Anderson Collection at Stanford University

Welcome to the Anderson Collection!
Stanford University's free museum of modern and contemporary American art

Now Open: Wed - Sun

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Free Ticket Reservation

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New Exibition:

Eamon Ore-Giron:
Non Plus Ultra

September 23, 2021 - February 20, 2022

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New Exhibition:

Sam Richardson:
Islands, Ice, and Sand

September 23, 2021 - March 13, 2022

Current Exibition:

Reaching Towards Warmer Suns

July 29, 2021 - December 5, 2021

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Ongoing Exibition:

Hostile Terrain 94

Upcoming Programs

Art Breaks With Student Guides

November 10, 2021 at Noon, PST

Second Sunday at Home

November 14, 2021 at 11:00am

Art Breaks With Student Guides

December 8, 2021 at Noon, PST

Recent News

New acquisition by David Park on view at the Anderson Collection

Stanford Arts | September 30, 2021

Bay Area Visual Art Exhibitions Not to Miss this Fall

KQED | September 1, 2021

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Vija Celmins was born on this day in 1938 in Riga,

Vija Celmins was born on this day in 1938 in Riga, Latvia.

Upon the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, her parents fled with Vija and her older sister to Germany, then under the Nazi regime. In 1948, the Church World Service relocated the family to the United States, where her father found work as a carpenter, and her mother in a hospital as a laundress.

Vija was ten, and spoke no English, which caused her to focus on drawing, leading her teachers to encourage further creativity and painting. Celmins is best known for photo-realistic paintings and drawings of natural environments such as the ocean, spider webs, rocks, and star fields, as evidenced above in Barrier.

[Vija Celmins, Barrier, 1985-1986, oil and wax on linen] #VijaCelmins #onthisday

We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of ar

We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of artist and educator Manuel Neri earlier this week. Neri was best known for his life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble, and an example of this, Makida III (1997), is currently #onview. Find context on the work below and then visit for a closer look at this and other Neri works.

Sidney Simon, PhD’18 writes “Makida III, a carving of [Makiko] Nakamura’s head in veined Carrara marble, suggests a synthesis of Eastern and Western artistic traditions. Its larger-than-life scale and placid expression evoke the contemplative mood of temple statuary found in the Eastern tradition. The polished stone is partially masked with gestural strokes of bright pink-and-green paint used to set off her traditional Japanese hairstyle. When the figure is viewed from behind, the undulating shapes and energetic brushstrokes of her hair seem to morph into abstraction.

In the late 1970s Neri began making regular trips to Carrara, Italy. He established a studio there in 1981 in order to readily access marble from the city’s famed quarries. Neri’s practice was profoundly affected by his proximity to the sculptural traditions of Western civilization, from the art of ancient Etruscans and classical antiquity to the haunting figures of Italian modernists Alberto Giacometti and Marino Marini. In Carrara Neri also met the artist Makiko Nakamura, who would inspire a rich series of work. Nakamura posed for Neri wearing traditional Japanese clothing and hairstyles. Neri’s Makiko series emphasizes his interest in the anonymity of the body as form, as opposed to the individuality of portraiture, though here the body is imbued with an unmistakable Eastern exoticism. The drawings from the Japanese Dancer series, for example, emphasize a generalized sense of movement, suppleness, and coded cultural symbolism.”

[Manuel Neri, Makida III, 1997, Marble and oil-based enamel, 24 x 16 x 22 in.]

Tom Holland’s Votto (1979) is ready to greet you

Tom Holland’s Votto (1979) is ready to greet you by the staircase. Come say hello this week Wed-Sun 11am-5pm 👋

There’s no #NationalDessertDay without Wayne Thi

There’s no #NationalDessertDay without Wayne Thiebaud 🎂✨

Thiebaud is well known for his images of food. In Candy Counter, pictured here, Thiebaud heightens the intensity of the color so that orange and green candies seem to vibrate with brightness. He virtually frosts the surface of the canvas with paint to suggest the rippling of fudge or the stickiness of caramel.

[Wayne Thiebaud, Candy Counter, 1962]

What does it mean to be seen? Join us this Sunday

What does it mean to be seen?

Join us this Sunday Oct 10th to explore the nature of identity and create a unique artwork inspired by Ebony G. Patterson’s ...for those who came to bear witness…(2018-2019), now on view in 'Paper Chase: Ten Years of Collecting Prints, Drawings, and Photographs' over at @cantorarts

[Ebony G. Patterson, ...for those who came to bear witness..., 2018-2019, 16 fabric panels with direct archival dye and dye sublimation printing, with hand sewing, appliqué beads, box pleating, quilting, embroidery, Devore, Fortuny pleating, bound as and artist's book with removable binding closure]

Join us for a special conversation between Eamon O

Join us for a special conversation between Eamon Ore-Giron, the 2020-22 @Stanford Presidential Visiting Artist, and Jason Linetzky, director of the Anderson Collection on October 1st at 6:30pm.

Ore-Giron will discuss his practice and newest body of work on view at The Anderson. This event will take place outside, on the lawn between the Anderson Collection and the Cantor Arts Center. Seating is limited (feel free to bring a picnic blanket!)

The museum will stay open until 8 pm and registration is required for all visitors to the museum.

Sam Richardson: Islands, Ice, and Sand is now on v

Sam Richardson: Islands, Ice, and Sand is now on view!

Richardson, a California native, created small-scaled, finely crafted poetic sculptures that influenced a generation of artists and students. His representations of uninhabited landscape and geologic forms carry new relevance as they evoke questions of environmental change, migration, borders, and home.

Book your timed ticket at our link in bio, and remember the Anderson Collection is always free!

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1 more day✨

[Robert Therrien, No title (flagpole), 1985]

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