Ongoing In the Collection Galleries
In addition to temporary exhibitions, works from the collection are on view in many of the Cantor Arts Center's 24 galleries plus sculpture gardens and terraces.
The collection spans the history of art from ancient Egypt and China to the 21st century. View Collections to learn more. The following are among the works on view:
Rodin! The Complete Stanford Collection
The Center’s entire Rodin collection of 200 works, including bronzes, plasters, and waxes, is on now view. The Thinker and other bronzes grace the south rotunda. A second gallery includes youthful works, a rotating selection of works-on-paper, and objects directly associated with the Gates of Hell. A third gallery, presents sculptures thematically, by project (Burghers of Calais, for example) or subject (portraiture, mythology). Large scale works, including The Gates of Hell, remain perpetually on view in the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden adjacent to the museum.
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Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas
The new installation in two galleries integrates work from different Native American peoples and times and highlights the collection, including exciting commissions of new Northwest Coast art. The Precolumbian art display is enhanced by the addition of an important collection of Mesoamerican works. Learn more
Contemporary Glass
At the end of the 19th century, Jane and Leland Stanford amassed a large collection of glass vessels by the Venetian firm of Salviati, a company still in existence today. This selection of contemporary glass, based on loans from local collectors, reflects the continuity of Venetian traditions. Included are works by Dale Chihuly, Toots Zynsky, Richard Marquis, Lino Tagliapietra, Dante Marioni, William Morris, Richard Royal, and others. Learn more
A New 19th Century: The Mondavi Family Gallery Reinstalled
The Robert Mondavi Family Gallery presents the Center’s 19th-century European and American collections reconfigured to clarify the relationships between the various works and to introduce connections through international trade and travel. Two small gallery areas are established within the larger gallery: one where smaller paintings are grouped as they might have been in the salon of a collector; the other brings together changing selections of works on paper. Learn more
African Art in Context
Field photographs and other didactic materials provide insight into the diverse art forms on display. The gallery features a section dedicated to the arts of southern Africa, including items of dress and body ornament from the Himba people of Namibia and beadwork by the Zulu and Ndebele people of South Africa. Learn more
The Life and Legacy of the Stanford Family
This installation examines the interests and accomplishments of the Stanford family, including material relating to the Central Pacific Railroad, the Palo Alto Stock Farm, the founding of Stanford University, and the early days of the Stanford Museum. Learn more