Story Archive

Story Archive

  • A Year with the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art of Latin America

    A Year with the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art of Latin America

    Although the Princeton University Art Museum is well known for its extraordinary holdings of art of the ancient Americas, its significant collection of modern and contemporary art from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America has not yet received...
  • Exhibition: Hugh Hayden / Creation Myths

    Exhibition: Hugh Hayden / Creation Myths

    In Creation Myths , the second installation at Art@Bainbridge, the Museum’s space for contemporary art in the historic Bainbridge House on Nassau Street, the artist Hugh Hayden explores themes such as identity, class, and history and how they intersect with...
  • Preview | Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

    Preview | Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

    In 2019 the curators of Life Magazine and the Power of Photography were granted unprecedented access to the Life Picture Collection and were among the first to delve deeply into the newly available Time Inc. archive at the New-York Historical...
  • Alfred Barr's Insomnia—and the Awakening of Cézanne's Interest in Geology

    Alfred Barr's Insomnia—and the Awakening of Cézanne's Interest in Geology

    The most critical source of information about the Cézanne-Marion relationship is the eyewitness account offered by Marion’s letters to their common friend, the musician Heinrich Morstatt. These letters remained unknown until they were published, in 1937, by Alfred H. Barr...
  • Teaching from "Life"

    Teaching from "Life"

    By the opening day of Life Magazine and the Power of Photography , the Art Museum had more than fifteen classes scheduled to engage with the exhibition. Happily, many of the class visits were scheduled for the first few weeks...
  • Exhibition | Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

    Exhibition | Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

    Writing this article from my front porch while the Museum is temporarily closed, I remain grateful that so many people were able to experience the exhibition on opening night and during its first few weeks on view. For those who...
  • | Director's Letter Spring 2020

    | Director's Letter Spring 2020

    This is a time that cultural and educational institutions must innovate and shoulder new responsibilities.
  • Faculty Voices | Reflections: Illness of Time

    Faculty Voices | Reflections: Illness of Time

    Roaming through the luminously assembled States of Health , we faced the specter of death, scientific unknowns, and social tissues gone awry. And we learned that belonging to the kingdom of well-being is certainly not equally distributed.
  • Recommended Reading from Museum Director James Steward

    Recommended Reading from Museum Director James Steward

    If you’re finding yourself with a little unexpected time at home, or suddenly rediscovering the pleasures of your own company—or frustrated that your favorite museum is closed—these suggestions might take your mind to a few unexpected places.