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Final Days
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December 7, 2011
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 An Interior in Venice
On view in the Mary Ellen Bowen Gallery of American Art
Through December 11 Don't miss John Singer Sargent's masterful work An Interior in Venice, on loan from the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Sargent, the most sought-after portraitist of his generation, created the evocative group portrait as a gift to his relatives, the Curtis family, who are portrayed in the grand salon of their Palazzo Barbaro home. This is a unique opportunity to see the painting in conversation with Princeton's own Elizabeth Allen Marquand and to gain insight into the work of this master of social nuance.
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 Lee Friedlander: Cars and The New Cars
Through February 5, 2012
Lee Friedlander's restlessly inventive eye is nowhere in stronger evidence than in his photographs of cars in the American scene. Highlighted here, among works from the collection of Randi and Bob Fisher, Class of 1976, are 14 prints from the artist's recently rediscovered project "The New Cars 1964." Asked by Harper's Bazaar in 1963 to produce a feature on the next year's models from Detroit, Friedlander characteristically placed his subjects in lively but unglamorous settings such as gas stations and parking lots. These masterworks of Pop Art make their American debut here.
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 To celebrate the Index of Christian Art's recent conference Re-Defining Byzantium: Art and Thought in the Byzantine World, ancient Coptic textiles have been installed in the Museum's lower galleries and will remain on view through the winter. These remarkably well-preserved remnants of garments, tapestries, and other textiles come from burial sites in Egypt and date to the late Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic periods. They often take the form of woolen decorations applied to linen, like those shown here from an eighth-century tunic.
Explore more highlights from our Ancient, Byzantine, and Islamic collection online.
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 Midnight in the Garden
Annual Museum Benefit Gala
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Drawing inspiration from one of the Museum's most renowned works of art--Sir Edward Burne-Jones's stained glass panel Saint Cecilia--and celebrating the upcoming exhibition Princeton and the Gothic Revival: 1870-1930, the Art Museum invites you to an evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing in support of education and outreach programming. Always a highlight of the Museum's calendar--and of the greater Princeton social calendar--the Gala is not to be missed! Contact our events office for more details.
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 Emerge! A Global Bazaar
Sunday, December 11, 1-4 p.m.
Chancellor Green, Princeton University
Support international development as you shop during Emerge! A Global Bazaar. This student-led market fair and accompanying lecture brings together 50 development initiatives to showcase their work and sell artisanal crafts from more than 20 countries. Emerge! seeks to provoke action by building awareness of issues such as poverty, healthcare, and human rights. The Museum Store is proud to participate in this collaborative event with a selection of jewelry, craft pieces, textiles, beadwork, dolls, and toys for sale.
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The Museum will be closed December 24, 25, and 31, 2011, and January 1, 2012. Enjoy the holidays!
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 MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART is a collaborative investigation into the relationship between the arts and cultural memory.
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Credits (top to bottom):
Princeton University Art Museum. Photo: Bruce M. White.
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925: An Interior in Venice, 1899. Oil on canvas, 66 x 83.5 cm. Royal Academy of Arts, London. Diploma Work given by John Singer Sargent, R.A., accepted 1900 03/1387. © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Photo: R.A./Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
Lee Friedlander, American, born 1934: Detroit, 1963, printed 2011. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase, gift of Elizabeth S. and Robert J. Fisher, Class of 1976 (2011-110). © Lee Friedlander, courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
Egyptian, Coptic, Early Christian: Textile roundels and bands from a tunic, probably 8th century A.D. Wool and linen. Anonymous Gift in Memory of Allan Marquand (y1948-25). Photo: John Blazejewski, Index of Christian Art, Princeton University.
Sir Edward Burne-Jones, British, 1833-1898, Made by William Morris & Co., est. 1875: Saint Cecilia, ca. 1900, detail. Stained and painted glass, 213.5 x 75.5 cm. Museum purchase, Surdna Fund (y1974-84). Photo: Bruce M. White.
Emerge! A Global Bazaar.
Reproduction of all images is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without written permission from the copyright holder. © 2011 Princeton University Art Museum
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