Monday, February 01, 2016

Figuration/Abstraction: Highlights from the Collection

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

One of the questions posed by "Figuration/Abstraction" is this: "Isn’t all art an abstraction of what it represents, to a greater or lesser…

Into the Forest: Landscape as Subject and Studio in 19th-Century France

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

This installation of prints, drawings, and photographs explores how French artists depicted the landscape in the modern age and approached making…

Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

This exhibition presents the sketchbooks of celebrated 20th-century painter Richard Diebenkorn—Stanford’s most accomplished and recognized…

Susan O'Malley: You Are Exactly Where You Need to Be, Part II

San Jose Institute of Contemporary ArtTue-Fri 10am-5pm Sat-Sun 12pm-5pm

February 20 – May 22, 2016 Opening Reception Sunday, February 28, 2016, 2-4pm Free and open to the public. Guided Meditation: In Memory…

Word as Image: Highlights from the Marmor Collection

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of "Word as Image II," the new exhibit at Stanford University's Cantor Center…

Speed and Power

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

Giacomo Balla's Disintegration x Speed (1913) could have easily served as inspiration for the Cantor exhibit Speed and Power. The painting expresses…

On Top of the Game

de Saisset Museum11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Long before the 49ers built Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara--before they built a dynasty at Candlestick Park--there was another team that dominated…

Missing Persons

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

The diverse works in this exhibition, including some 50 photographs, prints, artist books, and historical ephemera, dramatize the loss of those…

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Red Horse: Drawings of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

This exhibition presents 12 ledger drawings by Red Horse, a Minneconjou Lakota Sioux warrior who fought against Custer and the 7th Cavalry at…

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Showing Off: Identity and Display in Asian Costume

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

Fashion is a form of language. What we wear broadcasts critical information about us and serves as a visible indicator of social rank, profession,…

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Mining the Ancient

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

Artists throughout the ages have looked to the past to unearth inspiration. Mining the Ancient presents the work of six contemporary artists…

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Gold Rush

de Saisset Museum11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Guest curated by Chris Sicat, Gold Rush brings together works by nationally and internationally recognized artists to explore the history of…