CURRENT EXHIBITS [142]

In 1988, New York–based collagist Robert Warner began a correspondence with the enigmatic artist Ray Johnson. Until Johnson’s death in 1995, Ray and Bob continued their exchange, mostly by mail and telephone, and only occasionally in person. Over the course of their relationship Warner received hundred of pieces of mail art from Johnson, ranging from collages to a hand-delivered piece of driftwood. A...   [more]

I’ve never met a person I couldn’t call a beauty.—Andy Warhol   From 1970 to 1987 Andy Warhol took scores of Polaroid and black-and-white photographs, the vast majority of which were never seen by the public. These images often served as the basis for his commissioned portraits, silk-screen paintings, drawings, and prints. In 2007, to commemorate its twentieth anniversary, the Andy Warhol Foun...   [more]

Have you ever heard the sound of ice melting? State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, part of Pacific Standard Time, offers an in-depth exploration of Conceptual art made by both Northern and Southern California artists during a pivotal period in contemporary art. The more than 150 works of art on display—many rarely seen or newly discovered—are organized by themes, such as the street, the...   [more]

Pard Morrison Recent Work   May 3 – June 30, 2012 Reception for the artist: Saturday, May 5, 4-6pm   Brian Gross Fine Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of works by Colorado artist, Pard Morrison, opening Thursday, May 3, with a reception for the artist on Saturday, May 5, from 4-6pm. Featured will be Morrison’s signature work that takes the form of colorful, wall-mounted paint...   [more]

Opening: May 5th, 2012   4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Adam Fowler Hide/Reveal   May 3 – June 30, 2012 Reception for the artist: Saturday, May 5, 4-6pm   Brian Gross Fine Art is pleased to announce the San Francisco debut of New York artist, Adam Fowler, opening Thursday, May 3 with a reception for the artist on Saturday, May 5 from 4-6pm. Hide/Reveal features Fowler’s precise cut paper constructions that are comprised of layered, gestural draw...   [more]

Opening: May 5th, 2012   4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Stanford, California — The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces new displays of contemporary art. When the art museum at Stanford reopened in 1999 as the Cantor Arts Center, the top floor of its new wing was devoted to art of the past four decades. Since then, more than 750 works of European and American art in diverse media have been added to the modern and contemporary co...   [more]

Exhibition Spotlights a Unique Development in Native American Art History with Works from Three Collections  Stanford, California — A new movement of Native American painting emerged in the Pueblo communities of the southwestern United States in the early 20th century. Encouraged by anthropologists and teachers to record past and current scenes of their daily life on paper, the artists found ins...   [more]

Opening: February 22nd, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Stanford, Calif. — Beginning Feb. 29, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents a new installation of contemporary art, “Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection,” in the Oshman Family Rotunda. The works will remain on view until fall 2013. Over the last decade the Fisher Family has been exceedingly generous in lending works of art from their unrivalled collect...   [more]

Opening: February 29th, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Stanford, Calif. — From March 21 through July 8, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Light Works: Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin,” which features two large pieces. One work is by installation artist and painter Dan Flavin (U.S.A., 1933–1996). The other is by environmental artist and sculptor Robert Irwin (U.S.A., born 1928). Beginning in the 1920s, with the work of the Construct...   [more]

Opening: March 21st, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This display explores the artist's collaboration with Kenneth Tyler at Gemini G.E.L. in series after series of striking monochromatic prints modeled on Stella's earlier paintings. Freidenrich Family Gallery for Contemporary Art   [more]

Virus Models Reveal Diverse Forms and Students’ Creativity Stanford, California — Demonstrating the beauty of the molecular world as well as the extraordinary creativity of Stanford students, models of herpes, papilloma, polio, rabies, smallpox and other human viruses fill the Rowland K. Rebele Gallery in the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. Many of the models appear at first glance...   [more]

Extended through June 9, Nina Katchadourian's solo exhibition Seat Assignment is not to be missed! View the exhibition this Saturday, during the Yerba Buena Gallery Walk from 3 to 6pm, and check out her review in this month’s Artforum and the upcoming piece on ABC's Nightline. Nina Katchadourian’s fifth solo exhibition at Catharine Clark Gallery, Seat Assignment, consists of photographs, video,...   [more]

Opening: April 14th, 2012   3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The best work of CCA's graduating students, featuring works in all media, from painting to sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and more. Please note that on Thursday, May 10, the exhibition does not open to the public until the reception begins at 6 p.m.   [more]

Opening: May 10th, 2012   6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The best work of CCA's graduating students, featuring works in all media. Please note that on Thursday, May 10, the exhibition does not open to the public until the reception begins at 6 p.m. Visit the Graduate Thesis Exhibitions website for more info on shows presented by the college's individual graduate programs »   [more]

Opening: May 10th, 2012   6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

COME TOGETHER is a celebration of the collective work of 31 disparate designers, linked by the practice of transdisciplinary design. It is an event, two years in the making, in which our unique lines of thought, processes, and methodologies converge and intersect in one final exhibition. We are the CCA MFA Design class of 2012. We seek ways to come together. Design Thesis Talks Thursday May 10–...   [more]

Opening: May 10th, 2012   6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The Graduate Program in Fine Arts is proud to present the 2012 MFA Exhibition. The program has an interdisciplinary orientation that supports both the crossing and merging of mediums as well as the investigation and use of content from diverse areas of thought. Our program stimulates students to hone their skills and expand their ideas through a critically engaged artistic practice while providing them...   [more]

Opening: May 10th, 2012   6:00 PM - 10:00 PM