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SPECIAL MUSEUM ISSUE (regular weekly calendar of arts events, exhibitions, lectures and performances resumes on Sept. 26) exhibitions opening in september Richard Diebenkorn at the Cantor CANTOR ARTS CENTER ONGOING IN THE OSHMAN FAMILY GALLERY. Richard Diebenkorn at the Cantor is an intimate and interactive installation of famed Bay Area artist and Stanford alum Richard Diebenkorn’s paintings and sketchbooks that shed light on the artist’s process, including his shift from figurative to more abstract work.  Free Jim Campbell ANDERSON COLLECTION THROUGH AUG. 3, 2020, THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM. Contemporary artist Jim Campbell uses technology to filter images of daily life, mediating the audience’s encounter with his subjects and amplifying the flow of time and memory. While many of Campbell’s public projects have been physically sweeping in scale, this exhibition focuses on his more intimate works, placing them in dialogue with the permanent collection of the Anderson Collection to create new visual and sensory experiences.    5th Anniversary Celebration  ANDERSON COLLECTION SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 11AM-5PM. A day-long anniversary celebration featuring live music by Taiko SOBA and The Stray Horns, pop-up curator talks and art making for all. No registration required.  Free The Melancholy Museum: Love, Death, and Mourning at Stanford CANTOR ARTS CENTER ONGOING IN THE STANFORD FAMILY GALLERY. The Melancholy Museum is a reinstallation of objects in the Stanford Family Galleries in conjunction with the 125th anniversary of the museum. It includes over 700 objects collected by Leland Stanford Jr. and his parents. These items tell the story of the culture of grief that was very much a part of the Gilded Age that the Stanford family inhabited. The death masks of all three family members are on display, as is a portrait of young Leland, framed by fabric drapes, evoking the mourning customs of the period.  Free Left of Center: Five Years of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University ANDERSON COLLECTION THROUGH AUG. 20, 2020, IN THE SECOND FLOOR GALLERIES. Left of Center: Five Years of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, curated by seven PhD candidates in Stanford's Department of Art and Art History, celebrates the fifth anniversary of the museum and demonstrates the distinct relationship between artists in the collection and the American West.  Free West x Southwest: Edward Weston and Ansel Adams CANTOR ARTS CENTER JAN 26, 2019, TO JAN. 6, 2020, IN THE RUTH LEVISON HALPERIN GALLERY. Explore landscapes, still lifes, nudes and portraits created by photographers Edward Weston in Mexico and Ansel Adams in the American Southwest.  Free Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze CANTOR ARTS CENTER JAN. 29, 2019, TO FEB. 2, 2020, IN THE FREIDENRICH FAMILY GALLERY. Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze is the first solo museum show for Harlem-based artist Jordan Casteel. Featuring paintings made in the last five years, Casteel’s large-scale portraits of Harlem community members are intimate portrayals of often overlooked members of society. Her deeply empathetic approach to portraiture makes her one of the most important emerging artists working today.  Free VISITOR PARKING / DIRECTIONS

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