At the beginning of June, I had the incredible opportunity to visit Muscat, the capital city of Oman. (My roommate and her family have lived there for the past decade or so, and after years of hearing about the country’s mind-blowing natural and architectural beauty, I finally got the chance to travel there in person). Read more about Omani Architecture: Spaces of Synthesis – Charlotte Reynders ’19[…]
“We should go to the Guggenheim sometime!” During freshman year, a friend and I created a list of must-see art museums in New York City. After attempting trip after trip to the Guggenheim during the school year but never actually seeing our plans through, we finally got the chance to visit the museum this summer. Read more about Giacometti at the Guggenheim – Cathleen Kong ’20[…]
I have always loved airports. I love their largeness, their gentle, safe chaos, and the persisting predictability of everything that happens inside of them. It is curiously calming to be indistinguishable amongst eddies of travellers and airplanes, at the centre of this space between separation and assimilation. However, this summer made me realize how much Read more about Activating a Public Space: An Airport Art Museum – Anoushka Mariwala ’21[…]
So far, this has been a summer best described with strings of adjectives; it has been infinitely engaging, exciting, and fulfilling, but also remarkably busy, draining, and chaotic. I’ve been interning in San Francisco at NatureBridge, a nonprofit that provides year-round environmental education for kids. As my adjectives somewhat illustrate, I absolutely love my internship, Read more about Art in Nature – Sydney Goldman ’21[…]
Seated on Fifth Avenue, overlooking the southeastern corner of Central Park, is a modest estate that exudes a captivating sense of quiet grandeur. On the outside, the Henry Clay Frick House reveals little of the dazzling treasures it contains. The building has a simple, beige exterior embellished with few decorative touches and you can easily Read more about The Frick Collection: A Small Piece of Paradise – Yolanda Jin ’20[…]
Given my involvement with the Princeton University Art Museum, few people would guess that I am a computer science major, and I am often met with shocked expressions when I mention my concentration on highlights tours. Yet there exist many intersections between technology and art. This summer, I am interning at the Google Headquarters in Read more about Art + Technology – Grace Guan ’20[…]
Namaste! I am writing from Kathmandu, Nepal where I’m currently interning at an art gallery through Princeton’s International Internship Program! I’m five weeks into my adventure and still have three and a half more! So far I’ve met so many wonderful people and have had some of the most unimaginable experiences. First, more on what Read more about Art and Health: Using Color and Creativity to Heal in Kathmandu, Nepal – Raya Ward ’21[…]
This summer I have a pretty stressful, but extremely fulfilling, internship in New York City. During the weekends when I am not sleeping or otherwise completely fried, I’ve been enjoying (re)visiting museums in the city. My favorite trip so far has been going back to The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Read more about Devotion, Drama, and Dior: The Cloisters X Heavenly Bodies – Julia Cury ’19[…]
When I emerged from the 59th Street subway station, my eyes were struck by the sun’s last rays peeking between office buildings. I squinted to adjust my eyes, and almost didn’t notice that I was standing directly in front of my destination, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City. The MAD Read more about Art Made Between Opposite Sides – Cathleen Kong ’20[…]
The history of art is rich with images of the moments before and after birth. Nearly 40,000 years ago early humans were creating ‘Venus figurines’ – two and three-dimensional images of fully fleshed women with large breasts and round stomachs– as symbols of fertility and the generation of life. In Renaissance Europe, birth trays were Read more about My Birth: An Installation by Carmen Winant – Morgan Steelman ’20[…]