Hello, Cantor

This much-anticipated installation features more than 100 works on paper, many that have never before been exhibited at the Cantor, including multiple works by major artists from a host of different cultures, backgrounds, and countries

This work consists of six thousand books wrapped in Dutch wax-print fabric and embossed with the names of immigrants and migrants who have made a significant impact on American culture.

Ian Cheng: Emissary Sunsets The Self explores cognitive evolution and the conditions that shape it. Created with a video game engine, the work generates open-ended animations without fixed outcomes—a format the artist calls “live simulation.”

Using over 700 items from the Stanford Family Collections, artist Mark Dion’s exhibition explores how Leland Stanford Jr.’s death at age 15 led to the creation of a museum, university, and—by extension—the entire Silicon Valley.

Conceptual artist Bruce Nauman created the five-silkscreen set Studies for Holograms in 1970, at a moment when he took a boundary-breaking turn toward new technology.

An exhibition celebrating work by groundbreaking African American artist Gordon Parks, who used his camera to confront racism and  also represent creativity and endurance.