Galleries of Earlier European Art Are Open!

Enjoy the new look of the Museum's galleries of Earlier European Art. Dedicated to works from the thirteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the galleries include dynamic juxtapositions of painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts. Enjoy perusing familiar works and discovering newly acquired treasures. Learn about the reinstallation in this video by Museum Director James Steward.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Lasting Impressions of the Grand Tour: Giuseppe Vasi's Rome

Opening March 5

Explore eighteenth-century Rome from the perspective of the artists who created lasting impressions of the Eternal City for foreign visitors. The exhibition showcases paintings and etchings of ancient and modern Rome by Canaletto, Piranesi, Vasi, and others, alongside other collectibles and portraits of British noblemen and Roman residents. Captured with an eye for antiquity, topography, and social life, the works cast a compelling light on a great world capital in the age of the Grand Tour.

When Men and Mountains Meet: China as Land and People

Opening March 5

What is the relationship between land and people, and how has it changed throughout the ages? Painting, printmaking, and photography capture our changing relationship to both culture and nature, specifically mountains. In early-twentieth-century China, during an era of turmoil, man's traditional balance with land and culture was likened to a verse by the English poet William Blake: "Great things are done when Men and Mountains meet/ This is not done by Jostling in the Street." This concept is the crux of this compelling exhibition.

Music in the Galleries

Heaven-Haven

The Princeton Singers

Steven Sametz, director

Saturday, February 19 at 5:30 and 8 p.m.

Sunday, February 20 at 5:30 p.m.

Art Museum galleries

Join us for a program dedicated to the rise and fall of sacred spaces, featuring works by Dufay, Mahler, Barber, and the premiere of Call to Remembrance (Fantasia) by Steven Sametz. A reception will follow each performance. Tickets are $15 and are available through University Ticketing at (609) 258-9220 or www.princeton.edu/utickets.

This is the first event of MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART, a year-long series of exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and performances on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Campus Connections

Coming Together

Sponsored by the Office of Religious Life and the Religious Life Council

February 17, 8-10 p.m.

The Museum enthusiastically welcomes "Coming Together 5: A Venture Across Religious Boundaries," a summit of multireligious college groups organized by the Princeton University Office of Religious Life and the Religious Life Council. All are welcome for an evening of refreshments, student performances, thematic tours, and giveaways. Learn more about Coming Together 5.  

Just For Friends

Tour: Virginia is for Art Lovers

April 7-11, 2011

Limited space is still available on this extraordinary trip! Get your first taste of spring, and join the Friends as we travel to scenic Richmond and beautiful Charlottesville for a wonderful getaway featuring private visits to the newly expanded Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, historic Monticello and Westover Plantation, as well as visits to exceptional private collections. To become a Friend and take advantage of this special benefit, sign up online or contact Patricia Veerasamy at friends@princeton.edu or (609) 258-3762.

Angelica Kauffmann, British, born in Switzerland, 1741-1807: Portrait of Sarah Harrop (Mrs. Bates) as a Muse, ca. 1780-81. Oil on canvas, 142 x 121 cm. Museum purchase, Surdna Fund and Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2010-101). Photo: Bruce M. White.

Hubert Robert, French, 1733-1808: A View of the Loggia at Villa Madama, with Artist Sketching, 1760. Red chalk on cream laid paper, 49.3 x 36 cm. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund and Laura Hall Memorial Fund in honor of David Coffin, Class of 1940 and Graduate School Class of 1954 (2003-246). Photo: Bruce M. White.

Zhang Huan, Chinese, born 1965, and Beijing East Village performers: To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain, performance at Miaofeng Mountain, Beijing, May 22, 1995. Archival pigment print, edition 4/21, 83 x 124.8 cm. Museum purchase, Asian Art Department Fund and Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2010-122). © Zuoxiao Zuzhou / photo: Bruce M. White.

The Princeton Singers in the galleries for medieval, Byzantine, and Islamic art at the Princeton University Art Museum. Photo: Kal Sostarecz.

Virginia Museum Fine Arts James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / photo: Travis Fullerton.