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Pacita Abad archives join Stanford's landmark collection of Asian American artists

Pacita Abad archives join Stanford's landmark collection of Asian American artists

an artwork depicting textiles in the form of flags

Pacita Abad, 100 Years of Freedom: From Batanes to Jolo (1998). Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Photo courtesy of Pacita Abad Art Estate.

The collection includes thousands of unpublished items—photographs, sketches, letters, and ephemera—culminating in a dynamic portrait of an artist who redefined the language of contemporary art. Now housed at the Cantor Arts Center and Stanford Libraries’ Department of Special Collections, the archive will be fully catalogued and digitized for scholars and the public, thanks to dedicated funding from the Estate.

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