The Anderson Collection at Stanford University is a museum unlike any other, with its remarkable collection and the deep imprint of its founding family who understood what it means to live with and love art.
Since its opening in 2014, the Anderson Collection has become a home to thousands of students, faculty, staff, artists, and community members. It is a place that invites anyone to have a direct experience with masterworks and to be in relationship with extraordinary artists in a welcoming environment.
Marking the milestone of its 10th Anniversary, the museum is celebrating its roots while introducing new perspectives on the collection and laying the groundwork for the next decade. Join us for a year of special anniversary exhibitions and events!
![[STANFORD, CA] — October 6, 2022: Stanford Arts hosts 2022 Party on the Edge at Cantor Art Museum and the Anderson Collection.](https://anderson.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2022.10.06_Party-on-the-Edge-Stanford-Arts-106-300x200.jpg "Party on the Edge 2022")
PUBLICATION
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS
The 10th Anniversary catalogue, Home is Where the Art Is, available at the Anderson Collection, showcases the love of living with art and the dynamic experiences one has with art at home within the museum. It features essays by graduate students Emily Chun, Christian Gonzalez Ho, and Dejan Vasic, and Kim Biel, Stanford lecturer and associate director of ITALIC, and Richard Olcott, architect of the Anderson Collection building and partner at Ennead Architects.
Available for purchase at the museum lobby.
$25 members / $30 non-members
EXHIBITIONS
The exhibitions marking this anniversary year reflect the Andersons' profound love for art and their foundational relationships with artists, gallerists, and scholars. These installations endeavor to reimagine the concept of home within the museum, offering fresh insights into the permanent collection through contemporary pairings and underscoring the unique experiences the museum space can offer. From a recreation of the Anderson family kitchen to dynamic interactions with art on the Stanford campus, these exhibitions invite visitors to discover a place of respite, reflection, inspiration, and connection.
BRINGING IT HOME
Now through February 16, 2025
First Floor, Wisch Family Gallery
The Anderson family home was a vibrant nexus for art discussions and shared meals, and fostered a rich tapestry of community and conversation. Bringing It Home is a celebration of living with art and foundational relationships between influential artists and the Anderson family.
Image: Philip Guston, Holiday Cheer (Christmas Card), 1978, oil on canvas, 12 3/4 x 16 1/2 in., Family Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson.
AN EXPANDED LENS
Now through August 17, 2025
Second Floor Galleries and Lobby
An Expanded Lens invites viewers to reimagine their relationship to artwork in the Anderson Collection by pairing collection works with contemporary loans from the Anderson family. This exhibition showcases the voices, new perspectives, and curatorial collaboration of Stanford art history graduate students.
Image: Julie Mehretu, Ariel, 2006, ink and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120 in., Family Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson.
COMING SOON: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
March 19 – August 31, 2025
Wisch Family Gallery
In the spring, the Anderson Collection will introduce The Journey Continues, a celebration of contemporary women artists that adds new dimensions to the story of modern and contemporary art told by the museum. The exhibition will feature established and emerging artists such as Sadie Barnette, Dee Clements, Sarah Crowner, Sheila Hicks, and several others, highlighting works made within the last ten years. The featured art is formally and materially inventive across sculptures, ceramics, weaving, textile work, and mixed media. As part of the museum’s anniversary year programming, this exhibition helps chart a direction for the second decade that invites contemporary artists to dialogue with the museum’s core collection. The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from March 19-August 31, 2025.
WINNER! CLYFFORD STILL'S 1957-J No.1 (PH-142)
Artist Clyfford Still refused to title his paintings, preferring instead to identify his work using a system of dates, numbers, and letters. He believed words could inhibit vision, and preferred that viewers be left to their own imaginings.
RUNNER-UP: VIJA CELMINS' BARRIER
“The images are not from observations of nature, but are ’found images’ from old magazines, books, and photos. Thus they are already flattened and a step removed from nature. My work lies between intimacy and distance” - Vija Celmins
