Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

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05/30/2026

Join us on Thursday during golden hour for an outdoor concert from .ako 💫 Move and groove to fiery covers and original songs, organized in conjunction with “Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by .”

Let us know you’re coming at the link in our bio 🎶🌅

The red carpet moments at last week’s La Soirée Cardinale at our museums were ✨unmatched✨We had the best time with + f...
05/29/2026

The red carpet moments at last week’s La Soirée Cardinale at our museums were ✨unmatched✨We had the best time with + for a night of art, music, food, and fashion!

students, we’ll catch you next week for Study in Still Life 📚and Forms & Frequencies with .ako on June 4 🎶 RSVP at the link in our bio!

The third section of “Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral” explores the concept of landscapes in Miljohn Ruperto’s multimedia...
05/27/2026

The third section of “Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral” explores the concept of landscapes in Miljohn Ruperto’s multimedia practice.

Through unending shorelines, meandering rivers, and apocalyptic skies, Ruperto demonstrates how landscape functions ideologically, and encourages us to relate to the world outside ourselves, our history, and our future in new and alternate ways.

This grouping of works poses the question, “Are landscapes the threshold separating humankind from everything outside itself?”

05/25/2026

Need Memorial Day plans? We’re now open on Mondays, including holidays 🏛️

Stop by from 11-6 and explore our permanent collection, exhibitions of work by and , The Faces of and more for FREE!

Jeremy Frey is known for his exceptionally complex renditions of a historical Passamaquoddy basket type: the sea urchin ...
05/22/2026

Jeremy Frey is known for his exceptionally complex renditions of a historical Passamaquoddy basket type: the sea urchin (musahkuhs).

Named for their resemblance to the marine animal found in the ocean waters that border Passamaquoddy homelands, these baskets echo the sea urchin’s flattened, oval shape and protective, needle-sharp spines. In the early 2000s, Frey completed his first urchin and continues to create the basket type to this day in a breathtaking range of shapes, sizes, and hues that accentuate the woven points, which are intended to emulate the urchin’s spines.

Visit the exhibition today, on view through July 20.

[Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Blue Point Urchin, 2016, ash, sweetgrass, and dye, 5 x 9 x 9 inches. Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Ari and Lea Plosker. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner. Installation image by Glen Cheriton.]

What’s the real meaning behind our current exhibition’s title, “Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto...
05/20/2026

What’s the real meaning behind our current exhibition’s title, “Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto?”

It gestures playfully to the elusive nature of knowledge by referencing the game 20 Questions. Gameplay begins with the imagining player assigning their chosen thing to a category: animal, vegetable, or mineral.

Ruperto's work undercuts the idea that the world can be so easily categorized and understood, revealing the imprecise and porous boundaries of such broad human-defined categories, including the very concept of "nature" itself.

Dive deeper into the exhibition during a tour on June 11 with Maggie Dethloff. More at the link in our bio!

Our music series Forms & Frequencies returns on June 4 with a free performance from Los Angeles-based artist, Kelady 🎶Ke...
05/18/2026

Our music series Forms & Frequencies returns on June 4 with a free performance from Los Angeles-based artist, Kelady 🎶

Kelady is a Filipina-American artist whose work blends poetic storytelling with genre-defying musical exploration, bridging alternative R&B, hip-hop and diasporic pop.

This program is in conjunction with "Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral," our current exhibition of work by Manila-born, LA-based artist Miljohn Ruperto đź“ş

Save your seat at the link in our bio!

05/15/2026

One campus, countless arts experiences just minutes away from each other. Go car-less and let Caltrain connect you to an array of cultural adventures through Stanford Arts.

From free, world-class exhibitions at the Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection to electrifying concerts from Stanford Live, Caltrain takes you to culture with ease.

We’re delighted to announce our recent acquisition from Catharine Clark Gallery of Nina Katchadourian’s video work, “The...
05/14/2026

We’re delighted to announce our recent acquisition from Catharine Clark Gallery of Nina Katchadourian’s video work, “The Recarcassing Ceremony” (2016). Currently, this work and others by Katchadourian are on view across the Central Pavilion and the Arsenale in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, “In Minor Keys.”

Raised in a multilingual family, artist Nina Katchadourian explores multiculturalism, diasporic mythology, and the tension between assimilation and cultural retention through photography, performance, installation, and video.

The Recarcassing Ceremony, filmed on the shores of southern Finland and Northern California, revisits a childhood game Katchadourian played with her brother Kai on the Finnish island of Pörtö using Playmobil figurines and elaborate family narratives.
Drawing on archival recordings, family interviews, home videos, and audio tapes, the film blends childhood imagination with the formal structure of ritual and memorial. Through this playful yet poignant reconstruction, the work reflects on loss, memory, and the fragile stories that displacement and death threaten to erase.

[Nina Katchadourian, The Recarcassing Ceremony, 2016. Single-channel video (color, sound), 24:24 min. Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Gift of Loren and Mike Gordon.]

Stanford Day of Giving has started! 🌲 Today, we’re garnering support for our exhibitions and programs that we offer 100%...
05/13/2026

Stanford Day of Giving has started! 🌲 Today, we’re garnering support for our exhibitions and programs that we offer 100% free of charge for visitors of all ages.

Join the Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection in supporting the incredible work we do, from ambitious exhibitions featuring internationally recognized artists to enriching events for all ages that bring together scholars, local visitors, and the campus community.

Donate to the Cantor Arts Center, the Anderson Collection, or the Asian American Arts Initiative and double your impact thanks to Stanford's matching fund!

Learn how you can support our mission of providing art for all at dayofgiving.stanford.edu đź’Ś

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