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Presidential Residency on the Future of the Arts 2020-2021

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

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

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Eamon Ore-Giron: Non Plus Ultra

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Barrier

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Infinite Regress CLXXXIII

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Hunk, Moo Anderson give modern art masterpieces to Stanford

…nother to give up and say, ‘I’m going to buy it whether you like it or not.’ There’s too much good art to be had to argue about something that one of us doesn’t really like.” Call them Hunk and Moo At first, some people might feel uncomfortable addressing two of America’s most esteemed contemporary art collectors as Hunk and Moo. But both of them insist on the monikers – and all who meet the Anderso…

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Four Women

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black painting

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The Tale

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Sky Garden

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Window

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New acquisition by David Park on view at the Anderson Collection

…sition by David Park on view at the Anderson Collection The museum reopens to the public on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. ROBIN WANDER | September 15, 2021 Late last year, the Anderson Collection at Stanford University received a gift from two individuals, one who has been giving the gift of time to the museum for years and the other an alumnus. Keith Jantzen and his husband, Scott Beth, ’82, donated Untitled (Portrait of Tom Jefferson), 19…

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

…erson Collection at Stanford University. An exhibition of ceramics highlights artists who are reshaping ceramics in concept and craftsmanship. The exhibition – which features 11 works by Kathy Butterly, Kahlil Robert Irving, Simone Leigh and Brie Ruais – was postponed from 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 the…

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The Museum of Hunk, Moo & Putter: The Anderson Collection at Stanford will Rock You

…bility to provide a meaningful encounter with the art it presents. Which is why The Anderson as successful it is in the experience it provides is worth a visit. In the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, one still has the opportunity to commune with Hunk, Moo and Putter’s treasures and see, taste and feel how Art rocks your brain. I am an award-winning journalist and producer who has created print, video and online media content for In…

How the Stanford Arts District grew from a midair inspiration

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Forms That Don’t Yet Exist: Kiyan Williams Interviewed by Louis Bury

…and, without disagreeing with it, I felt clear that it wasn’t the thing I was going to do. A set of human hands inserts a mud hand into plastic wrapping. Kiyan Williams on site at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University installing Reaching Towards Warmer Suns, July 29–December 5, 2021. Photo by Andrew Brodhead. Courtesy of Stanford University. LB How do you understand your way of working in relation to predecessors? KW The additive way th…

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

…faculty and the community over the course of the fall, winter and spring quarters. The residency will culminate in an exhibition of Ore-Giron’s work in spring 2021, giving new context to objects already on view at the Anderson Collection. Ore-Giron will lead a virtual panel discussion in October 22, exploring how the work of artists of color is framed in institutional settings and will organize a two-part curated film series with the first sessi…

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Free Museums’ Membership for the Class of 2020!

The Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection at Stanford University miss seeing you. We are eager to welcome you back to campus, share art and connect over ideas. Now through August 31, 2020, we are offering all Stanford graduates in the class of 2020 one year of free Ambassador membership ($100 value*) to both museums. Each membership covers up to two adults and children within a single household. To get your FREE membership, fill out t…

On Elite Campuses, an Arts Race