2015. The year that was in art.

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'Promised Land: The Art of Jacob Lawrence' at the Cantor Arts Center

Thanks to the generosity of the late Dr. Herbert J. Kayden of New York City and his daughter Joelle Kayden, Stanford MBA ’81, of Washington, D.C., the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University now holds one of the largest collections in any museum of the work of Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), a leading voice in the artistic portrayal of the African American experience.

The gift is comprised of five paintings, 11 drawings, 39 prints and one illustrated book, all dating between 1943 and 1998 and all given in memory of Dr. Gabrielle H. Reem, who is Herbert Kayden’s wife and Joelle Kayden’s mother.

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'She Who Tells a Story' at the Cantor Arts Center

Boushra Almutawakel (Yemen, b. 1969), Mother, Daughter, Doll from The Hijab Series, 2010. Series of nine pigment prints. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum purchase with funds donated by Richard and Lucille Spagnuolo Photography © 2014 MFA, Boston

"She Who Tells a Story, " now open at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford. presents the work of 12 women photographers from Iran and the Arab world. The artists explore identity, narrative, representation, and war in daily life, presenting the Middle East through Arab eyes. 

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