…m directors around the region and the nation have long salivated at the prospect of receiving even a fraction of what the Andersons call their “core collection.” It includes not merely good, but supreme, canonical works by giants such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn – and stellar creations by greats perhaps less familiar, such as David Smith, Morris Louis, Philip Guston and Ellsworth Kelly….

…, emphasising the human intervention in nature. Pure ultramarine blue has vibrational quality that enthralls. It is visceral, mysterious and draws in. Lita Albuquerque with halved fiber glass sphere inside Stellar Axis, Antarctica, 2006. Photo Courtesy: Jean de Pomereu. Lita Albuquerque’s unique artistic voice is recognised by the recurring use of this pervasive blue pigment in many other projects. By utilising this color she highlights t…

…anything you want to with it, practically, from a polished, glass-like finish to a rough, broken surface.” At $3 per bag, which Neri could only sometimes afford, plaster was also a forgiving material that allowed mistakes and improvisation: a poor man’s marble that could be hacked into submission. There is a certain implied violence present in the many nicks, scrapes, and gouges that mark Neri’s plaster figures. They are evidence of the artist’s…

A&E Digest: Student scholarships, fashion for a cause and more This week’s A&E news by Elizabeth Schwyzer / Palo Alto Weekly Twenty-seven student artists from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties have been awarded scholarships for by the Community School of Music and Arts. Photo courtesy of CSMA. This week, students win art scholarships, a film on feminist art screens at Stanford and international fashion designers sell their goods…

…e second floor galleries — lit from above by a rim of semi-transparent clerestory windows — serenely perfect. The Anderson Collection building is spacious, elegant and perfectly in tune with the collection it houses. One of the effects of the flowing “open room” gallery layout is that it creates a sense of egalitarianism that encourages each visitor to experience both individual works and groupings in their own way. In oth…

…the art in their collection. Hunk Anderson described their gift as “a gift that keeps giving”. There is beauty and generosity in this dedication. May it offer many the joy of having an “art moment”. The Anderson Collection is special for many reasons. The collection is deeply personal. It was assembled by a family, not a museum curator or art consultant. It represents the personal choices and tastes of a family, and a love…

…ists” focuses on a single object in the Anderson Collection, sparking dialogue with a guest artist. This project is made possible by a grant from Stanford Arts and the Anderson Collection at Stanford University. Artist Rebekah Goldstein explores Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park #60 Rebekah Goldstein is a San Francisco-based painter. Click here to explore her work. Follow her on Instagram. Artist Marcela Pardo Ariza explores Paul Wonner’s…

The Cantor and Anderson Collection offer free membership to Class of 2020…

…he Anderson is unusual for the firm as an entirely new art facility. The buff-colored, precast concrete building is rather dull, however, subscribing to the common if dubious proposition that museum architecture must be boring to defer to the art inside. There’s a difference between deference and dullness. The best museum buildings heighten perceptual acuity. The Anderson Collection footprint is like a shallow bow tie, a shape that coyly r…

…sitors. In addition to current health policies such as mask mandates, timed tickets and social distancing rules, perhaps the most notable difference can be found at the Cantor, which is now being led by two interim directors, Elizabeth Mitchell and Maude Brezinski. Mitchell, who is the curator of prints, drawings and photographs, has worked at the museum since 2010. Brezinski is the executive director of development for the arts and has led capit…

…heading into the edge of the painting (and history) into oblivion. However, displacement of one body by another is accompanied by a corresponding resistance. Wendy Red Star: American Progress, which is currently on display at the Anderson Collection, is an example of that long and oppressive history of colonial violence while it also forefronts Native American legacies of presence and perseverance. Having grown up as part of the Apsáalooke (Crow…

…“neutral” to question how photography reflects deep-seated biases that position whiteness at its center. “This is political and activist work, because representation matters.” —Stephanie Syjuco “My work is about the slippery spaces between visibility and invisibility, made from the perspective of an American artist who was born in the Philippines, grew up in San Francisco, and takes as their subject matter larger national questions about belo…

…inward looking at his essence.” What a beautiful contrasting idea — the face you draw to represent your own face is not actually your physical face. It is who you are. Who are we when no one is watching? It was written on the walls that he was influenced by Jungian psychoanalysis. I recently read about Carl Jung, who believed in persona or social masks that we wear in public to present ourselves to others. Jung believed there was a difference bet…