Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Bwa and Wé Masks

    Bwa and Wé Masks

    Two significant additions have recently been made to the Art Museum’s noteworthy collection of African masks: a Bwa buffalo mask and a Wé mask, from Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast respectively, regions under French colonial rule from the late nineteenth...
  • Looking at 17th-Century Dutch Painting

    Looking at 17th-Century Dutch Painting

    With its groundbreaking stock exchange and merchant ships plying the seas, the northern Netherlands became Europe’s center of international trade, and many of its people enjoyed unprecedented prosperity. As the middle classes grew and became wealthier, they decorated their homes...
  • A New Museum Takes Shape

    A New Museum Takes Shape

    Two years ago Princeton University engaged the services of Sir David Adjaye, his team at Adjaye Associates, and his collaborators at Cooper Robertson to design a new Museum facility, one that would meet a need that has been understood for...
  • Rembrandt's The Three Trees

    Rembrandt's The Three Trees

    The Art Museum recently acquired an exceptional impression of The Three Trees , made at the apex of the artist’s career and a year after his most celebrated painting, The Night Watch (1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
  • Vik Muniz: Artist and Activist

    Vik Muniz: Artist and Activist

    Made using unconventional materials—including trash, puzzle pieces, precious gems, and even chocolate syrup—Muniz’s large-scale works re-presenting iconic images consider photography’s relation to the history of art and the circulation of popular images in the media.
  • Design for New Princeton University Art Museum Announced<

    Design for New Princeton University Art Museum Announced

    The Princeton University Art Museum today revealed the design for its new building embodying flexibility, openness and connectivity to break down barriers to participation and invite entry by all.
  • Advancing Designs for a New Museum

    Advancing Designs for a New Museum

    Notwithstanding the disruptions of recent months, design of the new Princeton University Art Museum continues apace.
  • Staying Connected to Art and Each Other

    Staying Connected to Art and Each Other

    In mid-March, just as the Art Museum’s Student Advisory Board (SAB) was diligently planning its spring programming, the University announced that all students were to leave campus for the remainder of the semester. SAB, which fosters student involvement with the...