Exhibition spotlights civic engagement of artists
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The Cantor’s Archive Rooms series returns with the special collections of artists Ruth Asawa and Ester Hernandez, who shared a commitment to advocacy and activism.
Exhibition invites a closer look at the design element that ‘cuts to the core of what it means to be human’
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A curated selection from the Cantor Arts Center’s collections examines the humble handle as a medium through which we connect with the world of objects.
‘Second Nature’ photo exhibit examines a world reshaped by human influence
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In a photography exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center, 44 artists from six continents document the profound environmental, social, and political upheaval of our transformative age.
‘Spirit House’ opens at the Cantor Arts Center
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A new group exhibition featuring nearly 50 works explores how contemporary artists of the Asian diaspora are challenging the boundary between life and death.
Veronica Roberts’ love letter to creatives
Q&A
The Cantor Art Center’s director opens up about the evolving field of museology, art as a lens for understanding world problems, and what university collections can do that public museums can’t.
Cantor exhibition examines how day jobs influence art
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Day Jobs seeks to demystify artistic production, giving weight to accidental discoveries and pragmatic experiences.
Morris Hirshfield’s life and work at the Cantor
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Richard Meyer introduces Hirshfield to a 21st-century audience with a stunning exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center, an award-winning book, and an undergraduate course examining the conception and realization of a museum exhibition.
‘Beyond Here’ opens at Cantor
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An exhibition of photographs that document sweeping 20th-century political, social, and artistic movements across Latin America opened this month at the Cantor Arts Center.
How to appreciate art when you’re on vacation
Tips & Takeaways
If you’ve ever stood in a crowded museum gallery wondering if you were doing it right, these seven tips from Stanford experts will help.
Ruth Asawa’s clay masks find a second home at the Cantor
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The Faces of Ruth Asawa is a long-term installation of hundreds of masks the artist made of friends and family over four decades.