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Stanford University acquires Filipina American artist Pacita Abad’s archive

In Pacita Abad’s lifetime, the Filipina American artist made over 5,000 works—influenced by her travels in more than 60 countries—and exhibited in more than 250 shows, largely in Asia and Africa. But it was her posthumous travelling retrospective—which opened in 2023 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, almost two decades after her death in 2004 at age 58—that brought Abad’s exuberant, multifaceted, 32-year art practice to the attention of US institutions.

Now Stanford University has acquired the artist’s archives, a gift of the Pacita Abad Art Estate, which has also provided funding to...

Second Nature Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene

The 67 photographs in this show, all taken since the turn of the millennium by 44 artists from around the world, reflect the vast changes that have taken place during the past twenty-five years. If nothing else, “Second Nature” documents how the digital revolution has altered ways in which we think and see.

Stanford University acquires the Pacita Abad Archives

Spanning Pacita Abad’s visionary 32-year career, during which she created over 5,000 artworks and lived in and traveled to more than 60 countries, the Pacita Abad Archives will expand the study and legacy of an extraordinary international artist

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Stanford University acquires Filipina American artist Pacita Abad’s archive

Second Nature Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene

Stanford University acquires the Pacita Abad Archives

Spanning Pacita Abad’s visionary 32-year career, during which she created over 5,000 artworks and lived in and traveled to more than 60 countries, the Pacita Abad Archives will expand the study and legacy of an extraordinary international artist

Meet the Artist Shedding Light on the Relationship Between Humans and Machines

Spencer Finch’s Betelgeuse inspires childlike awe

Seeing Red: Stanford exhibition shows how the Bolshevik Revolution up ended Russian art and politics

Stanford Ph.D. Students Curate Exhibition Addressing People Made Missing by Time, Death, Disaster or Systemic Injustice

Exhibition Presents Rarely Seen Warrior’s Visual Account of Famous Battle and Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry

Extraordinary Private Collection of 16th-Century Works on View for the First Time to the Public

Cantor Arts Center's New Exhibitions Celebrate Major Acquisitions of Works by Richard Diebenkorn and Edward Hopper

Cantor Exhibition Showcases Student-Created Augmented Reality App for Museums

Stanford Professor Sheds New Light on Lewis Hine’s Iconic Photos of Child Workers in a Powerful New Exhibition

New Cantor Exhibition Presents Works by Eminent Artists that Influenced Californians’ Attitudes about Water

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