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In the Community
 
Caroline Harris at Communiversity 2009Look for the Art Museum at Communiversity!
April 24, 2010, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Nassau Street, Witherspoon Street, and Palmer Square
 
The countdown is on to Communiversity--Princeton's annual Festival of the Arts uniting the University and community--and the Art Museum will be there! Be sure to stop by our tables for hands-on art projects for kids; beautiful jewelry, toys, and unique gifts from the Museum Store; and free orangeade to cool you down. In a vibrant street fair setting that draws more than 35,000 visitors each spring, this celebration of arts and crafts, performances, and vendors is not to be missed!
    
Looking ahead for further opportunities to enjoy a range of family-friendly art-making, performances, and activities? Make a note to attend the Art Museum's annual Family Day on May 22--this year, inviting you to Journey the Silk Road.
 
New on View
 
Head of a Woman by Domenico Beccafumi
Italian Drawings by Domenico Beccafumi
 
Currently on view in the European galleries are two rarely exhibited oil sketches by the Sienese artist Domenico Beccafumi (1484-1551) from the Museum's rich holdings of Italian Renaissance and Baroque drawings. Merging the practices of drawing and painting, these sheets and a finished devotional painting on view nearby provide insight into the working processes of this late Renaissance master.
 
Explore more of the Museum's collection of prints and drawings.
 
Late Thursdays
 
Fete by David Vinckboons
A Romp in the Garden?
Experiencing Princeton's Fête
Thursday, April 15, 5 p.m.
Art Museum Galleries
 
Join us this week for a special Late Thursdays Gallery Talk. Presented by Abigail Newman, doctoral candidate in Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, this hour-long lecture offers an in-depth look into one of the Museum's masterpieces, Fête by the Flemish painter David Vinckboons. The talk is part of a weekly series highlighting works in the Museum's collections, new acquisitions, and special exhibitions by curators, scholars, docents, faculty, and graduate students.
 
Music in the Museum
 
Auditus by Willem de PassePerformances by Mattin and Zeena Parkins
Friday, April 23, 8:30 p.m.
Art Museum Galleries
 
Continuing the tradition of musical performance in the galleries, the Art Museum is pleased to welcome Mattin and Zeena Parkins as part of the Intellectual Property and Music Symposium. Each explores the ways in which music exists as "sound art"--Mattin, a Basque artist famous for his work with noise and improvisation, will open the show, and Parkins, a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and improviser who has toured extensively and performed with such artists as Bjork, the Tin Hat Trio, and Yoko Ono, will conclude the evening.
 
Admission is free and doors will open at 8:00 p.m. The event is cosponsored by the Art Museum with the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy, the Center for Information Technology Policy, and the Department of Music.
 
From the Friends
 
Ron McCoy, Princeton University ArchitectAnnual Meeting of the Friends of the
Princeton University Art Museum and
the Mary Pitcairn Keating Annual Lecture
Wednesday, April 28, 4:30 p.m.
McCosh 10, Princeton University
 
The Friends of the Princeton University Art Museum are pleased to welcome Princeton University Architect Ron McCoy as this year's guest speaker for the Mary Pitcairn Keating Annual Lecture. In his lecture titled "The Salient Beauties of the Princeton Campus," Mr. McCoy offers a new take on the artistry of Princeton's campus and the architecture that surrounds us. The lecture will be preceded by the Friends' Annual Meeting and followed by a reception in the Art Museum's galleries.
         
For more information about the Friends or to join now, visit us online.
 
Image credits, top to bottom:
Princeton University Art Museum
Photo: Bruce M. White
 
Domenico Beccafumi, Italian, 1484-1551
Head of a Woman, ca. 1529-1535
Brush and oil paint on brown laid paper, 22.7 x 16.3 cm
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
[x1948-607]
 
David Vinckboons, Flemish, 1576-before 1633
Fête
Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 134.0 cm.
Gift of Mrs. Thomas G. Cook
[y1973-14]
Photo: Bruce M. White
 
Willem de Passe, Dutch, 1598-1637
After Crispin de Passe, the Younger, Dutch, ca. 1597-1670
Auditus
Engraving
Gift of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
[x1934-1142.86]
Photo: Bruce M. White
 
Ron McCoy
University Architect
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey USA
Photo: Brian Wilson (2008)
 
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