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A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art

A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art

Opening July 30, A Material Legacy brings together many of the most exciting artists of the past decade to illuminate the material impulse found in contemporary art practices.
Light and Lighting Design in the Museum

Light and Lighting Design in the Museum

When we first met to discuss her class “Lighting Design” (THR 318/VIS 318), it was immediately apparent that Jane’s passion for the performing arts is matched by her enthusiasm for her students and the visual arts.
Surfaces Seen and Unseen: African Art at Princeton

Surfaces Seen and Unseen: African Art at Princeton

This exhibition of exceptional sculptures from the Princeton University Art Museum, including works newly acquired from the Holly and David Ross Collection, explores culturally significant additions and changes to sculptures’ surfaces made over time.
Ansel Adams to Edward Weston: Celebrating the Legacy of David H. McAlpin

Ansel Adams to Edward Weston: Celebrating the Legacy of David H. McAlpin

This summer an exhibition of photography celebrates the transformative impact of David H. McAlpin (1897–1989), Class of 1920.
The Art and Life of Solomon Nunes Carvalho

The Art and Life of Solomon Nunes Carvalho

The art and life of Solomon Nunes Carvalho, one of the first American-born Jewish artists, speak to the extraordinary and unaccustomed degree of freedom available to Jews in antebellum America. His eleven paintings and photographs on view in By Dawn’s...
The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise

The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise

The American Arts and Crafts movement emerged full force in the years before and after 1900, at a time when diametrically opposed views of the future clashed. Many Americans believed in the power of the machine, the growth of capitalism,...
Collections and Collecting at Princeton | Director's Letter Summer 2016

Collections and Collecting at Princeton | Director's Letter Summer 2016
2016 Reunions Programming

2016 Reunions Programming

Welcome back, Princeton Tigers! Don't miss special Reunions programming organized by the Art Museum on May 26 and 27 and extended hours through May 30.
The City Lost & Found Wins SAH Exhibition Catalogue Award

The City Lost & Found Wins SAH Exhibition Catalogue Award

The Society of Architectural Historians has awarded the 2016 Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award to Katherine A. Bussard, Alison Fisher, and Greg Foster-Rice for The City Lost & Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960–1980.
Now on View: Recently Acquired Early Work by Elizabeth Catlett

Now on View: Recently Acquired Early Work by Elizabeth Catlett

The Museum has acquired an important early work by the renowned African American artist Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), the fruit of a collaboration with Princeton University’s Department of Art and Archaeology that continues to strengthen Princeton’s art collections.