…visitors can experience 121 major works—paintings and sculptures—by 86 modern and contemporary American artists, the magnificent gift of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and their daughter, Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. Designed by Richard Olcott of Ennead Architects, the 33,000-square-foot structure, adjacent to the Cantor Arts Center, includes a library, a conference room, offices and storage space. Stanford is not the Andersons’ alma…

…aking 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 in art or art history. None of this is academic. But the Anderson Collection feels inexhaustible. Every room is a new theme, including California Light and Space, Funk, Hard-Edge Painting and Post-Minimalism…

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University has won a 2015 Award of Excellence, the highest level of honor, from the American Institute of Architects, New York State (AIANY). Designed by RICHARD OLCOTT/Ennead Architects, the building housing the collection is located in the heart of Stanford’s arts district. The Anderson Collection at Stanford University celebrates its first anniversary this month. The collection, a gift from Harry W. and Mar…

…intersection of visual art and performance in a collection of Cave’s Soundsuits, videos and a documentary film. The exhibition opens Sept. 14 and runs through Aug. 14, 2017. The Anderson Collection is located at 314 Lomita Drive on campus. The works in the Nick Cave exhibition are on loan from the Anderson family, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and private collectors. Genre-crossing works Cave, born in Missouri and now based in Chicago,…

…ghter) place equal attention and value on ‘drawing’ and all were excited about exhibiting works from their collection that would offer museum visitors a deeper look into the work of collection artists,” explained Linetzky. For this first exhibition, artists working in post-war America were chosen. Included are: Richard Diebenkorn, William Baziotes, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Philip Guston, Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko. L…

…derful catalog of essays. We’ve also had students contribute to wall texts for our new Jim Campbell installation and our Process and Pattern exhibition that’s now on view. Throughout the students’ process, they elected to focus on a select group of artists whose work connects to the ideas of innovation and experimentation often associated with the West Coast. They gained deeper insights into the curatorial process and workings of museums – and we…

…r 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 attend the unveiling on Monday, Oct. 28, along with her daughter Mary “Putter” Anderson Pence and granddaughter Devin Pence. Instead, it has now become an impromptu memorial to her. “Moo and Hunk believed these two works would provide more insight into the a…