Wednesday, December 30, 2015

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…

Edward Hopper: New York Corner

Cantor Arts Center11AM-5PM, closed Tuesdays

Edward Hopper pioneered an American impressionism that captured the essence of streetside life in New York City during the early 20th century.…

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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…

Warriors, Courtiers, and Saints: The Etchings of Jacques Callot

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

During his brief career, Jacques Callot (France, 1592–1635) challenged the old assumption that printmakers were incapable of inventing original…

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…

Emma

Lucie Stern Theatre & Community Center2:00pm

The tale of the princess marrying her prince is one of those archetypal stories that never suffers from a fresh approach in the retelling. On…

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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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Stefano Della Bella: Capriccio and Fantasy

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

During the 17th century, Europeans voraciously collected prints for their capacity to instruct and entertain. This installation features a selection…

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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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Piranesi's Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

The exhibition presents 15 stunning drawings by the celebrated Italian printmaker, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778). Regarded as landmarks…

Empathy

Cantor Arts CenterOpen: Wed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues

August 12, 2015 to January 25, 2016 "Empathy" entered the English language via aesthetics and psychology in the late 19th century. Today, empathy…

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Artists at Work

Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues

This major exhibition will include some 100 European and American prints, drawings, and photographs drawn from the Cantor’s rich collection.…

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

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

This installation of 17 prints, drawings, and photographs explores how French artists depicted the landscape in the modern age and approached…

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