Stephen J. Kim Associate Director for Information and Technology

The Princeton University Art Museum is pleased to announce that Stephen J. Kim will join the Museum staff as associate director for information and technology beginning Sept. 4, 2018.

Picturing Protest Captures Era of Upheaval 50 Years Ago in the U.S.<

Picturing Protest Captures Era of Upheaval 50 Years Ago in the U.S.

The civil rights movement and the movement against the U.S. war in Vietnam came to a head in the 1960s, inspiring protests across the country. Fifty years after the watershed events of 1968, Picturing Protest examines the visual framing of...

New Commission by Internationally Acclaimed Maya Lin at Princeton University<

New Commission by Internationally Acclaimed Maya Lin at Princeton University

A monumental new two-part commission by the internationally acclaimed artist Maya Lin has been commissioned to enhance the grounds adjacent to the new Lewis Center for the Arts Complex at Princeton University. A continuation of a series of recent works...

Major Traveling Exhibition Offers Expansive New Vision of American Art Through the Lens of Environmental History and Changing Ideas About Nature<

Major Traveling Exhibition Offers Expansive New Vision of American Art Through the Lens of Environmental History and Changing Ideas About Nature

Reframing more than 300 years of diverse artistic practice in North America, from the colonial period to the present, Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment examines for the first time how American artists have both reflected and shaped environmental understanding...

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