Arts & Humanities
Arts & Humanities content overview
Michael Solis ’07 Explores Deep Themes in Whodunit Mystery
Nancy Weiss Malkiel Honors William G. Bowen’s Impact on Princeton
Literature Class Marks New Avenue in Sign Language Studies
Senior lecturer Noah Buchholz, who is deaf, is well known on the ASL slam circuit
100 Years Ago This Flop Led F. Scott Fitzgerald 1917 to ‘The Great Gatsby’
When his play, ‘The Vegetable,’ failed, Fitzgerald abandoned playwriting for novels
Savannah Du ’18 and Michael Zhang ’17 Form Indie Pop Duo
The two recently released their first full EP
Victor Brombert Reflects on a Lifetime of Literature Learning in New Book
Suleika Jaouad ’10 and Jon Batiste Will Perform at Princeton
‘The Beat Goes On’ is the newest installment of the Princeton University Concerts Healing with Music series
Sarah Meister ’94 Elevates Powerful Works of Photography
Meister has championed photographers in her roles at MoMA and Aperture
Kate Cooper *93 Draws Out the Women in Augustine’s ‘Confessions’
In her new book, Cooper analyzes Augustine’s mother, concubine, and fiance
Jane Hirshfield ’73 on Princeton-Connected Poetry
Artworks Stolen by Nazis Returned to Timothy Reif ’80 *85 and Family
The seven paintings by Austrian Egon Schiele had been owned by renowned cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum.
Three Princeton Chinese Theatre Alumni Launch New Company in NYC
Carving their own space in the theater industry, these alumni founded Cellunova to “tackle social challenges”
S.E. Eisterer Explores Spatial Design
Newsmakers Q&A: Sally Van Doren ’84 Blends Written and Visual Arts
Raider of the Lost Art
Edoardo Almagià ’73 ‘got away’ with trafficking looted Italian antiquities for decades, says the Manhattan district attorney’s office. Now the Princeton University Art Museum and other museums are facing scrutiny...
An Art Professor Who Knew the Real Thing When He Saw It
Charles Rufus Morey (1877–1955)
A Summer of Exploring, Writing (and Sweating) in Hong Kong
“What I really wanted was to write on my own terms without having time or format constraints imposed on my stories”
Graduating Senior Signs Publishing Deal for Fantasy Novel
New ‘Oppenheimer’ Film Projects a Brilliant Physicist’s Life
Director, Architect Defend New Art Museum to Alumni
‘The bigness is a challenge in a whole host of ways,’ said museum director James Steward
Caroline Kitchener ’14 Wins Pulitzer Prize for Abortion Reporting
‘It’s so important that we hear really honest stories about what people are going through’
Jay Lagemann ’66’s Sculptures Grace Reunions, Manhattan, and Beyond
Lagemann’s sculptures maintain an abstract quality that lends lightness, energy, and accessibility