…Anderson Collection. “They were really the leaders of the Abstract Expressionists in New York.” The announcement comes less than a week after the death of Mary Margaret “Moo” Anderson, who has been the main benefactor of the collection since the death of her husband, Harry W. “Hunk” Anderson, in February 2018. Moo Anderson had committed the gifts months ago, in honor of the fifth anniversary of the Anderson Collection. She had been scheduled to a…

…esy: Lita Albuquerque Her conceptual language manipulates spaces for introspection and contemplation enabling us to gain a more panoramic perspective on our existence. By intervening in the expansive landscapes whilst regarding the immensity of cosmos she aimed to deliberate the dimensionality of spacetime[2] where there is more than meets the eye. “I am interested in change of scale: how the observer affects the object of observation; spac…

…Mary Margaret (“Moo”) Anderson are the most generous of collectors and wanted the art on their walls to be used as a teaching tool. Those of us who taught modern art knew it took only a phone call to Hunk’s office to arrange a tour of the Anderson home for our classes. For me, the ideal scheduling of this tour took place near the end of the course, when students had done enough reading and writing to appreciate the breadth and u…

…Stanford, which first made its reputation as an engineering school, the building is the second of three projects to create an arts district around its flagship museum, the Cantor Center. The nearby $112 million Bing Concert Hall opened in 2013, and next year will see the completion of the $85 million McMurtry Building to house the Art and Art History Department, whose programs have been scattered across the campus near Palo Alto. The Anderson Col…

…ation most directly benefits Stanford students, teachers and scholars, admission is free and access is available to anyone. The best way for people from the Bay Area to take in the Anderson collection is to make an afternoon of it, combining it with a visit to the Cantor and perhaps a stroll to Stanford’s Memorial Court to view “Burghers of Calais,” Rodin’s stunning group sculpture of the tormented French noblemen who, leg…

…e overwhelmed by the Impressionist art on view in Paris. “On the way home, we may have had a glass of wine too much, but we decided to put together a great collection of art, starting from scratch,” Mr. Anderson says. The Andersons started with the Impressionists. Then, while living near Stanford’s campus, Stanford Prof. Albert Elsen and others piqued their interest in American abstract expressionism—”the first really grea…

…rip painting “Lucifer.” The couple offered their trove with one big string attached: They wanted to see it shown together in its own museum space, and Mr. Hennessy (unlike the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, a previous recipient of Anderson donations) agreed to fund a new building. “It’s important work, and it’s our legacy,” Mr. Anderson, 92, said. Mr. Hennessy and his team decided not to charge admission. “We wanted to send a message about a…

…he design process. “We were in the dining room, which was filled with fantastic art,” he recalls, “and Hunk said to us, ‘This is a room where you can have a feast without having a meal.’ ” Currently under construction next door is yet another art building, the McMurtry Center, which Diller + Scofidio + Renfro designed with dramatic twisting wings. Between that piquant project and the heavy Greek Revival meal next door, the comparative…

…nsists of a white, rectangular spot of paint overlaid on an expansive red background. The piece’s unconventional composition attests to Rothko’s mentality of free self-expression, whereas his bold color choice holds traces of the 1920s Surrealist movement that sought to reconcile dreams and reality. 5. “Lucifer” by Jackson Pollock As evidenced in “Lucifer,” Jackson Pollock is known for rejecting traditional oil painting methods, instead favoring…

The donation by the late Mary Margaret “Moo” Anderson comes as the museum commemorates its fifth anniversary and launches a new fundraising effort. BY BETH GIUDICESSI To mark its fifth anniversary, the Anderson Collection at Stanford University was gifted two major works of art, Jackson Pollock’s 1944 Totem Lesson 1 and Willem de Kooning’s c. 1949 Gansevoort Street, by its eponymous supporter Mary Margaret “Moo” Anderson. Anderson donate…

…llector Mary Margaret “Moo” Anderson, artist Joseph Goldyne, and gallerist Paula Kirkeby in 1978. “I am thrilled to be collaborating with Stanford graduate student Emily Chun on this exhibition and celebrating the legacy of Sam Francis by highlighting his energizing relationship to the Bay Area, acknowledging the essential role that art and community play in promoting health, well-being, and a sense of place,” said Jason Linetzky, director of the…

…xis on view through Aug. 18. In 2006, California-based environmental artist Lita Albuquerque led an expedition to the farthest reaches of Antarctica near the South Pole to create Stellar Axis: Antarctica. The journey to the ice included a team of experts, researchers, and artists, with Albuquerque at the helm. Their sole purpose was to create a sculpture and ephemeral event on an unprecedented scale and in a completely unprecedented location. T…