Anderson Collection at Stanford University

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“Impressive… Contemplative… Distinguished” – LA Times

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

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Experience a focused presentation of the work of celebrated contemporary artist Susan Rothenberg.

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Patty Chang: surfacing

Opening September 17

Patty Chang: surfacing engages the ocean as a physical, geopolitical, and symbolic space.

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Welcoming Interim Director Anne Shulock

July 16, 2026

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Anderson Collection’s founding director steps down

Stanford Report | July 2, 2026

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

The "picture-taker." Leo Holub, who founded Stanf

The "picture-taker."

Leo Holub, who founded Stanford's photography program, made portraits of more than 100 prominent American artists and created a rich portfolio of campus, city, and nature images.

Holub built Stanford's darkrooms in 1969 and began teaching the following year. He was proud of his students, a number of whom went on to successful careers as photographers and teachers. (By his estimate, he taught some 4,500 Stanford students before retiring in 1980.)

From 1986 to 1996, Harry and Mary Margaret Anderson commissioned Holub to create portraits of more than 100 American artists in their collection, including Wayne Thiebaud, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, and Claes Oldenburg. The resulting limited-edition portfolio ranks among the finest examples of artist portraiture.

Images by Leo Holub:
📷 Susan Rothenberg, Bruce Nauman, Galisteo, NM, 1992
📷 Martin Puryear, Accord, NY, 1992
📷 William T. Wiley, Woodacre, CA, 1994
📷 Agnes Martin, Galisteo, NM, 1992
📷 Wayne Thiebaud, Brisbane, CA, 1994
📷 Lynda Benglis, NY, 1986
📷 Peter Voulkos, Oakland, CA, 1994

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“1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erik achng Sh

“1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erik achng Shuch”: Now Closed (Thank you for a great run)

It's bittersweet, but we thank you for all the beautiful moments shared on this journey. Thank you to the thousands of participants who made bowls and shared their stories, and to the thousands of visitors who appreciated the exhibition.

Stay tuned for more exciting news coming soon!

📚 Storytime is back at the museum! Museum Mini

📚 Storytime is back at the museum!

Museum Minis returns for another morning of art and storytime for children ages five and younger and their caregivers. Featuring engaging books inspired by the elements of art — line, color, shape, and texture — this program invites families to look closely and connect these ideas to artworks in the museum’s collection.

This month, enjoy a reading of "Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler" by Elizabeth Brown, a story about how the artist overcame challenges, eventually creating a new painting style.

No RSVP necessary; walk-ins welcome!

📅 Monday, August 17
🕚 11:15 AM
📍 Anderson Collection
🎟️ Free admission. No RSVP necessary—walk-ins welcome!

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What can we say? Visiting the Anderson Collection

What can we say? Visiting the Anderson Collection is **kinda chic**

Come in and make it an occasion.

Hours 🕐
Thu–Mon: 11 AM–5 PM
Tue–Wed: Closed

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Artist Highlight: Tony Berlant Tony Berlant becam

Artist Highlight: Tony Berlant

Tony Berlant became famous for his "found-metal" collages. He uses tin snips, hammers, and thousands of tiny steel brads to nail vibrant, sliced pieces of signage and metal onto plywood.

The house, like the one in "Dutch Landscape," 1986, currently on view at Anderson Collection, is a significant motif in his work. Early in his career, Tony Berlant discovered a discarded birdhouse that became an important turning point in his artistic practice. He saw the object as an “evocative icon”—a “world within a world” that functioned as a physical surrogate for the self.

📷“Tony Berlant,” Warhol, Andy, 1973
🖼Tony Berlant, Dutch Landscape, 1986
Metal on plywood.
📷Installation view courtesy of the Anderson Collection
📷Installation view courtesy of the Anderson Collection
📷Installation view courtesy of the Anderson Collection
📷Patrick T. Fallon/ For The Times

Pictures don't do it justice. Come see the beautiful details of "Dutch Landscape " in person.

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Two weeks left to experience "1,000 Ways to Hold."

Two weeks left to experience "1,000 Ways to Hold." CLOSING AUGUST 17!

Don't miss "1,000 Ways to Hold," the culmination of a year-long participatory project by Stanford Arts’ 2025–26 Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch, rooted in conversation and clay. Developed in response to a moment shaped by loneliness, fragmentation, and uncertainty, the project proposes a tender, human-scale intervention: two people at a time sit together, shape ceramic bowls in pairs, and reflect on the question, What have you held, and what has held you? Created across campus in classrooms, community spaces, and everyday gathering sites, the bowls are embedded with digital traces that capture the intimacy of these shared encounters. In this exhibition at the Anderson Collection, the bowls are gathered and activated, inviting visitors to listen, touch, and engage with a living archive of connection. Together, they form both an artwork and a collective portrait—evidence of how small acts of making and listening can hold memory, care, and community.

Visit the Wisch Family Gallery before the exhibition closes on August 17.

✨ What’s Happening in August at the Stanford A

✨ What’s Happening in August at the Stanford Art Museums? ✨

Here’s what’s coming up this month:

🎉 Wednesday, August 6
New Exhibitions Open at the Cantor Arts Center
Explore three new exhibitions:
📚 Archive Room: Irene Poon and Charles Wong
📚 Archive Room: Amalia Mesa-Bains
🎥 Carolyn Lazard: Long Take

👀 Monday, August 10 | 1–2 PM
Tour of 1,000 Ways to Hold
Join Ellen Oh for a special tour of Erika Chong Shuch’s participatory exhibition at the Anderson Collection.

✏️ Friday, August 14 & August 28 | 12–1 PM
Drop-In Drawing
Sketch your way through the galleries! All ages and skill levels welcome.

📚 Monday, August 17 | 11:15 AM–12:15 PM
Museum Minis
Enjoy art-inspired storytime for little ones and their caregivers.

🔍 Thursday, August 20 | 6 PM
Highlights Tour of Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
Join Assistant Curator of Photography and New Media, Maggie Dethloff, for a closer look at the exhibition.

🌏 Thursday, August 27
In Focus: Asian American Art from the Collection Opens
Discover works by artists of Asian descent from the Cantor’s growing collection.

✨ And don’t forget our weekly tours! ✨
Join us throughout August for guided experiences at both museums:

🏛️ Cantor Arts Center
• Cantor Highlights Tours — Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays at 1 PM and Saturdays & Sundays at 3 PM
• Rodin Tours — Fridays & Saturdays at 11:30 AM

🎨 Anderson Collection
• Anderson Spotlight Tours — Thursdays at noon & 12:30 PM
• Anderson Highlights Tours — Saturdays & Sundays at 12:30 PM & 2:30 PM

📍Plan your visit and discover what’s happening this month!

Mark Tansey’s "Yosemite Falls (Homage to Watkins

Mark Tansey’s "Yosemite Falls (Homage to Watkins)," 1993, pays tribute to the iconic Yosemite photographs of Carleton Watkins, whose images helped shape America's early conservation movement. By reimagining one of the nation's most celebrated natural landmarks, Tansey invites us to reflect on how art influences the way we see, value, and protect the natural world.

📍 On view at the Anderson Collection. Admission is always free.

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