Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Mario Moore's Stay Woke

    Mario Moore's Stay Woke

    Mario Moore’s silverpoint drawing Stay Woke is an arresting and visionary self-portrait that utilizes an exacting and exquisite technique to evoke the charged intersection of personal trauma and institutional racism
  • Closed Captions, Open Opportunities: Real-time captioning now available in multiple languages

    Closed Captions, Open Opportunities: Real-time captioning now available in multiple languages

    The Art Museum’s online programs now include live closed captions in multiple languages. Made possible in part through the Princeton University Humanities Council Rapid Response Grants, this effort broadens the impact of our digital experiences by increasing access to Museum...
  • June 2020 | Combatting the Pandemic of Racism

    June 2020 | Combatting the Pandemic of Racism

    We renew our commitment and lift our voices in support of things that matter. We shall bring new artistic and historical voices and perspectives into the public square that a museum affords.
  • Translating Object-Based Learning into Virtual Discussions

    Translating Object-Based Learning into Virtual Discussions

    When we all learned that University teaching was moving online, we quickly began exploring virtual formats that could most closely re-create the experience of discussing objects in person. A huge team effort led by the Museum’s communication and information department...
  • Art Matters by Eve Aschheim, Lecturer in Visual Arts

    Art Matters by Eve Aschheim, Lecturer in Visual Arts

    Artworks come to life when we see them freshly, beyond the received conventions. As a faculty member, I’ve been fortunate to experience the Museum at close range.
  • 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...