…n has artwork from 86 different artists, including Philip Guston, Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko and Wayne Thiebaud. One of the Collection’s more notable works is Jackson Pollock’s “Lucifer” (1947), an oil and enamel drip painting on canvas. Jason Linetzky, who acted as the manager for the private collection while it was housed at the family’s Bay Area ranch home, will serve as the Anderson Collection’s director. The Collection is located at 314 Lomi…

…Anderson Collection has an edge in historical importance with key works by Clyfford Still (a towering influence on midcentury Bay Area art), Ellsworth Kelly, Franz Kline, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn and, most significantly, Jackson Pollock – his 1947 “Lucifer” being probably the most coveted object the family has ever collected. There are only about 100 modern and contemporary artworks in the two-story, 33,500-square-foot…

…based arts nonprofit, Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), has announced the names of 27 students who have been awarded scholarships for the continued study of visual art. The students, who range from first to eighth grade, come from Santa Clara and San Mateo County Schools, and were nominated by their classroom teachers based on their talent, hard work and demonstrated interest in art. The stduetns will be invited to take part in CSMA art…

…ny Odell, Chris Sollars and student artist Roger Ourthiage Jr. present three solo exhibitions over the course of one weekend. Odell’s The Bureau of Suspended Objects, a fictional archive of things once used, now discarded, includes scanable QR codes, collages and information gathered by the artist on each object. For Sollars’ Castaways, scavenged material becomes props and backdrops for video works, with the artist acting as playful protagonist….

…ng of works on paper by several of the artists in the collection shown salon-style, which is to say in groupings on the wall. There were engaging works by Elizabeth Murray, Wallace Berman (a favorite of mine), Ed Ruscha and Terry Winters among others. Upstairs on the second level were selections from the Anderson collection organized along such lines as Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Abstraction, Light and Space, and Contemporary Painting. Beca…

…hibitions soon. Our membership has been affected, but in comparison to our peers, we have maintained a very good base. Aside from the resignations that occurred last fall/early winter, the staff has remained very stable,” she said. There have also been changes in the past few years for the Anderson Collection, mainly the deaths of founders “Hunk” and “Moo” Anderson. According to Linetzky, their passing has only stren…

…n 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), 1957, by the Bay Area artist David Park (1911-60). The painting will be on view when the museum reopens on Sept. 22, 2021. “I am extremely grateful to Keith Jantzen and Scott Beth for their generous gift to the Anderson Collection,” said Jason Linetzky, director of the museum. “T…

…u see the works of the real names. In the Anderson household, “Lucifer” hung upon the wall over their daughter’s bed throughout her teenage years, as I read from a book in the gallery describing the Anderson collection. How lovely it must have been to wake up to the colors and the lines of “Lucifer” everyday. There was a piece that looked like a Rorschach inkblot, a large chaotic dark shape on a white background. Like Rorshcach, who asked people…