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Stanford University's free museum of modern and contemporary American art

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Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure

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Spotlight on Elizabeth Murray

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Kerry Tribe

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Left of Center

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Formed and Fired: Contemporary American Ceramics

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Sam Richardson: Islands, Ice, and Sand

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Eamon Ore-Giron: Non Plus Ultra

Stephanie Syjuco: White Balance/Color Cast

The Anderson Family and the Collection

The Catalogues

Accessibility & Guidelines

Presidential Residency on the Future of the Arts 2020-2021

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Anderson Collection at Stanford University to be displayed in an elegant new home

Part of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University: David Park, ‘Four Women,’ 1959, oil on canvas, 57 x 75 3/8 in., courtesy Hackett | Mill, San Francisco The Anderson Collection at Stanford University has reached another on-schedule milestone in the trek toward beginning construction this summer and opening its doors in 2014. The Stanford Board of Trustees approved Ennead Architects‘ building design at their meeting this…

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Ceremonial turning of the soil delights the Anderson family and guests

…he Andersons’ gift shortly after I accepted Stanford’s offer of admission in the spring of 2011, and it certainly added to my excitement about coming,” she said. Before coming to Stanford, Simon was a curatorial assistant at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. “As a scholar and former museum professional, I think it is invaluable for students to have direct access to premier art objects, and the Anderson Collec…

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Anderson Collection opens to public on Sept. 21

…ts, 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 Lomita Drive, and Richard Olcott of Ennea…

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A New Museum for Stanford—and a New Neighbor for Us!

…son Collection building opened at the Palo Alto campus of Stanford University—our frequent partner-in-crime when it comes to celebrating the West. Designed by the same team that created Stanford’s stellar Bing Concert Hall, the structure houses 121 works of modern and contemporary American art, all donated by Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson. Of course, we’re most excited about the pieces that have a Western flavor: three lovely Diebenkorns, a…

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Best of San Francisco 2015: Culture

Arty Reason to Visit Palo Alto: The Anderson Collection Stanford University is now home to a prized assemblage of 20th Century American art thanks to generous Palo Alto collectors Harry and Mary Margaret Anderson and their daughter, Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. Doing the only thing a grateful beneficiary could do in the face of such an important endowment, which includes works by such blue chip artists as Jackson Pollock, Wayne Thiebaud, and El…

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Stanford’s Anderson Collection wins prestigious architecture award

…n 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 Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence, and is one of the world’s most outstanding private assemblies of modern and contemporary American art. AIANY has recognized outstanding works of architecture through its annual Design Awards Program each y…

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Suit Yourself

SUIT YOURSELF It’s been a decade since Jason Linetzky, director of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, first encountered Nick Cave’s famed “Soundsuits.” “I was struck by how present the works were, the material choices and how Cave’s assemblage brought up memories and assigned new meaning,” he recalls. “They make us look, examine, question what we are seeing.” In September, the Anderson Collection opened an exhibition, N ic k Cave…