Campus Stories - Art & Art History

Embedded glass and gemstones in Alteronce Gumby’s mixed-media works make for shimmering, light-catching surfaces and rich textures. | Andrew Brodhead
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What’s new this season at Stanford art museums

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Art + Sustainability, Art + Tech

A Taste of the Future: Stanford Bioengineering’s Chef-in-Residence Program

Student photo exhibition showcases art’s role in  culture and community
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Student photo exhibition showcases art’s role in culture and community

The exhibition was the result of a summer seminar in Jamaica where students explored art in all its forms including music, sculpture and photography.

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‘Home for artists’ marks 25 years of nurturing creativity
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‘Home for artists’ marks 25 years of nurturing creativity

The Institute for Diversity in the Arts has spent a quarter century empowering talent through interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship. “What we all unite on is art and the different ways we express it.”

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A student checks out an interactive map at the David Rumsey Map Center. Understanding new data-driven methods for storing and accessing cultural records is among the new study options at Stanford that combine data science with the humanities and arts. | LiPo Ching for Stanford University
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New programs bridge data science with humanities and the arts

[wpbb-if post:featured_image size="thumbnail" display="alt"]The blue pigment in Jackson Pollock’s painting
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Unraveling the mystery of Jackson Pollock’s blue

Amara Tabor Smith and Ioanida Costache
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Faculty Seed Grants Bloom into Artistic Breakthroughs

For the third round of these seed grants in 2025, the OVPA announces two recipients: Ioanida Costache and amara tabor-smith

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Exhibition spotlights civic engagement of artists
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Exhibition spotlights civic engagement of artists

The Cantor’s Archive Rooms series returns with the special collections of artists Ruth Asawa and Ester Hernandez, who shared a commitment to advocacy and activism.

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Art by Chiara Palillo
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Art history professor’s new book brings overlooked female painter to young audiences

A Groundbreaking Textbook, Conceived at Stanford Law School, Marks a New Chapter in Art Law
Art + Justice

A Groundbreaking Textbook, Conceived at Stanford Law School, Marks a New Chapter in Art Law

Wacky Walk
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Stanford’s 2025 Commencement Wacky Walk

Baccalaureate address by Alexander Nemerov
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Baccalaureate address by Alexander Nemerov

From Loss to Light: Bhu Kongtaveelert (’25) on Memory, Climate, and New Futures
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From Loss to Light: Bhu Kongtaveelert (’25) on Memory, Climate, and New Futures

I first met with Bhu Kongtaveelert last December on a rainy Friday right before campus closed for break. He was holed up in the basement studio space beneath the Stanford Art Gallery, pulling out fragments of salvaged objects, fabric materials, and assorted works in different states of completion. The work was still coming together for his…

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Doerr photo contest illustrates life’s complexity
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Doerr photo contest illustrates life’s complexity

Winning images from this year’s Doerr School of Sustainability photo contest convey what’s at stake in our struggle toward sustainability – along with human efforts to enact change.

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‘Second Nature’ photo exhibit examines a world reshaped by human influence
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‘Second Nature’ photo exhibit examines a world reshaped by human influence

In a photography exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center, 44 artists from six continents document the profound environmental, social, and political upheaval of our transformative age.

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Alexander Nemerov at the McMurtry Building
Leadership

Art and Soul