Campus Stories - Art & Art History
Imagining the Universe: Cosmology in Art and Science series launches with words
OCT. 27 – Out of this world: Italo Calvino’s Cosmicomics Author Italo Calvino’s whimsical view of the universe will be explored at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 at Stanford Humanities Center as part of Stanford’s “Another Look” book club and in conjunction with the series Imagining the Universe. Acclaimed author Robert Pogue Harrison, professor of…
Stanford’s new player piano collection brings sounds of history to life
The Golden Age of player pianos has dawned on the Farm. Stanford University recently acquired the Denis Condon Collection of Reproducing Pianos and Rolls, a private collection of more than 7,500 rolls and 10 player pianos – among the most important of its kind. Experts in the field are working along with faculty and staff…
‘Stanford in New York City’ to launch autumn 2015
Stanford will accept applications in early December for the inaugural quarter of Stanford in New York City, an undergraduate program in which students will use the city as their laboratory – taking courses; working in internships in the arts, design, architecture and urban studies; going on field trips and attending cultural events. The program, designed…
Windhover contemplation center now open
When visitors walk into Windhover, the first painting they’ll see is Big Red, a large abstract oil painting of a kestrel flying in a red sky, a work that artist Nathan Oliveira returned to again and again over the 25 years it stood in his studio. Oliveira, who died in 2010, was an internationally acclaimed…
Welcome Back!
On Sept. 21 the Anderson Collection at Stanford University officially opened its doors, following a week of celebratory events. Over 3,000 visitors enjoyed this amazing new campus resource during the opening weekend. And then the next day classes started – and Professor Pamela Lee’s Abstract Expressionism seminar held its first session in the Anderson Collection…
Opening this month!
The Anderson Collection at Stanford University has been packing as well – crating 121 exemplary works of modern and contemporary art and moving them from the Andersons’ private collection to their new home in Stanford’s arts district. The team has been working hard all summer long receiving and installing the works – by Jackson Pollock,…
Stanford library’s punk poster art collection revives ’80s musical history
The Stanford University Libraries host an impressive set of archival music collections ranging from 16th-century lute music to Dixieland jazz. Now, an unlikely cast of characters joins their ranks, as San Francisco punk stalwarts like Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys cozy up next to the likes of Jascha Heifetz on the library shelves. Unlike…
Stanford art historian explores the shocking yet affirmative power of gay imagery
News coverage of recent milestones in gay rights routinely includes images of happy same-sex couples kissing in celebration. But according to Stanford art historian Richard Meyer, visuals of same-sex kisses and other gay images do much more than illustrate happy moments. In making formerly private content public, such scenes “help to create queer culture by…
Works from American art giants enter Stanford’s permanent collection
When Connie Wolf took over the helm at the Cantor Arts Center in 2012, she began seeking out opportunities to build on the Cantor’s strong collections and its legacy. Under her leadership, the museum recently experienced a dramatic expansion of its collection through three significant gifts of American art: Richard Diebenkorn’s sketchbooks donated by his…
Stanford students showcase creative learning tools at Aug. 1 LDT Expo
For Rhoda Wang’s “Kibuni,” it was memories of building forts as a child. For Farah Weheba’s “Beity,” it was Syrian children refugees at risk of suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. For Kay Christensen’s “Make Me,” it was her music background along with people’s apparent lack of time to do creative things. Their inspirations came from different…
Inspiring Stanford humanities majors to consider business careers
On a recent summer morning, a lecture hall at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) was filled with students from around the world who were ready to analyze the fall – and subsequent resurrection – of an American kidney dialysis company. To prepare for the lecture, titled “A Deep Dive into Company Culture,” the students…
Coming up Next
Stanford Live is excited to hold its inaugural summer season. The program kicked off with the St. Lawrence String Quartet on June 23. For the first time, the Stanford and Bay Area community will be able to enjoy Stanford Live’s varied and exciting performances during the summer months. Stanford Live has also announced its full…
Stanford’s McMurtry Building is the third new arts building in as many years
Since hatching the idea of a university arts district in 2007, Stanford has delivered two of three new buildings to join Cantor Arts Center and Frost Amphitheater in a concentration of arts spaces on either side of the Palm Drive entrance to campus. The Bing Concert Hall has already hosted more than 150 performances since…
Stanford art historian uncovers commodity culture in Mondrian’s legacy
From Yves St. Laurent’s famed shift dresses to hotel décor, furniture and even jigsaw puzzles, among other “Mondriana,” Dutch artist Piet Mondrian’s imagery has become ubiquitous in consumer culture. Best known for geometric abstract paintings with asymmetrical arrangements of rectangles in primary colors (red, yellow and blue) as well as black, white and gray, Mondrian…
Time Out
The third annual Frost Music and Arts Festival took place on Saturday, May 17. On stage, campus-based mash-up Paper Void joined psychedelic pop band Yeasayer as opening acts for the indie group Dispatch. The festival took place in mid-quarter 2014—right in the middle of exams and papers. But the experience was an afternoon out of…
Stanford showcases Carleton Watkins’ landscape photographs of the American West
For the fantasy dinner party that one would plan in celebration of Carleton Watkins’ exhibition at Cantor Arts Center, you would start with Watkins at the head of the table. Add special guests President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Yosemite Valley Grant Act in 1864 based on Watkins’ photographs; Leland Stanford, who was governor of…
