Is social media the new gallery? Eric Huang April 8, 2015 0 Comments Social media platforms such as deviantART, Etsy and Instagram provide an alternative to the traditional gallery space as an arbiter of culture. This new, more accessible mode of art-sharing allows... Read More »
‘Animating the Inanimate’: Redefining an art form Eric Huang March 10, 2015 1 Comment This past Friday, the Anderson Collection hosted a talk entitled “Animating the Inanimate,” during which artist Basil Twist spoke about his abstract experiments in puppetry and visual arts. Twist... Read More »
‘Hi5’ first-year MFA exhibition: Bridging the gap Eric Huang February 19, 2015 0 Comments “Hi5,” an annual group exhibition featuring the work of first-year MFA students in art practice, investigates the overlap between the arts and the sciences. The pieces on display, which include... Read More »
The Anderson Collection: Top 5 pieces Eric Huang February 12, 2015 0 Comments A testament to the burgeoning arts scene at Stanford, the Anderson Collection is home to 121 paintings and sculptures created by some of the most prominent American modern and contemporary artists... Read More »
‘Keith Haring: The Political Line’: Crossing Boundaries Eric Huang February 4, 2015 0 Comments On view at the de Young Museum in San Francisco until February 16, “The Political Line” explores the work of maverick American pop artist Keith Haring. Haring’s graphic, large-scale paintings... Read More »
‘She Who Tells a Story’: Art as empowerment in the Middle East Eric Huang January 30, 2015 1 Comment On view until May 4, “She Who Tells a Story” is a new Cantor exhibition that showcases the work of 12 female photographers hailing from Iran and the Arab world. Together, these photographers seek... Read More »
Sneak preview: Upcoming exhibitions at Cantor Arts Center Eric Huang January 21, 2015 1 Comment Several new and continuing exhibitions will be on view at Cantor Arts Center in the coming months, ranging from collections of Civil War-era photographs to exhibitions of contemporary drawings and... Read More »
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto: A safe haven for the arts Eric Huang January 14, 2015 0 Comments Nestled comfortably just off University Avenue, the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (PAL) is an institution that seeks to showcase the work of Bay Area artists and to facilitate the growth of the... Read More »