Dionne is an Operations Research and Financial Engineering major at Princeton University. She came to the Princeton University Art Museum this weekend with her boyfriend, Kevin, who graduated last year. With Kevin visiting from New York, Dionne wondered, “What can we do on campus that’s something different?” and the museum immediately came to mind. Dionne Read more about Humans of the Art Museum – States of Health Exhibit[…]
This fall break, I traveled to Moscow with my urban studies class. Over the course of the week, we focused on assimilating ourselves into the fabric of the city, observing how people moved on the wide streets, riding the hyper-efficient metro, and even interacting with local university students at dinner one night. We walked through Read more about A Journey through Russian History: Tretyakov Gallery – Urvashi Uberoy ’20[…]
Jacque Louis David’s Death of Socrates is probably my favorite piece in the Princeton University Art Museum. Even before you know anything about the work, there is something immediately striking about it– the fierce expression of the man in the middle, his finger pointed upwards to the heavens is in stark contrast with the grief-stricken Read more about Death of Socrates – Anika Yardi ’21[…]
Van Gogh’s Tarascon Stagecoach has fast become one of my favorite pieces in the Princeton University Art Museum. Through its very texture, this 1888 painting conveys the dustiness of the coach’s sunbaked route. The road is indeterminate and chalky, the rims of stagecoach’s wheels coated in the same striking color. Van Gogh has detailed the Read more about My Favorite Princeton University Art Museum Artwork – Joe Ort ‘ 21[…]
After a recent family move to Pittsburgh, I was looking forward to exploring the many art museums this new city had to offer. Upon recommendation from several Pittsburghers, I decided to visit the Mattress Factory, a contemporary art museum that houses some of the most wonderful installation exhibits I was soon to discover. Having done Read more about Mattress Factory – Nora Wildberg ’21[…]
It was the usual 110F in Dubai as I strolled through Alserkal Avenue and slipped into the Ishara Art Foundation’s first, and very new, gallery. My relief at escaping the blistering sun was quickly overtaken by surprise and wonder, as I was immediately faced with Zarina’s massive Home is a Foreign Place — one of Read more about Alserkal Avenue and Louvre Abu Dhabi – Anoushka Mariwala ’21[…]
One afternoon as I trekked home from class through the scorching midday heat I took a wrong turn and found myself in a quiet alley in the suburbs of Salamanca. Salamanca, located in the Castile and León region of Spain, hosts one of the world’s oldest universities and centers around the stunning Plaza Mayor, a Read more about Hidden Art of the Barrio Oeste – Salamanca, Spain – Shelby Kinch ’22[…]
On an uncharacteristically warm Irish Sunday, a pleasant stickiness filled the halls of the Crawford Art Gallery. Carpeted hallways and the occasional creaky step gave me the sense that I was walking through somebody’s home, peering into a private collection. This small art museum in Ireland’s second largest city, Cork, feels intimate and inviting. Almost Read more about Impressions of Ireland at the Crawford Art Gallery – Isabel Griffith-Gorgati ’21[…]
“You have to visit Tate Modern!” I heard this exclamation over and over from friends who heard I was going to London, as they all know my love for modern art. Because of this, my expectations were incredibly high as I walked through the doors of the former Bankside Power Station. At first, I was Read more about Artist Discovery: Jenny Holzer at Tate Modern – Rhys Drout ‘22[…]
The galleries of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) were bustling with people on the last day before the museum closed for renovation. All my senses were stimulated the instant I walked into the space. I was hit by the choir of conversation and laughter scented by a lingering current of perfume and sweat from Read more about Street, Dresden : “Alienation Wrought by Modernization” – Yolanda Jin ’20[…]