NEWS FROM THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

Exhibition Between Heartlands / Kelly Wang Through February 27   In the exhibition Between Heartlands, which NBC news recently reviewed, the artist Kelly Wang combines American and Asian traditions to create multimedia works infused with elements of cultural identity and personal grief. On view at Art@Bainbridge through February 27. Hours and details here.   Don’t miss three upcoming programs related to the exhibition:   On Thursday, February 24, join Wang and Samuel Shapiro, a doctoral student in the Department of Art & Archaeology, for an artist's demonstration and a discussion of Wang's artistic techniques, materials, and tools. Stream it live; details and free registration here.   And on Sunday, February 27, from 1 to 4 p.m., join us at Art@Bainbridge to meet the artist as well as the exhibition’s curator, Cary Liu. Details here.        Art Making Drawing from the Collections Thursdays, February 3 to 24, 8 p.m. (EST)   The Art Museum is partnering with the Arts Council of Princeton to provide free weekly online drawing classes, taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom. With an emphasis on drawing with pen or pencil on paper, each week’s lesson is inspired by a work in the Museum’s collections. Details and free registration for each class in the series here.   Thursday, February 17 | Exploring Illustrations Thursday, February 24 | Capturing the Everyday       Save the Date Facilitated Discussion: Memory Thursday, March 3, 5:30 p.m. (EST)   Join members of the Museum’s education department for an interactive discussion exploring memory. By placing an artwork from the Museum’s collections in a historical context, and by considering a work’s technique and materials, participants will be encouraged to relate it to different aspects of memory, including personal and collective memory, nostalgia, and trauma. In Zoom breakout rooms, participants are encouraged to turn on their cameras and unmute their microphones to join the discussion. Spots are limited, and registration is required; details and free registration here.         Art on Hulfish Native America: In Translation On view through April 24   Curated by the artist Wendy Red Star, the exhibition Native America: In Translation gathers work by Indigenous artists who consider the complex histories of colonialism, identity, and heritage. On view at Art on Hulfish through April 24.    Join us live online on March 17 when artist Alan Michelson, a Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, joins Christopher Green, visiting assistant professor of art history at Lake Forest College, to discuss his recent work, including photo and video installations in the exhibition. Details and free registration here.        On View Modigliani at the Kimbell Art Museum   Three works by Amedeo Modigliani, which you may recognize from past visits to the Museum, are now on view in the Kimbell Art Museum’s galleries as “guests of honor.” Drawn from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation and on long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum, the works are the limestone sculpture Head (ca. 1910–11) and two paintings—portraits of the poet, designer, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau (1916) and the Russian sculptor Léon Indenbaum (1916). The works will be on display at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, through October 30, 2022.     Image credits Left: Kelly Wang (Wang Jiayi王佳怡), Life & Death II, 2020. Collection of the artist. © Kelly Wang | Right: Kelly Wang (Wang Jiayi王佳怡), Spring Thoughts, 2018. Collection of the Artist. © Kelly Wang Jiha Moon (문지하), Rain Catcher, 2006. Princeton University Art Museum. Gift of Karen Karp, Class of 1981, on the occasion of her 35th Reunion. © Jiha Moon  Akan artist, Memorial head (nsodie), 17th century. Princeton University Art Museum. Gift of Gillett G. Griffin  Left: Martine Gutierrez, Queer Rage, Dear Diary, No Signal During VH1’s Fiercest Divas, from the series Indigenous Woman, 2018. Courtesy of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York. © Martine Gutierrez | Right: Rebecca Belmore, photograph by Henri Robideau, matriarch, from the series nindinawemaganidog (all of my relations), 2018. Courtesy of the artist. © Rebecca Belmore        Our mailing address is: Princeton University Art Museum McCormick Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 Copyright © 2021 Trustees of Princeton University All rights reserved.