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Erika Chong Shuch: 1,000 Ways to Hold

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1,000 Ways to Hold

A new work by Erika Chong Shuch

The culmination of a year-long participatory project by Stanford Arts’ 2025–26 Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch, rooted in conversation and clay

The 2026 McMurtry Lecture

Featuring award-winning curator Hamza Walker

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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Susan Rothenberg, Blue U-Turn, 1989, oil on canvas

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New exhibition asks, ‘What have you held?’

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Modern and contemporary American art including Martin, Nevelson, Pollock, Rothko, and more. The museum is always free!

🌻 June at the Anderson Collection June is fill

🌻 June at the Anderson Collection

June is filled with color and creative adventure. Come to the Anderson Collection this month and explore.

🗓️ Museum Minis
June 15 at 11:15 AM

🗓️ 1,000 Ways to Hold | Curator Led Talk
June 15 at 1 PM

🗓️ Drop-In Drawing
Every 2nd and 4th Friday

From family-friendly story time to casual drawing for all levels, there’s something for every way you engage with art.

Ellsworth catching sun on the roof of his Broad St

Ellsworth catching sun on the roof of his Broad Street studio with "Black Ripe", his first painting featuring a curved form unbound by edges.

He said he knew Alexander Calder well then, who smoked a cigar called black ripe. The moment he finished the painting, the title came to him instantly-he exclaimed "Black Ripe!"

Via: @ellsworthkellystudio

Images: 1. Ellsworth and Black Ripe, Broad Street Studio Roof, 1955

© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation

This artwork is currently in our collection. Plan your visit and come see it in person.

Always free. All are welcome.

#HappyBirthday #EllsworthKelly

Congratulations, Eamon Ore-Giron! 🏆 Eamon Ore-

Congratulations, Eamon Ore-Giron! 🏆

Eamon Ore-Giron (@lengua), whose work is a beloved part of our collection, recently unveiled a new installation for the Los Angeles Metro D Line extension at the Wilshire/La Brea station. 🚄💨

Titled “Infinite Landscape: Los Ángeles Para Siempre”, the work reflects on Los Angeles as a constantly evolving city while drawing inspiration from the historic art deco architecture of the Wilshire corridor. We are so proud of Eamon and thrilled to have his work represented in our collection. 🌆

🖼️Images courtesy of Metro Los Angeles

Last chance to RSVP!🏃💨 🗓️Tomorrow, don

Last chance to RSVP!🏃💨

🗓️Tomorrow, don’t miss the Burt and Deedee McMurtry Lecture with Curator Hamza Walker at Bing Concert Hall on May 27.

This year’s lecture features curator, writer, and educator Hamza Walker. Hamza Walker is Executive Director of The Brick (formerly LAXART) in Los Angeles, where he has led the institution’s evolution into one of the city’s most vital platforms for artist-centered work that engages the present with clarity and conviction. Since 2016, he has shaped a program that bridges contemporary and historical perspectives, advancing ambitious exhibitions and collaborations that foreground emerging and underrecognized artists. His curatorial work is widely recognized for its intellectual rigor, cultural insight, and its ability to reframe how art engages public life. Most recently, he co-curated the ground-breaking Monuments exhibition.

🖼️Hamza Walker, courtesy of Hamza Walker

🖼️Courtesy of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles.

#HamzaWalker #McMurtryLecture

The Meticulous Expressionist Born on this day in

The Meticulous Expressionist

Born on this day in 1910, Franz Kline was a titan of Abstract Expressionism, famous for his monumental black-and-white gestural paintings. Kline, a traditionally trained artist, shifted toward massive abstract motifs after his close friend, artist Willem de Kooning, introduced him to a Bell-Opticon projector. When Kline projected a small sketch of a rocking chair onto the wall, the enlarged black forms captivated him, helping shape the bold visual language that defined his breakthrough 1950 exhibition at the Charles Egan Gallery.

He worked to the very end of his life, producing massive, horizontally oriented “wall paintings” in the late 1950s. At the height of his career in 1962, Kline died in New York at age 51 from rheumatic heart disease. His legacy remains inseparable from the rise of the New York School.

As part of our Connecting Collections initiative, we have wall labels dedicated to artists represented in both Cantor’s and Anderson’s permanent collections. We have not one, but two Franz Klines on view. Visit both museums to experience these striking paintings in person.

🖼️Franz Kline, “Hoboken,”1950, Oil on canvas

🖼️Franz Kline, “Figure 8,” 1952, Oil on canvas

#FranzKline #HappyBirthdayFranzKline

It's World Goth Day! ⚫ Please enjoy this select

It's World Goth Day! ⚫

Please enjoy this selection of works from the Anderson Collection that personify the goth mood.

🖤Louise Nevelson, “Sky Garden,” 1959-1964, enamel on wood

🖤Vija Celmins, “Barrier,” 1985-1986, oil and wax on linen

🖤Martin Puryear, “Dumb Luck,” 1990, wire mesh, wood, and tar

🖤Donald Sultan, “Street Light, February 7, 1982,” 1982, oil, spackle, and tar on vinyl tile on masonite

🖤Nathan Oliveira, “Stage #2 With Bed,” 1967, oil on canvas

🖤Mark Rothko, “Untitled (Black and Gray),”1969, acrylic on canvas

#WorldGothDay

Drop in, settle down. Drop-In Drawing is happenin

Drop in, settle down.

Drop-In Drawing is happening at the Anderson Collection on May 22.

This free, relaxed drawing session invites visitors of any experience level to experiment with pencils and paper while exploring the collection from a creative perspective.

📝Pencils, paper, and gallery stools provided

📍Meet in the museum lobby

🚫No registration required

♥️Always free. All are welcome.

Art break this week? 🎨 Join us for guided tour

Art break this week? 🎨

Join us for guided tours at the Anderson Collection — whether you want a quick 15-minute deep dive or a full walkthrough of the galleries. As always, we are admission-free, and everyone is welcome.

📍 Meet at the top of the stairs
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Spotlight Tours

📅 Thursday, May 21
🕛 12:00 PM & 12:30 PM

Take a 15-minute spotlight tour focused on one object in the Anderson Collection. New works are featured each week.
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Highlights Tour

📅 Saturday, May 23, 2026
🕧 12:30 PM & 2:30 PM

Explore highlights from the Anderson Collection on a free guided tour of the galleries. No registration required.

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