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…great way to relax and enjoy select virtual tours, engaging lectures and artist talks, fun art-making projects, and many more activities we’ve chosen for you. We know that there is no substitute to experiencing art in person, and we are eager to welcome you again in the museums. In the meantime, we invite you to watch, explore, listen and read the highlights of what has made it possible for us to stay connected in this “new normal.” Please share…

…-effacing addition to the neighboring Cantor Arts Center, a heavy Greek Revival building. Just 40 feet away from the Cantor and its imposing Ionic columns, the Anderson Collection, by comparison, keeps a low profile. The building appears as three simple horizontal bars. The central volume, a neutral tan box, is cantilevered over a glazed ground level and topped with a small row of clerestory windows. “The massing is sympathetic to the site, and t…

…big art muscle flexing on the Peninsula. In the last five years, Stanford has built an entire “arts district” in the heart of its campus. The site includes a new museum next to the Cantor Arts Center built to house the personal collection of one local family, the Andersons. A room at Stanford’s Anderson Collection. From left to right: “Timeless Clock,” by David Smith (1957); “Lucifer” by Jackson Pollack (1947); “Transfiguration III” by Adolph Go…

…e-popping strokes of bright red and blue. Sam Francis used his signature splashes of primary colors to embellish the almost childlike depiction of himself. Conversely, Arshile Gorky used graphite and pastels to capture a stern and serious visage. Ellsworth Kelly employed ink on paper to portray himself in a contemplative pose, while Franz Kline’s dark, pensive face is branded with a large black “K.” All provide insights into the…

…as 3 years old. Her work often considers the relationship between her adopted country and the Philippines, which the United States ruled as a colony for nearly 50 years. She is keenly aware of how images have shaped our understanding of history and how the manipulation and interpretation of images have served a long-running, systemic infrastructure of white supremacy. “Stephanie gives us a creative and intellectual entry point into the issues of…

Stepping into the Wisch Family Gallery at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University evokes a polar desert’s quiet and dangerous beauty. Centered amidst  large-scale photographs of a pristine white, icy environment, an otherworldly ultramarine-blue sphere measuring slightly over 3 feet in diameter rests on a bed of what appears to be snow. The sphere, representing Rigil Kentaurus, the third-brightest star in the night sky, is a key element o…