Two shows of prints and drawings open June 12: one captures the bloody Paris Insurrection of 1871, the other the miraculous visions and martyrdoms of Christian saints. Photographs by American masters Richard Misrach and Lee Friedlander continue on view. Free talks, panels, family activities and more are listed after continuing exhibitions, below. 

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
May–June 2013
   New Exhibitions
   Continuing Exhibitions
   Programs
   Ongoing from the Collections
   Visitor Information
 
NEW EXHIBITIONS


Manet and the Graphic Arts in France, 1860–1880
June 12–November 17
The death and destruction in the streets of Paris during the Insurrection of 1871 affected many artists who lived through it or even fought in it, as did Edouard Manet. This focused exhibition examines how the fallout from this traumatic event reverberated in work by Impressionist and Social Realist artists who rejected established academic styles, questioned social norms, and reacted to the ways in which industrialization and urbanization were changing Paris. The central image, Manet's powerful lithograph Civil War, is shown with 20 prints, drawings, and photographs by Gustave Courbet, Camille Pissarro, Felix Bracquemond, Maximilien Luce, and others.  


Faith Embodied: Saints from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
June 12–November 17
The 20 prints and drawings in this exhibition explore the births, miraculous visions, and martyrdoms of the Christian saints. The works also demonstrate how the depiction of saints evolved as art and daily life became increasingly secular. This installation includes a rough woodcut published in the late 15th century and delicate etchings characteristic of the 17th and 18th centuries.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS


North Africa and the Holy Land in 19th-Century Photographs
Through June 2, 2013
During the 19th century, photographs served as surrogate experiences for Americans and Europeans unable or too daunted to travel. Photographs were also used by scholars as official records of archaeological expeditions and by the devout to explore the places mentioned in the Bible. This installation presents 16 vintage photographs from the Cantor's collection, offering a range of subjects including city views, picturesque views of holy sites, ancient architectural wonders, and studies of significant artifacts. 


Buying and Selling: Early Modern Economies of Labor, Merchandise, Services, and Shopping
Through June 2, 2013
European artists of the 17th and 18th centuries took great interest in depicting aspects of modern life, including commercial exchange and a rapidly expanding market of material goods. The 17 prints and drawings in this exhibition offer views of different types of workplaces and showcase a range of workers at their tasks, from the skilled goldsmith to the lowly butcher and rat catcher. 

Buying and Selling: Stanford Student Filmmakers on Bay Area Economies
Through June 2, 2013
Short documentary films by Stanford MFA and MA students provide a contemporary counterpart to the themes illustrated in the exhibition Buying and Selling: Early Modern Economies of Labor, Merchandise, Services, and Shopping (see above). Two installments, seven films each


Revisiting the South: Richard Misrach's Cancer Alley
Through June 16
The latest photographs in Richard Misrach's profound body of work document the far-reaching ecological erosion and economic deprivation of the local, and mostly poor African-American, communities along "Cancer Alley," the Mississippi River corridor from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. The exhibition's 21 large-scale images engage the viewer with serene pastoral scenes, meandering watercourses, and misty marshlands; but the petrochemical industry reveals itself as an omnipresent and brazen specter through the photographs' rusted pipelines, mammoth tankers, and tangles of steel, concrete, and smokestacks. The exhibition is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Related talk by Richard Misrach, Monday, May 13 at 6 pm (details below). 
Press release: http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/misrach.html


Lee Friedlander: The Cray Photographs
Through June 16
In 1986, Cray Research, Inc., then the world's leading supercomputer producer, commissioned influential American photographer Lee Friedlander to undertake a project featuring its factory in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. This exhibition features the 79 resulting vintage gelatin silver prints. Images include fascinating close-up shots of the factory workers, many of whom were women hired for their dexterity, as they focused on intricate and complex tasks. 
Press release: http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/friedlander.html


Dotty Attie: Sometimes a Traveler/There Lived in Egypt
Through June 16
Dotty Attie is known for her reproductions of European Old Master paintings paired with text—pieces that poetically reveal the voyeuristic narratives in Western visual and literary arts. Her portfolio Sometimes a Traveler/There Lived in Egypt calls particular attention to the exploitation of the North African female body and its place in European Orientalists' imaginations. Sixteen works on display


More Than Fifteen Minutes: Andy Warhol and Celebrity
Through June 30
As a Pop artist trained in advertising, Andy Warhol was obsessed with fame and the media. This exhibition features prints, drawings, and Polaroid photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Mao Tse Tung, Mick Jagger, and other contemporary icons, exploring ideas about fame, ephemerality, and the legacy of Andy Warhol. Twenty-one works on display 


Hauntings: American Photographs, 1845–1970
Through July 7
Spellbinding images that allude to the ghostly quality and ephemeral nature of photography. In the 22 photographs selected for this installation, time rolls in rear-view mirrors and ocean waves, or across the sky in a passing phenomenon, a dirigible floating in the clouds.  


