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This exhibition showcases highlights from the Cantor Art Center’s rich collection of later European and early American art in the first substantial refresh of the Robert Mondavi Family Gallery in over five years. The paintings and sculptures in this gallery offer a selective overview of significant developments and genres of Western art from the late Renaissance through 1900. Mythological and historical protagonists from antiquity are reimagined and adapted to suit new and changing circumstances, while Christian saints in contemporary dress translate biblical stories for modern audiences...

This selection of American prints drawn from the Marmor Collection at the Cantor Arts Center highlights works from the early 1970s that capitalize on the simple but bold graphic impact of black against white. Artists on view include Richard Serra, Ellsworth Kelly, Sam Francis, Robert Rauschenberg, and Bruce Nauman.

This exhibition is organized by the Cantor Arts Center. We gratefully acknowledge support from the Marmor Foundation Gift Fund. 

This exhibition is the result of a long-term, ongoing project by LJ Roberts, consisting of 26 six-by-four-inch embroidered portraits of the artist’s friends, collaborators, and lovers within New York’s queer and trans communities. Stitched entirely by hand, these embroideries illustrate how politics, culture, and identity manifest in both visible and subtle ways in daily life.

LJ Roberts: Carry You With Me is organized by Pioneer Works, and curated by Gabriel Florenz. It is made possible through generous support from Pamela and David Hornik. It is also supported in part by the New York...

In the fall of 1930, Stanford biology professor Laurence Bass-Becking used a curious phrase to describe the photography of his friend Edward Weston: “Reality makes him dream.” Few people today would associate dreaminess with the Great Depression, yet Bass-Becking penned this statement one year into the economic turmoil that would last until the nation’s entry into World War II. This exhibition of over 100 photographs, periodicals, and photobooks offers an alternative understanding of 1930s photography in the US by taking Bass-Becking’s phrase as its point of departure.

The work of five...