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As part of our
lecture series commemorating 50 years of photography at Princeton
University and highlighting exciting voices in the field, we
welcome Monica Bravo, art historian at the University of Southern
California, to speak about her new book, Greater American Camera: Making Modernism in
Mexico (2021). Moderated by graduate student Nicole-Ann Lobo. Cosponsored by
the Department of Art and Archaeology. Reception to
follow. Details here.
Panel
A City of Lakes:
Udaipur’s Painted Past and Present Heritage
Thursday, October 27, 4:30 p.m. Louis A.
Simpson International Building A71
The lake city of
Udaipur in northwestern India, the sixteenth-century capital of the
Mewar court, flourished through the management of natural resources
and experiments in art. Join this two-part presentation with Padmaja Kumari Parmar, a daughter
of the House of Mewar, speaking on living heritage and Dipti Khera, Associate Professor
of Art History at New York University, discussing how
representations of place from Udaipur trace the major shifts in
India’s long eighteenth century. Cosponsored by the Art Museum and
the M. S. Chadha Center for Global India.
Details here.
Artist Conversation
Alison Rossiter
Thursday, October 27, 5:30 p.m. Art on Hulfish or Stream it live
Artist Alison
Rossiter develops expired photographic paper to create photographs
that reveal the previously invisible markings of time. Join the
artist—whose works feature in the exhibition Time’s Relentless Melt,
now on view at Art on Hulfish—for a conversation with Katherine A. Bussard, Peter C.
Bunnell Curator of Photography. Attend in person or stream it live.
Reception to follow. Details here.
Drawing from the Collections
Inspired by Sculpture
The Art Museum is
partnering with the Arts Council of Princeton to provide free
virtual drawing classes, taught by artist-instructor Barbara
DiLorenzo over Zoom. With an emphasis on drawing with pen or pencil
on paper, each lesson will be inspired by a sculpture in the
Museum’s collections.
Saturday, October 29, 7 p.m. Atrium,
Frick Chemistry Laboratory
Join us for the Museum for All Ball—a stylish,
lively night out. Come for the cocktails, stay for the strolling
supper, enjoy interactive experiences from art making to virtual
reality galleries, and dance the night away in the transformed
Frick Chemistry Atrium—all in support of world-class arts. Tickets
are $75; limited tickets available here.
Museum Store
In his exhibition
Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks
at Art@Bainbridge, eco-artist Rockman
uses historic shipwrecks to explore themes related to
globalization, colonization, and climate change.
Explore Rockman’s
work further through the accompanying catalogue, available at the Museum
Store. This timely publication, which includes essays from leading
scholars, is propelled by impending climate disaster and the
largest human migration in history.
Each purchase
supports the Museum’s core mission to educate, challenge, and
inspire. Shop in person at 56 Nassau Street in downtown Princeton
or online at PrincetonMuseumStore.org. Members
receive a discount on every purchase; join today!
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, NJ 08544
