Artist Viktor Ekpuk discovered that the symbols of the Nsibidi script could function as a form of abstraction — a way to reduce ideas to their essence.
Princeton University Art Museum
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Artists Help Us to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Death and Healing
From Albrecht Dürer to LaToya Ruby Frazier, artists have for centuries depicted and reflected on health and illness.
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The Beauty and Spirit of Mexican Religious Icons
Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States graces us with images of heavenly Mexican figures and tells stories of people crossing the border.
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Imagined, Famous, and Sacred Places Trace the History of Japan in Art
Princeton’s Picturing Place in Japan condenses almost half a millennium of Japan’s artistic practice into a few small rooms.
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The Early-20th-Century Painter Who Captured Solar Eclipses
In 1918, painter Howard Russell Butler precisely captured what the camera could not: the fiery colors of a solar eclipse.
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Laughing at the Jokes on Ancient Greek Vases
An exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum showcases the vessels of the so-called Berlin Painter, highlighting the oft-overlooked comedy in Greek ceramics.
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Thousands of Minor White’s Photographs Go Online
Thousands of prints by the American photographer and founding editor of Aperture magazine have been digitized and uploaded to a website launched by Princeton University Art Museum.
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Painting the Land Before Time: A Victorian Vision of Dinosaur Life
From 1805 to as recently as 2000, Princeton University exhibited one of the great college natural history collections, rivaling those of peers Harvard and Yale.
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Smithsonian Joins Forces with 14 Museums to Pool Data on American Art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has launched the American Art Collaborative, a consortium of 14 museums across the country coming together to create what you might call the art-world version of the Digital Public Library of America.
