Exhibitions & Programs
Current Exhibitions

Coming soon: Hostile Terrain 94
Dates subject to change Hostile Terrain 94 is a participatory art project sponsored and organized by the Undocumented Migration Project. The installation is composed of more than 3000 hand-written toe tags, each representing a migrant who has died trying to cross the US-Mexico border at the Sonoran Desert of Arizona between the mid-1990s and 2019. […]

Formed and Fired: Contemporary American Ceramics
Ceramics have played a fundamental role in the lives of many for centuries, as objects rooted in ritual, utility, and decoration. The medium of clay and the variety of finishing processes allows for infinite, and at times, unexpected expressive forms. This exhibition presents the work of four groundbreaking contemporary artists whose practices provide insight into […]

Left of Center
From the beginning, a sense of place and a meaningful connection to the American West—or, “Left Coast”—have been prominent themes in the Anderson’s collecting practice. Left of Center: Five Years of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University celebrates the fifth anniversary of the museum and demonstrates the distinct relationship between artists in the collection and […]

Jim Campbell
Contemporary artist Jim Campbell uses technology to filter images of daily life, mediating the audience’s encounter with his subjects and amplifying the flow of time and memory. While many of Campbell’s public projects have been physically sweeping in scale, such as Day for Night (2018) atop the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, this exhibition focuses […]
Past Lectures

June 10, 2020
Up Close: One Painting Tours With Artists
A project of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University
February 6, 2019
[VIDEO] Roberta Smith and Jason Andrew
The Burt and Deedee McMurtry Lecture: Critic Roberta Smith and Curator Jason Andrew in conversation on Elizabeth Murray with an Eye on Art Today.
April 23, 2018
[VIDEO] Judy Chicago
The Burt and Deedee McMurtry Lecture: The artist in conversation with Marci Kwon, Assistant Professor of Art History.
March 9, 2017
[VIDEO] Nick Cave
The Burt and Deedee McMurtry Lecture: Artist Nick Cave in conversation with Harry Elam, Senior Vice Provost for Education and Vice President for the Arts, Stanford University.
March 10, 2016
[VIDEO] Robert Irwin: Why Art?
The Burt and Deedee McMurtry Lecture
May 12, 2015
[VIDEO] Wayne Thiebaud: Painted Worlds
The Inaugural Burt and Deedee McMurtry LectureUpcoming Programs

March 10, 2021
Art Breaks With Student Guides | Layering Perspectives: The Mindset of Creativity, Innovation, and Meaning
With Anuhea Parker, Management Science and Engineering Major & Creative Writing- Poetry Minor ‘22
March 14, 2021
Second Sunday at Home
Join us for Second Sunday at Home in March
March 24, 2021
Art Breaks With Student Guides | Art as a Language
With Alyssa Diaz, Art Practice Major & Modern Language Minor ‘22
April 11, 2021
Second Sunday at Home
Join us for Second Sunday at Home in April