…Wisch documenting the collection, the Anderson family’s passion for collecting and their commitment to share the works of art with the community. Pop Art from the Anderson Collection at SFMOMA is an exhibition of 10 works, including Robert Indiana’s iconic 1973 painting Love and Andy Warhol’s 1967 self-portrait, celebrating the opening of the Anderson Collection and underscoring the family’s generosity throughout the region (through Oct. 26, 2015…

…f the stairwell, Clyfford Still’s “1957-J No. 1 (PH-142)” roars before you. The painting is loud and monumental. It works like a bolt of lightning, as swaths of red, blue and white rip across the canvas, shaking you free from the outside world. What’s brilliant about Still’s painting is also what’s exceptional about the Anderson Collection overall: It is a visceral, aesthetic experience, which sweeps you off your feet no matter your background i…

…t dinner, chaired by Andrea Hennessy, wife of university President John Hennessy, drew hundreds eager to see the works on display, such as Jackson Pollock’s “Lucifer” and Clyfford Still’s “1957-J No. 1,” and to chat with more than a dozen artists whose works hang on the walls, including Frank Stella, Charles Arnoldi and David Sultan. Collectors and philanthropists mingled with no fewer than five museum directors past and present: Connie Wolf of t…

…(1947), by Jackson Pollock, and Red in Red (1955), by Sam Francis, in the Anderson collection, made Cartmell see how works of art “can be made up of numerous small elements, coming together to form a larger image, much like cells coming together to form an organ or tissue.” Interesting to many of the students was the story of Francis, one of the most acclaimed post-World War II painters in America. “Francis planned on becoming a doctor, but was i…

…s, antique shops and yard sales: buttons, beads and brass fittings, sequins, toys and old, fraying afghans. Each item he finds holds a story — the energetic imprint from every previous owner, which he assembles into his Soundsuits. In that way, it can be said that Soundsuits are formed from memories. The Chicago artist’s creations are part sculpture and ornament, armor and instrument and are often worn as costumes and performed in. Th…

If you’d been dragging your feet on getting to Palo Alto for the Anderson Collection’s Nick Cave exhibition (of Soundsuits, not Bad Seeds fame), now is the time. In addition to person-sized sculptures made for shimmying, the free collection displays Abstraction and the Movies March 1-17 only. Curated by current Stanford undergrad Carlos Valladares, Abstraction and the Movies pairs works from the Anderson Collection with images and posters from f…

…onvergence zones encourage accumulation, including the amassing of discarded plastics in some ocean regions. The works in Convergence Zone bring together reflections on the human impact on bodies of water and how the planet responds with a spectrum of natural consequences. In the following Q&A, Jason Linetzky, director of the Anderson Collection, and Jean MacDougall, senior registrar for the museum and curator of Convergence Zone, discuss the…

…at the Anderson Collection, one of the surviving 99 spheres is on view amid a bed of salt, standing in for snow. It is accompanied by a selection of photographic works of the Antarctica installation by polar historian and artist Jean de Pomereu, a meditative 8-minute video of the ephemeral artwork by Lionel Cousin, and one painting from Albuquerque’s Auric Field series. “We’re at a moment in history where it’s essential to find universal points o…

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

…vital to the next generation of problem solvers, of people who could understand different perspectives and what it means to bring something new into the world,” says Matthew Tiews, the university’s associate dean for the advancement of the arts. Since 2006, Stanford has added three buildings—including a museum for the coveted Anderson Collection of post-war US art—to create an arts district at the front door of its campus. These facilities suppo…

Anderson Collection September 9, 2015 – March 21, 2016 \Stanford has not one but four — count ’em — four exhibitions opening on Sept. 9. Among them are a collection of Richard Diebenkorn’s sketchbooks, a newly-acquired Edward Hopper painting and artwork that “demystifies” the artistic process. The Anderson Collection turns its focus to living artists with Constructive Interference: Tauba Auerbach and Mark Fox, presenting the work of two…

…ttons, sequins, and human hair. Sometimes he puts dancers in the suits (Cave trained with Alvin Ailey) and calls it performance art. Whatever  you call it, it’s very cool stuff and very worth a visit to Stanford. Both the Anderson Collection and the Cantor are always free, so it’s one of our Cheap Thrills this week.   Sept 16 & 17: Angelica’s in Redwood City is a kind of throwback, a supper club where you can go for dinner and a show. Wi…

Stanford Office of the Vice President for the Arts stands in solidarity with Black students, colleagues, artists and activists fighting against the racial violence, inequality and systemic injustice….

…f reality that seems relatively obvious to us. The spillover effect of a body submerged in a fluid is so obvious it may go unnoticed or may appear unremarkable. Yet, when it comes to the history of American empire-building, Apsáalooke artist Wendy Red Star has made it her life’s work to revere the outlying spaces and those who have been forced to occupy them. When she first encountered John Gast’s 1872 painting American Progress in a 101 Ar…