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Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print, Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print, Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Although most recognized for his celebrated paintings—including The Scream (1893)—Edvard Munch was among the most innovative printmakers of the modern era. His mastery of a broad variety of print media paralleled his rapid development as a painter in the last...
Pearlman Collection Embarks on International Tour

Pearlman Collection Embarks on International Tour

The Impressionist and early modern works from the Pearlman Collection that are usually on view in the galleries of 19th- and early 20th-century art are currently traveling in a five-venue international tour entitled Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European...
The Sky Is the Limit: Princeton's Happening

The Sky Is the Limit: Princeton's Happening

Breaking through the limits of a replay of the original, Hendricks’s The Sky Is the Limit provided a unique opportunity for the Princeton community to be incorporated into the tradition of New Jersey’s avant-garde.
New on View: Rauschenberg Redux

New on View: Rauschenberg Redux

The Art Museum is currently hosting its second set of loans from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, giving students, faculty, and visitors the chance to learn more about the work of this groundbreaking artist, one of the most important of the...
Exhibition as Classroom

Exhibition as Classroom

This fall, students in seminars from the departments of Art and Archaeology, Comparative Literature, English, Spanish, and Visual Arts visited the Art Museum to engage with the exhibition The Itinerant Languages of Photography.
New Acquisition: Joel Meyerowitz photographs

New Acquisition: Joel Meyerowitz photographs

Joel Meyerowitz first started shooting color photographs in the late 1960s, both in New York City and on trips overseas, but it was his Cape Light series from a decade later that brought him national recognition. Thanks to a generous...
New Acquisition: Magdalene Odundo Ceramic

New Acquisition: Magdalene Odundo Ceramic

Considered one of the premier ceramicists working today, Magdalene Odundo, born in Kenya, produces ceramic objects whose beauty emanates from their voluptuous forms and shimmering surfaces. These qualities characterize the Museum’s recent acquisition of an early classic Odundo work from...
New Discoveries in the Gallery of African Art

New Discoveries in the Gallery of African Art

A new selection of works in the African gallery features extraordinary examples of African design, sculptures whose form is influenced both by practical need and by material and aesthetic qualities.
In Depth: 500 Years of Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum

In Depth: 500 Years of Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum

The Museum’s first exhibition devoted to Italian drawings since the late 1960s, 500 Years of Italian Master Drawings showcases approximately one hundred works from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries, with significant groups by Luca Cambiaso, Parmigianino, Guercino, Giambattista Tiepolo, and...
New Acquisition: Bust of Isis

New Acquisition: Bust of Isis

The sculpture of Isis adds a new dimension to the Art Museum’s small but important collection of Egyptian art at a time when the study of ancient Egypt is occupying an increasingly prominent place in the curriculum.