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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Members Event | Exploring Recent Acquisitions in the Art of the Ancient Americas

5:30 PM EDT

Join curator Bryan R. Just to learn about a selection of recently acquired works from the ancient Americas, including a glistening Olmec jade, shimmering Mochica metal ornaments, and a rare Maya necklace of carved jaguar teeth.

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Conversation | Francis Bacon: Revelations

5:30 PM EDT

In their monumental new biography of the artist, Francis Bacon: Revelations, Mark Stevens ’73 and Annalyn Swan ’73—who won the Pulitzer Prize for de Kooning: An American Master—bring to life this complex man and offer fresh insights into his unforgettable art.

Art-World Alumni: Reunions Virtual Networking

7:00 PM EDT

The Museum’s Student Advisory Board invites alumni and students working or interested in the arts to this virtual networking discussion.

Friday, May 21, 2021

Lecture | A New Art Museum for Princeton: A Hub for University Life

5:30 PM EDT

With groundbreaking for a new home for the Princeton University Art Museum due to take place this summer, Museum Director James Steward offers a richly illustrated overview of the history of collecting at Princeton, the Museum’s history of building and rebuilding, the designs for the new Museum by Sir David Adjaye, and the ways in which design can shape human experience.

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Conversation | Darkness and Light

5:30 PM EDT

Join lighting designer Jane Cox, senior lecturer and director of the program in theater at the Lewis Center for the Arts, and playwright Branden K. Jacobs-Jenkins, visiting lecturer at the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Princeton Atelier, MacArthur Fellow, and Obie Award Winner, as they bring reflections from their seminar “Darkness and Light: Writing, Lighting, Blackness, and Whiteness” to a consideration of works from the Museum’s collections.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Yoga and Art

5:30 PM EDT

Join us for a virtual yoga class inspired by watercolors in the Museum’s collections and focused on flowing, amorphous shapes, as well as the sensations between transitions.