Roundtable Discussion
At Work with Artwork
With Jan Stuart, curator at the Freer/Sackler
The next installment of the “At Work with Artwork” series features Jan Stuart, curator of Chinese art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Stuart will lead a roundtable discussion of art history in the museum field
February 27, 2015
4:45 pm
105 Chancellor Green
Conference
Icons at the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai
April 17–18, 2015
The icons at the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai will be the focus of a two-day conference, “A New Look: Sinai and Its Icons in Light of the Digitization of the Weitzmann Archive,” organized by the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
101 McCormick Hall
For more information, please visit the conference website
New Faculty Publication
Nathan Arrington
Ashes, Images, and Memories
Professor Nathan T. Arrington has just published Ashes, Images, and Memories: The Presence of the War Dead in Fifth-Century Athens (Oxford University Press).
Drawing on social history, art history, and field archaeology, Arrington’s new book examines the institution of public burial for the war dead and images of the deceased.
Upcoming Lecture
Robin Cormack
Courtauld Institute of Art
Robin Cormack, professor emeritus at the Courtauld Institute, delivers the annual Weitzmann Lecture
Friday, 17 April 2015
101 McCormick Hall
5:00 p.m.
Excavations at Molyvoti
Archaeology in the Field
13 June–25 July 2015
The Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project (MTAP) investigates an ancient trading port located on the Thracian Sea between ancient Abdera and Maroneia.
Students are invited to apply for ART 304/CLA 304/HIS 304 (Summer 2015).
Application deadline extended!
New deadline: March 1, 2015
Exhibition
Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan
October 2014–February 2015
This revered and renowned tea artefact is on view at the Princeton University Art Museum in an exhibition co-curated by Professor Andrew Watsky.
On view:
Princeton University Art Museum
October 11, 2014–February 1, 2015
Faculty Spotlight
Michael Koortbojian
Named M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Art and Archaeology
The Pyne Professorship was established in 1913 by a gift from Moses Taylor Pyne, a member of the Class of 1877 and a trustee of Princeton University from 1885 to 1921.
Koortbojian is the seventh Princeton faculty member to hold the chair since its inception.
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Saturday, 14 February 2015
106 McCormick Hall
4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow
Art 562 Site Visit to the Spiral Jetty
Professor Rachael Z. DeLue’s graduate seminar in American Art will travel to Utah to examine Robert Smithson’s iconic and monumental earthwork
Hal Foster Awarded NYPL Fellowship
Professor Foster will be in residence at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers from September 2014 through May 2015.
Art 459 Travels to Shanghai
Seminar team-taught by Professor Esther da Costa Meyer and Cary Y. Liu, curator of Asian art at the Princeton University Art Museum