Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Summer 2023 | Director’s Letter: The History of Exhibition as Inquiry

    Summer 2023 | Director’s Letter: The History of Exhibition as Inquiry

    Several exhibition ideas long in development—from monographic presentations of Minor White and Jean-Michel Basquiat to thematic exhibitions rethinking the place of women in nineteenth-century Victorian art or offering a fresh look at early Chinese painting—are candidates for presentation in the...
  • Art Matters by Alan Lo, Class of 2003
    Headshot of Alan Lo

    Art Matters by Alan Lo, Class of 2003

    While museums continue to be spaces that inspire and provide near spiritual encounters with art, I believe they can also test limits, trigger debate, and coax you out of your comfort zone.
  • Guadalupe Maravilla’s I crossed the border

    Guadalupe Maravilla’s I crossed the border

    Last year the Museum acquired Guadalupe Maravilla’s I crossed the border (2021). In this piece, made during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maravilla reflects on their Mestizo heritage, combining Mesoamerican imagery, Catholic iconography, and healing practices from multiple spiritual and shamanic traditions...
  • Princeton University Art Museum Summer Academy
    A close up of watercolor paints and crayons in many colors

    Princeton University Art Museum Summer Academy

    Join us for a three-week program designed to provide high school students from Trenton Central and Ewing High Schools with the opportunity to learn about careers in art museums and the visual arts while working with mentors, artists, and professionals...
  • Major Stone Works Undergo Cleaning, Conservation

    Major Stone Works Undergo Cleaning, Conservation

    In 2020 and 2021, the removal of more than one hundred large-scale and embedded works from the old building was a particularly complicated task; installing these objects again in the new building will also be a massive undertaking. Since nearly...