Collection Sharing

Works by Martin Puryear on display at the San Jose Museum of
Art in 2005

Collection Sharing supports the Andersons' commitment of making artwork available to non-profit art institutions for exhibition purposes. We focus on organizations in the Bay Area and Western United States who can best utilize the resources of the Anderson Collection, the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), and/or the support of the Anderson Charitable Foundation. Through loaning art or providing matching support, we hope to encourage exhibitions that might otherwise not be developed.

Collection Sharing exists in two forms. The first encompasses works currently within the Anderson Collection. The second relates to a 1996 gift of 655 graphic works to FAMSF which are available for loan to approved institutions. These two programs operate independently but collaborate often. As illustrated by the links to past exhibitions, artwork can be borrowed from one or both of these collections.

Fundamentally, the goal of Collection Sharing is to make these resources available to an expanded community.

Anderson Collection Sharing Exhibitions
Exhibitions borrowing from the Anderson Collection and Anderson Graphic Arts Collection at FAMSF.

Travelling Exhibitions from the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection at FAMSF
Modeled after the Andersons' own private program and in support of small and mid-size museums in California and the western United States, the Collection Sharing Program at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco lends individual works and complete shows from the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection.

Anderson Graphic Arts Gallery at the de Young Museum
Exhibitions organized by the Curator of the Anderson Graphic Arts Gallery at FAMSF.