East of the Pacific: Making Histories of Asian American Art is the largest of the three inaugural Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI) exhibitions opening at the Cantor Arts Center in 2022. Curated by assistant curator of American Art, Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, this historical survey showcases the Cantor’s ever-growing collection of Asian American art, the majority of which was acquired since 2018. Organized thematically and chronologically, the 96 objects presented in East of the Pacific span a broad range of time (1880–2021), offering a rare opportunity to engage with historic Asian American material.

Image: George Matsusaburo Hibi (American, born  in Japan, 1886–1947), Three Muses, 1930. Oil on canvas. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. The Michael Donald Brown Collection, made possible by the William Alden Campbell and Martha Campbell Art Acquisition Fund and the Asian American Art Initiative Acquisitions Fund, 2020.54

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