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Thursday, April 11, 2024

News from the Princeton University Art Museum

 



 

 

Members Opening

Denilson Baniwa: Under the Skin of History

Friday, April 12, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Art@Bainbridge

 

Members will get a first look at the art on view and enjoy food and drink at this Members preview of Denilson Baniwa: Under the Skin of History.  

Registration is required, open exclusively to members. If you are already a member, click here to register now

If you are not currently a member, click here to sign up

 

 

 

Lecture

Photo History's Futures: Emilie Boone

Wednesday, April 17, 5 p.m.
Robertson Hall 016

2021 marked fifty years of photography at Princeton, sparking both a reflection on the medium’s history and projection toward its future. As part of the Photo History’s Futures lecture series highlighting exciting voices in the field, the Department of Art & Archaeology and the Princeton University Art Museum welcome Emilie Boone to speak about her publication A Nimble Arc: James Van Der Zee and Photography (2023). Boone is assistant professor in art history at New York University. Moderated by Jessica Williams Stark, McCormick Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Photography.   

This program is cosponsored by the Department of Art & Archaeology and the Princeton University Art Museum. 

 

 

 

Film Screening

Ex-Shaman (2018)

Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.
Princeton Garden Theatre

 

You are invited to a free screening of Ex-Shaman (2018), directed by Luiz Bolognesi. The Paiter Suruí, an Indigenous people living in the Amazon basin, have been exposed to sweeping social changes since their first contact with the Western world in 1969. The documentary follows Perpera, a Christianized former shaman, as he searches for a way to restore vitality to his village. 

This film is shown in conjunction with the exhibition Denilson Baniwa: Under the Skin of History on view at Art@Bainbridge. The gallery will be open until 7 p.m. Introduced by Princeton Global Scholar and Professor of Anthropology at Brazil’s Museu Nacional Carlos Fausto.  

This screening is free and open to the public. Reserve your ticket on the Princeton Garden Theatre’s website. 

 

 

 

Call for Submissions

Art for Prospect House

Submit by April 28

 

Princeton University is pleased to invite undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, faculty, and staff to submit original works of art for consideration in an installation at Prospect House, due to reopen in August 2024. The deadline for submission is April 28, 2024. Additional details here

 

 

 

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Images

Denilson Baniwa, Pajé Yawareté traz novidades à aldeia de Santa Isabel, Oiapoque, Amapá (Jaguar Shaman brings news to the village of Santa Isabel, Oiapoque, Amapá), 2018. Collection of the artist. © Denilson Baniwa. Photo: Sallisa Rosa 

James Van Der Zee, Self Portrait, G.G.G. Photo Studio, 2077 7th Avenue, 1937–1943. © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Film poster: Courtesy of Juno Films 

Art on Hulfish is made possible by the leadership support of Annette Merle-Smith and Princeton University. Generous support is also provided by William S. Fisher, Class of 1979, and Sakurako Fisher; J. Bryan King, Class of 1993; the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; John Diekman, Class of 1965, and Susan Diekman; Julie and Kevin Callaghan, Class of 1983; Annie Robinson Woods, Class of 1988; Barbara and Gerald Essig; Rachelle Belfer Malkin, Class of 1986, and Anthony E. Malkin; the Curtis W. McGraw Foundation; Tom Tuttle, Class of 1988, and Mila Tuttle; Nancy A. Nasher, Class of 1976, and David J. Haemisegger, Class of 1976; the Len & Laura Berlik Foundation; Gene Locks, Class of 1959, and Sueyun Locks; and Palmer Square Management.   

Additional support for this exhibition is provided by the Humanities Council, the Lewis Center for the Arts, and the Program in Latin American Studies. 

Art@Bainbridge is made possible through the generous support of the Virginia and Bagley Wright, Class of 1946, Program Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art; the Kathleen C. Sherrerd Program Fund for American Art; Joshua R. Slocum, Class of 1998, and Sara Slocum; Rachelle Belfer Malkin, Class of 1986, and Anthony E. Malkin; Barbara and Gerald Essig; Gene Locks, Class of 1959, and Sueyun Locks; and Ivy Beth Lewis.

Denilson Baniwa: Under the Skin of History is co-organized by the Brazil LAB, the Department of Anthropology, and the Princeton University Art Museum. Co-sponsors of the project include the High Meadows Environmental Institute, University Center for Human Values, the Humanities Council, the Program in Latin American Studies, and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. Additional supporters include the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Department of Art & Archaeology, the Lewis Center for the Arts, and the Effron Center for the Study of America. 

LATE THURSDAYS! Thursday-evening programming is made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970, with additional support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.  





 

 

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