Princeton University Press is becoming the exclusive distributor of the Princeton University Art Museum's frontlist and backlist and will co-publish a selection of its titles. The Press will support the Museum's list through marketing, publicity, global sales and distribution, with the Museum continuing to oversee scholarly content development, editorial, design, and production. The partnership is effective February 1, 2022.
The first Princeton University Art Museum title supported by Princeton University Press distribution is Picture Ecology: Art and Ecocriticism in Planetary Perspective, edited by Karl Kusserow, the John Wilmerding Curator of American Art at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Press director Christie Henry said, "This new partnership is an inspiration to the PUP team, and one fortified by the commitment we share with Princeton University to create vibrant intellectual exchange that makes an impact in the world. For us, that exchange is in the pages of books."
Michelle Komie, the press's publisher for art and architecture, said, "With shared missions and commitments to art and the humanities, we are thrilled to formalize this new partnership with our colleagues at the Princeton University Art Museum. The Museum's globe-spanning collections and exceptional publications program offer a wide array of titles for scholars and general readers alike, and we look forward to helping to bring their books to the widest possible readerships around the world."
Museum director James Steward said, "We at the Art Museum look forward to a dynamic partnership with Princeton University Press through which we pool our talents and resources on a wide range of publications that align around our shared commitments to scholarly excellence united with broad accessibility and intellectual inclusion."