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When a Manuscript Is More Than a Text: Princeton’s Sumidera Heart Sutra

When a Manuscript Is More Than a Text: Princeton’s Sumidera Heart Sutra

In 2012 Princeton acquired an eighth-century Japanese manuscript of twenty lines. The pithy text, called the Heart Sutra , is said to encapsulate the wisdom of the Buddha through such enigmatic phrases as “form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” But...
Exhibition | Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age

Exhibition | Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age

Featuring a global and intergenerational group of artists, Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age explores how digital media and the internet have transformed the ways we present ourselves, connect with others, and process the onslaught of...
A Landmark “Fancy Basket” Enters the Collections

A Landmark “Fancy Basket” Enters the Collections

The Museum recently acquired an exceptional basket produced by perhaps the most famous Mono Lake Paiute artist, Wutoni (Tina Charlie). This basket is thought to be the artist’s first “fancy basket”—a larger basket with more complex designs than those typically...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Photography at Princeton

Celebrating Fifty Years of Photography at Princeton

The visionary gift McAlpin made fifty years ago ensured that Princeton would become a pioneer in the study of photography; that legacy is now in our DNA and will remain at the heart of our work for decades to come.
Art Matters by Andrew Watsky, Professor of Japanese Art, Department of Art and Archaeology

Art Matters by Andrew Watsky, Professor of Japanese Art, Department of Art and Archaeology

In real time and in real space, a student encounters a work of art without glass or another artificial interface. To my mind, this is the ideal way to study or teach art history, and with the Princeton University Art...
China’s Objects: Opulence and Innovation

China’s Objects: Opulence and Innovation

In the spring semester of 2022, one of the freshman seminars offered was “China’s Objects: Opulence and Innovation,” which curator Zoe S. Kwok taught, making use of the Museum’s collections.
Exhibition | Body Matters / Martha Friedman

Exhibition | Body Matters / Martha Friedman

Body Matters presents two new series of sculptures by the artist Martha Friedman, whose multimedia practice incorporates choreography, printmaking, drawing, poured and cast rubber, mold-blown glass, plaster, wax, and concrete into works that encompass her interdisciplinary interests.
Summer 2022 | Director’s Letter: Renewal

Summer 2022 | Director’s Letter: Renewal

Seeing the campus in a fresh light reminded me of how vivid the pleasures of rediscovering this beautiful place will be for so many alumni and other friends who have been away so long—and how vivid the surprise of seeing...
Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Body Matters / Martha Friedman May 20<

Princeton University Art Museum Premieres Body Matters / Martha Friedman May 20

The Princeton University Art Museum presents new mixed-media works by the artist Martha Friedman in Body Matters / Martha Friedman , on view May 20 to July 10 at Art@Bainbridge.
Video Portrait Collaborative Project

Video Portrait Collaborative Project

The Princeton University Art Museum invites you to submit a video portrait in celebration of Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age, on view at Art on Hulfish.