A Royal Renaissance: School of Fontainebleau Prints from the Kirk Edward Long Collection
Through July 14
As part of King Francois I of France's cultural policy, several prominent engravers of the time recorded the multimedia ensembles embellishing the king's magnificent royal residence at Fontainebleau. Disseminated internationally, their prints publicized the cultural efflorescence that the king had fostered. More than 30 examples have been selected from the collection of Kirk Edward Long to illustrate the sophistication, eroticism, and extravagance of this courtly style. Press release: http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/fontainebleau.html
 

Border Crossings: From Imperial to Popular Life
Through August 4
How are the boundaries between social classes and identities challenged and transcended? This exhibition explores this question. Eighteenth-century Chinese paintings demonstrate how artists outside palace walls reproduced the subject and styles of imperial court paintings in order to fulfill commissions by patrons of a rising social class. A Japanese woodblock print examines how cross-dressing actors in Kabuki theater became trendsetters for the world off-stage. And through his photographs, Chinese contemporary artist Cang Xin steps into different professions and identities. Forty-four works on display. 
Press release: http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/border.html

Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection
Through August
This long-term installation includes pieces by Martin Puryear, Sol LeWitt, Claes Oldenburg, Carl Andre, and John Chamberlain. The six works on display are especially significant because they serve as examples of the innovations that established the reputations of these artists. Press release: http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/fisher-collection.html

FREE PROGRAMS

Institute for Diversity in the Arts Panel: “Improvising Art and Identity”

Monday, May 6, 4:15 pm, 
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building, FREE
Elisabeth Sussman, co-curator of the 2012 Whitney Biennial and lead curator of the 1993 Whitney Biennial, and others help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1993 Whitney Biennial. Cantor director Connie Wolf, who was part of the 1993 exhibition's team, moderates.

Art and Medicine Roundtable
Wednesday, May 8, 2 pm, Cantor auditorium, FREE
Richard Kogan lecture and recital: Contact Stanford Ticket Office, 650-725-2787
Audrey Shafer, director of the Arts, Humanities, and Medicine Program of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, examines the human condition through the lens of artists, patients, and health care workers; plus art as an antidote to extreme adversity in the work of Magritte, the union of performance and illness in the work of postmodern choreographer Anna Halprin, a new dance about how the labor of practicing medicine is inscribed on our bodies, and a lecture and recital in Bing Concert Hall, "The Mind and Music of Beethoven," by psychiatrist and pianist Richard Kogan.

Spotlight on Art
Friday, May 10, 2 pm: Amy DaPonte, PhD candidate in art and art history, will discuss Lee Friedlander: The Cray Photographs. Meet in the Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery, FREE

Richard Misrach Lecture
Monday, May 13, 6 pm, Cantor auditorium, FREE
Photographer Richard Misrach discusses his work, including photographs in the exhibition Revisiting the South: Richard Misrach's Cancer Alley. He also signs copies of the accompanying book, Petrochemical America.

Dance Department Film Screening
Thursday, May 30, 5–7 pm, Cantor auditorium, FREE
Stanford's Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Dance Division presents Tie It Into My Own Hand. In this work-in-progress, filmmaker Paul Festa explores the languages of performance and the passing of knowledge when he takes a violin lesson from established performing and visual artists, none of whom are violinists. 

Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov: A Resemblance
Thursday, June 6, 5:30 pm, Cantor auditorium, FREE
Pulitzer prize-winning poet Howard Nemerov and renowned photographer Diane Arbus were brother and sister. The two were close, but their creative lives were very different. Or were they? In this talk, Stanford professor Alexander Nemerov, the son of Howard Nemerov and the nephew of Diane Arbus, discusses the connection between his father and aunt as well as his connection to each of them. Registration required; visit museum.stanford.edu for details. Space is limited.

NEW FOR FAMILIES AT THE CANTOR
Sundays: 
Docent-led Family Tours: 12:30, 1, and 1:30 pm. Docents lead family-friendly gallery tours. Explore the special artworks on view, then create your own inspired art. FREE
Drop-in Art-Making: 1–3 pm, Moorman studio. Experiment with art materials and techniques in sessions taught by professional art teachers. FREE
Focused Drawing in the Galleries: Spend time as a family exploring the galleries and sketching your favorite artworks, 12:30 to 5 pm. FREE
Daily: 
Art Packs: Young artists can check out art packs stocked with colored pencils and sketch paper and spend time in our galleries drawing. Children then return the packs when they are finished and take their drawings home. FREE
Family Guides: Using our new family guide, families can embark on self-paced, self-guided tours. Our first guide will lead you on the "Music and Movement" tour: explore the Asian galleries while making music, dancing, and sketching. FREE

ONGOING FROM THE COLLECTIONS
The Cantor's collections span the history of art from ancient China to the 21st century. Selections from the collections and long-term loans are on view in many of the Cantor's 24 galleries, sculpture gardens, and terraces, including:
Rodin! The Complete Stanford Collection
Expanding Views of Africa
The Cantor Arts Center's Contemporary Collection
Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas 
The Robert Mondavi Family Gallery for 19th-century Art of Europe and America
The Life and Legacy of the Stanford Family
and outdoors:
Stone River by Andy Goldsworthy http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/archived_acquisitions_goldsworthy.html
Sequence by Richard Serra http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/serra-sequence.html
 
VISITOR INFORMATION
- FREE Admission
- OPEN: Wednesday–Sunday 11 am–5 pm and Thursday evenings until 8 pm     
- CLOSED: Mondays and Tuesdays 
- LOCATED on the Stanford campus, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- Phone 650-723-4177     Web http://museum.stanford.edu
- FREE PARKING on all weekends plus after 4 pm weekdays.  Pay parking ($1.50 per hour) at other times.
- Maps, directions: http://www.stanford.edu/home/visitors/maps.html   
 
You can contact me, or you can contact Anna Koster (Head of Communications at the Cantor Arts Center, 650-725-4657, ) if you have questions. 
 
Margaret Whitehorn
PR Assistant Manager
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
650-724-3600, mmwhite@stanford.edu