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Stanford University's free museum of modern and contemporary American art

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Homage to the Square: Diffused

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Standing Figure II

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Hunk, Moo Anderson give modern art masterpieces to Stanford

Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson didn’t know much about art – they’d dabbled in antiques – before they first visited Paris in 1964 and made their way into the Louvre. “We became so enamored with the visual experience that on the way home, we looked at each other and said, ‘How could all this have been going on and we not have been a part of it?’ ” said Harry “Hunk” Anderson. The muse…

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Anderson Collection opens to public on Sept. 21

…um on Sept. 20. Opening day festivities will include food trucks, music, activities and digital tours. Admission is free, and while visitors can reserve timed tickets online at anderson.stanford.edu, walk-up tickets will also be available. Donated by Harry W. Anderson, Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence, the Anderson Collection at Stanford University is the core of the Andersons’ private art collection, which features post-Wo…

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New acquisition by David Park on view at the Anderson Collection

…ord alumnus Richard Diebenkorn, Manuel Neri and Nathan Oliveira, who taught at Stanford. Bay Area figurative art is a particular strength of the Anderson Collection and the second Park painting is an important acquisition. A collection of essays about the painting by Nancy Boas, Helen Park Bigelow and John Seed will be available in the galleries and online at the time of the opening. The Anderson Collection reopens to the public on Sept. 22 after…

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Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure

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Anderson Collection at Stanford solidifies Bay Area’s art stature

When the Anderson Collection at Stanford University opens to the public this Sunday, visitors will be rewarded with a breathtaking introduction to one of the world’s most important private collections. The long-anticipated institution, adjacent to the Cantor Arts Center, features a formidable cache of modern and contemporary art and certifies the Bay Area’s growing international stature as a destination for lovers and scholars of 20t…

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‘Formed & Fired: Contemporary American Ceramics’ at the Anderson Collection breaks the mold

…spring 2020 and will be on view upon the museum’s reopening, hopefully in early 2021. A virtual tour of the show is available online now. “By sharing the work and voices of these contemporary artists, our visitors can engage with current issues while reflecting on work in the permanent collection,” said Jason Linetzky, director of the Anderson Collection. “Formed & Fired gives us an opportunity to present innovative sculptors who ground their…

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A new start for art at Stanford: Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection reopen

…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 capital campaigns and annual giving programs at the university for more tha…

Stanford art museums, Frost Amphitheater begin to reopen

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The Do List: Cy and David’s Picks

…very worth a visit to Stanford. Both the Anderson Collection and the Cantor are always free, so it’s one of our Cheap Thrills this week.   Sept 16 & 17: Angelica’s in Redwood City is a kind of throwback, a supper club where you can go for dinner and a show. With help from Redwood City, they’re trying something ambitious these next two days in celebration of Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16), a Mariachi Festival with Coro Redes Y Canto…

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Harry W. “Hunk” Anderson dies at 95

…he Anderson Collection at Stanford University has been seen by nearly 250,000 visitors. Every work in the museum is viewable online and the collection has grown through gifts from other members of the community. Head and hands collection Harry W. Anderson was born in Corning, New York. His father and mother immigrated to the United States from Sweden and Norway, respectively. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he attended Hobart…

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Stanford unveils the Anderson Collection: New museum dedicated to renowned works of American art

…stalled on the lawn between the two museums. The sculpture, on loan from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is an interesting bridge between the old museum — founded as a tribute to Leland Stanford Junior — and the Anderson Collection, a tribute to the artistic passion and dedication of the Anderson family. Once accessible to a select few, the Anderson Collection is now free and available to us all. That is a gift that keeps on g…

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Eamon Ore-Giron Named to Presidential Residency at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University

…as Suprematism, Futurism and the Color Field painters of the New York School. “Something I’ve been interested in is this idea of Pan-Americanism, an aesthetic rooted in the Americas that moves forward and generates discussion globally but is also aware of its past,” Ore-Giron said when his mural Angelitos Negros was commissioned for Made in L.A. 2018, the Hammer Museum’s biennial exhibition. His work, which also spans sculpture, video and collabo…