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Arboreal Architecture: A Visual History of Trees

Opens April 15

From the earliest stages of human history, trees have provided resources for civilization, symbolic structure to families, spatial logic for the scientific method, and inspiration to artists. This exhibition, supported by a Mellon Foundation grant designed to enhance the training of PhD students in Stanford's Department of Art & Art History, comprises representations of trees in the Cantor's collection, ranging from a 6th-century Egyptian medallion to 21st-century photographs of industrial smokestacks and spiky date palms. Read more

 

 COMING SOON

Modern Times: O'Keeffe, Stieglitz, and Toomer

Opens May 6
The aesthetic and romantic relationship between Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz has been widely studied, but less is known about O'Keeffe's intense connection with Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer. This focused exhibition explores the relationship of these three artists as seen through the lens of about six works from the Cantor's collection along with correspondence among the artists. Works include O'Keeffe's gem-like painting Seaweed, photographs by Stieglitz, and Toomer's modernist novel, Cane.

 LAST CHANCE
She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World
Through May 4
This exhibition introduces the pioneering work of 12 leading women photographers from Iran and the Arab world: Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, and Newsha Tavakolian. These photographers have tackled the very notion of representation with passion and power, questioning tradition and challenging perceptions of Middle Eastern identity. Their provocative work ranges from fine art to photojournalism and provides insights into political and social issues, including questions of personal identity. Read more

Drawn Together: A Selection of Recent Documentaries by Stanford Students
Through April 27
Five short documentaries by first- and second-year MFA film students explore the theme of community. 
There is more on view, read about all of the Cantor's exhibitionscollections, events, art tours, and family activities

 THINGS TO DO

Faculty Panel: Jacob Lawrence and the Harlem Renaissance

Thursday, April 30, 5:30 pm, Cantor auditorium 

Stanford faculty members discuss selected works from Promised Land: Jacob Lawrence at the Cantor, illuminating the social and political contexts for Jacob Lawrence's iconography and exploring the artist's significance to American art. 

 

Multimedia Presentation: Reframe Iran

Thursday, April 30, 5:30 pm, Cantor auditorium
Members of the Brown Institute, a team of journalists, filmmakers, and engineers from Columbia University and Stanford University, present the stories and work of 40 Iranaian artists through high-res photographs and immersive, virtual-reality video.

 

Art Talk by Student "Spotlight on Art"

Wednesday May 6, noon 

Caroline Culp, graduate student in the department of Art & Art History, talks about Asher B. Durand's Summer Landscape.

 

Lecture: "Pool Parlors and Beat Cops: The Colorful Noise of a Jacob Lawrence Street Scene"

Thursday, May 7, 6:30 pm, Cantor auditorium
Nate Sloan, Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, discusses jazz music and the sounds and rhythms of the street in the context of the Harlem Renaissance. His talk draws connections to Jacob Lawrence's street and subway scenes from Promised Land: Jacob Lawrence at the Cantor, a Gift from the Kayden Family.

Graduate Student Music Composers
Saturday, May 9, 7:30 pm, Cantor main lobby
The Department of Music presents an evening of works composed by graduate students and performed by two acclaimed visiting musicians, soprano Tony Arnold and tuba player Max Murray. The performance will move through several acoustically rich museum galleries and spaces. 

 

Family Sundays: 

- Docent-led Family Tours: 12:30, 1, 1:30, and 2 pm. Docents lead family-friendly gallery tours.
- Studio Art-Making: 1, 1:30, 2, and 2:30 pm. Experiment with art materials and techniques in sessions taught by professional art teachers. 
- Independent Sketching: 12:30 to 5 pm. Explore the galleries and sketch your favorite artworks. 



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Images, top to bottom:

- Henri Edmond Cross (France, 1856-1910), Trees (Arbres), 1909. Graphite and watercolor on paper. Cantor Arts Center collection, Given in loving memory of Lois and Jack Clumeck, Sr., by Gloria and Jack Clumeck, Jr. and Jill and John Freidenrich, 2012.562.

- Georgia O'Keeffe (U.S.A., 1887-1986), Seaweed, 1927. Oil on canvas. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, an anonymous donor, and the Committee for Art Acquisitions Fund, 1997.96. � 2015 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

- Tanya Habjouqa (Jordan, b. 1975, Untitled from the series Women of Gaza, 2009. Pigment print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with general funds and the Horace W. Goldsmith Fund for Photography. Photography � 2014 MFA, Boston.

- Still from Edgar and the Joyous Life.

 

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