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eNewsletter August 28, 2024       Closing Soon Denilson Baniwa: Under the Skin of History Through Sunday, September 1 Art@Bainbridge   Don’t miss the final days of Denilson Baniwa: Under the Skin of History, featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, and performance by the Indigenous Amazonian artist. Baniwa’s works grapple with legacies of colonialism in the Americas and highlight Indigenous knowledge and resistance. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Princeton University’s Brazil LAB and Department of Anthropology. Read more about the exhibition and watch a 3D tour here.         Join us! Nassau Street Sampler Thursday, September 5, 5–7 p.m. Dillon Gym and Art on Hulfish Celebrate the beginning of the fall semester and an exciting new year of programs at the Art Museum’s sixteenth annual Nassau Street Sampler. Join us at Dillon Gym for food and drink from local Princeton eateries, art-making activities, raffles and prizes, and live performances by beloved student groups. The fun continues with more great art and activities at our downtown gallery, Art on Hulfish (11 Hulfish Street).    Participants: Arlee’s Raw Blends, Aspendos Mediterranean Cuisine, The Bent Spoon, Efes Mediterranean Grill, Ficus, Fruity Yogurt, Jammin’ Crepes, McCaffrey’s, Olives, PJ’s Pancake House, Small World Coffee, Wawa, Whole Earth Center        Art on Hulfish Under a Southern Star: Identity and Environment in Australian Photography Now on View   Showcasing the work of contemporary Australian artists, Under a Southern Star illustrates changing views of Australian cultural and national identity—most notably, the primacy of Aboriginal culture. Works on view feature a wide array of visually arresting photographic techniques and explore themes of migration, settler colonialism, landscape, environmental degradation, and portraiture.       New Acquisition 17th-Century Japanese Screens   The Museum recently acquired Scenes in the Entertainment District, a pair of monumental six-panel folding screens dating to Japan’s Edo period (1603–1868). Using gold leaf and ink on paper, the unknown but highly skilled painter or painters of these screens employed a pictorial device called fukinuki yatai, the “blown-off roof,” in which buildings are positioned at a steep angle and without walls or windows, allowing viewers to see complex scenes of everyday life inside. Learn more about these magnificent screens here.         Museum Store   Cyanotypes, also known as sun prints, date back to 1842, when Sir John Herschel used the process to reproduce documents. The Botanical Cyanotype Boxed Set by Atwater Designs, printed on hand-coated paper, features stunning high-resolution images of plant life in white silhouettes against a Prussian blue background. Each set contains eight greeting cards with kraft envelopes.  Shop in person at 56 Nassau Street in downtown Princeton or online at princetonmuseumstore.org. Members receive a discount on every purchase. Join today!       Labor Day Holiday Hours Monday, September 2   Art on Hulfish: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Art@Bainbridge: Closed Museum Store: 12–5 p.m.     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    Tracey Moffatt, Something More No. 1, 1989. Collection of the Museum of Photographic Arts. Gift of Olivia and Peter Farrell. © Tracey Moffatt   Japanese, Edo Period (1603–1868), Scenes in the Entertainment District, 17th century. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund  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; 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.   Under a Southern Star: Identity and Environment in Australian Photography is curated by Deborah Klochko, former executive director and chief curator, Museum of Photographic Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art; and Graham Howe, founder and CEO, Curatorial Exhibitions; with Ashley Lumb, independent curator. This exhibition was originated by the Museum of Photographic Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art, with generous support from the Farrell Family Foundation and is toured by Curatorial Exhibitions, Pasadena, California.  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.        Art@Bainbridge 158 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 Art on Hulfish 11 Hulfish Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 Copyright © 2024 Trustees of Princeton University All rights reserved.