…o see things the same way. Hunk and I have never asked one another 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…

…your expectations — up a level. After entering the building’s main lobby — which will cost you nothing as the Anderson is free — you will ascend a grand staircase that plateaus at the building’s collection floor. Upon arrival, prepare to be confronted by the imposing red, black and ivory crags of Clyfford Still’s monumental1957-J No. 1 (PH-142). Still’s uncompromising masterpiece sets the tone and sends a…

Pollock’s Lucifer now resides at Stanford University and is welcoming visitors. The news is of significance to everyone for reasons described in this article. Lucifer, the crown jewel of the Anderson Collection, moved to Stanford with a retinue of 120 colorful accomplices he’s befriended while living at the Andersons’ residence. The whole gang is now happily installed in a custom-designed museum on the Stanford campus. With ro…

…hout the United States and Europe. She has recently been featured in group exhibitions at the San Francisco Arts Commission, Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco), and Parts & Labor (Beacon). Semo had three gallery solo shows in 2019: one at Marlborough Contemporary (New York) in January, one at Jessica Silverman Gallery (San Francisco) in March, and one at Ribordy Thetaz (Geneva) in November. She opened her first solo museum exhibition…

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

…aesthetic kinship. Stand behind David Smith‘s silver sculpture “Timeless Clock” (1957) – not that it really has a back side – and on a wall opposite, you see a startling family resemblance in Kline’s similarly choppy 1952 painted composition “Figure 8.” Neither the collectors nor the curators suggest that the later work was made – or acquired – with such a linkage in mind. But the creati…

…y 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 for a good cause. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS … The Mountain View-based arts nonprofit, Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), has…

…topping mind-blowing-ly great (the Rothkos and Jackson Pollock’s Lucifer come to mind) and others that are not—but that is fine because this is work that the Andersons themselves found interesting – it is not some greatest hits collection nor a completely vetted art-dealers’ checklist of important work. Most radically, what the Anderson hopes to achieve with its exhibited art is what inspired the Anderson family to assemble the collec…

…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 College in G…

…started as a painter in the 1950s with an abstract expressionist style, but quickly began removing all that was not essential. This resulted in his minimal “line paintings” and then canvases filled with fields of subtle gradations of color created by thousands of dots. He even tried convex canvases. Dissatisfied with paintings trapped within a frame or contained by a canvas’ edge, Irwin devised his now-iconic works that merge w…

The Anderson Collection opens to the public at its new Stanford University home this Sunday, Sept. 21, in a freestanding pavilion next to the Cantor Arts Center in the University’s growing arts district. Members of the Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection can also attend a special preview of the museum on Sept. 20. Opening day festivities will include food trucks, music, activities and digital tours. Admission is free, and while visito…