visual arts

"When I love, it becomes a star": Works of Korean Calligraphy

Ongoing every day from February 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018.
East Asia Library


Rock Solid

Ongoing every day from March 5, 2018 through March 16, 2018.
Gunn Foyer, McMurtry Building


Rodin: The Shock of the Modern Body--ongoing

Ongoing every day from September 15, 2017 through December 31, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


In Dialogue: African Arts--ongoing

Ongoing every day from September 15, 2017 through December 31, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


Earthly Hollows: Cave and Kiln Transformations

Ongoing every day from October 21, 2017 through March 18, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


The Buddha's Word @ Stanford

Ongoing every day from October 21, 2017 through March 18, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Ongoing every day from February 7, 2018 through April 30, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


Working Metal in 20th-Century Sculpture

Ongoing every day from January 31, 2018 through April 30, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


Framing in Time: Photographs from the Cantor Arts Center Reimagined

Ongoing every day from January 25, 2018 through May 28, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


African-American Automobility: The Dangerous Freedom of the Open Road

Ongoing every day from January 23, 2018 through March 18, 2018.  12:00 PM.
STANFORD ART GALLERY


Hi5: The Annual First-Year MFA Exhibition

Ongoing every day from February 6, 2018 through March 25, 2018.  12:00 PM.
COULTER ART GALLERY


Cantor Highlights Tour

Ongoing from March 4, 2018 through December 30, 2018. See details for exact dates and times.
Meet in the museum atrium


Papua New Guinea Sculpture Walk

Ongoing from February 18, 2018 through December 15, 2019. See details for exact dates and times.
Meet at the corner of the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, at Santa Teresa & Lomita Drive.


Pacific Links: Currents of Material Connections

Ongoing every weekday (M-F) from June 5, 2017 through May 17, 2018.  8:30 AM.
Stanford Archaeology Center, Bldg. 500, 488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA


The Power of Photography for Social Change

Tuesday, March 13, 2018.  6:30 PM.
Pigott Hall, Building 260, room 113


Art Focus Lecture | The Art of Dante's Divine Comedy

Wednesday, March 14, 2018.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Thursday, March 15, 2018.  12:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Intermedia Workshop: Final Projects

Thursday, March 15, 2018.  5:00 PM.
CCRMA, The Knoll


Lecture: Working Metal in 20th-Century Sculpture

Thursday, March 15, 2018.  5:30 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Auditorium


Open Studios: Winter | 2018

Friday, March 16, 2018.  3:00 PM.
McMurtry Building & Stanford Art Gallery


Windhover

Ongoing every week from February 10, 2018 through December 28, 2019.  11:00 AM.
Meet at the Windhover entrance, located on Santa Teresa Street at Sam Morris Way


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Saturday, March 17, 2018.  1:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Museum

Ongoing from February 18, 2018 through December 16, 2018. See details for exact dates and times.
Meet at the entrance of the Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive


Meet the Makers Winter Student Showcase 2018

Wednesday, March 21, 2018.  9:30 AM.
The Atrium, Peterson Engineering Building, 416 Escondido Mall, Stanford University


The Dancing Sowei: Performing Beauty in Sierra Leone

Ongoing every day from March 21, 2018 through December 21, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Wednesday, March 21, 2018.  12:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Art Focus Lecture | From Judy Chicago to Cindy Sherman and Beyond: Transformations in Art and Feminism from the 70's to Now

Wednesday, March 21, 2018.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium


Intersections: Oscar Muñoz

Thursday, March 22, 2018.  6:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Auditorium


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Friday, March 23, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Wednesday, March 28, 2018.  12:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Art Focus Lecture | The Advantages of Obscurity: San Francisco Women Abstract Expressionists

Wednesday, March 28, 2018.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium


Film Screening: Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher/Artist

Thursday, March 29, 2018.  6:00 PM.
Anderson Collection


Betray the Secret: Humanity in the Age of "Frankenstein"

Ongoing every day from April 4, 2018 through August 5, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Thursday, April 5, 2018.  12:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


First Friday

Friday, April 6, 2018.  8:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center


Art Focus Lecture | Joan Mitchell: Painting as Cathedral

Wednesday, April 11, 2018.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Thursday, April 12, 2018.  5:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Panel: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Thursday, April 12, 2018.  6:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Auditorium


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Friday, April 13, 2018.  1:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Saturday, April 14, 2018.  2:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Jewish Museums in Europe: Cabinets of Curiosities or Theatres of History with Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Tuesday, April 17, 2018.  12:00 PM.
Building 460, Terrace Room (4th floor)


Is AI the New Frankenstein? with Ken Goldberg

Tuesday, April 17, 2018.  5:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall


Hidden Beneath Diebenkorn's "Window"

Ongoing every day from April 18, 2018 through August 12, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


Todd Lewis: "Reconfiguration and Revival: Newar Buddhist Traditions in the Kathmandu Valley (and Beyond)"

Wednesday, April 18, 2018.  5:30 PM.
Humanities Center, Board Room


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Thursday, April 19, 2018.  6:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Health Humanities Consortium Conference

Ongoing from April 20, 2018 through April 22, 2018. See details for exact dates and times.
Stanford University


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Wednesday, April 25, 2018.  12:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Art Focus Lecture | The Art of Making Space Public

Wednesday, April 25, 2018.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium


Gallery Talk: The Matter of Photography in the Americas

Thursday, April 26, 2018.  12:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, Pigott Family Gallery


Christensen Distinguished Lecture | Qiu Zhijie

Thursday, April 26, 2018.  5:30 PM.
Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building


"Denial", History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving with Deborah Lipstadt

Monday, April 30, 2018.  6:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall


First Friday

Friday, May 4, 2018.  8:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center


Where here: 2018 Stanford MFA Thesis Exhibition

Ongoing every day from May 15, 2018 through June 17, 2018.  12:00 PM.
STANFORD ART GALLERY


Opening Reception | Where here: 2018 Stanford MFA Thesis Exhibition

Thursday, May 17, 2018.  5:00 PM.
STANFORD ART GALLERY


Rupert Gethin: "On Death and Rebirth, and What Happens in Between: Two Buddhist Accounts of Why it Matters"

Thursday, May 17, 2018.  5:30 PM.
HARTLEY CONFERENCE CENTER, MITCHELL BUILDING


墨境 Ink Worlds: Contemporary Chinese Painting from the Collection of Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang

Ongoing every day from May 23, 2018 through September 3, 2018.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


Oliver Freiberger: "Lines in Water? On Drawing Buddhism's Boundaries in Ancient India"

Thursday, May 24, 2018.  5:30 PM.
LEVINTHAL HALL, STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER


Robert Daniel DeCaroli: "Snakes and the Rain: Nāga Imagery, Water Management, and Buddhist Rainmaking Rituals in Early South Asia"

Thursday, May 31, 2018.  5:30 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center


First Friday

Friday, June 1, 2018.  8:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center