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Foundation’s Successful Rodin Exhibitions Resume with Shows at Penn and Concordia

Following a few years’ hiatus to plan continuing traveling exhibitions, at the beginning of September two new Rodin exhibitions organized by the Cantor Foundation opened.  The first, a selection of Rodin’s portraits, fills the OSilis Gallery at Concordia College in Bronxville, New York.  The second, at the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, features the variety of Rodin’s figurative work. The Ross Gallery exhibition, curated by its director Lynn Marsden-Atlass and Cantor Foundation Director Judith Sobol, opened on September 6 and closes on December 22.  The Gallery, easy to find on Penn’s beautiful campus, is distinguished by Gothic Revival windows that would have pleased Rodin, who likened Gothic architecture to the essence of nature. Entitled “Rodin:  The Human Experience,” the Ross Gallery show provides insight into Rodin’s fascination with how an inert material like bronze could convey human life in all its aspects.  The sculptures attest to the...

October 10, 2013
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Cantor Business Center a Vital Part of DeWitt Clinton High School

In 2006 the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation made a substantial gift to DeWitt Clinton High School to create the B. Gerald Cantor Business Center in the Bronx school's Library.   Bernie Cantor was a 1934 graduate of Clinton.  The Business Center, named in his honor, opened in 2010 and is dedicated to providing students with state of the art facilities for the study of business and finance. Here, a recent newsletter from Clinton tells of the Cantor Business Center's partnership with the ARISTA National Honor Society to provide tutoring services to Clinton students.  ...

October 10, 2013
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Spotlight on “Danaid”

  Some of Rodin’s greatest gifts that set him apart from his contemporaries were his storytelling ability, and his break from his conservative colleagues’ traditional poses. These established Rodin’s reputation in France and then the world. One of my favorite examples is Danaïd. I was first attracted to the sculpture by the woman’s beautifully expressive and sensual back. Then I researched and uncovered the story behind the piece. I was surprised and shocked by the terribly tragic Greek myth. The daughters of King Danaus murdered their husbands on their wedding night and were damned to collect water in broken urns that could never be filled, for eternity. Rodin exposed the woman’s torture and agony throughout the sculpture, proving that he could make a back as meaningful and passionate as a face. As you walk around the work, the shifting light on the surface gives movement to the grieving woman, and her...

October 1, 2013
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Stanford Students Scrub Rodin’s Gates of Hell

(Stanford University recently sent us this article by Robin Wander from Stanford News) Somebody has got to keep the Gates of Hell safe from the elements. Meet the students on Stanford's outdoor sculpture preservation crew. They conduct preventative maintenance on Rodin's Gates of Hell and 100 other outdoor sculptures across campus. In other words, they get lots of hands-on-the-art experience because they have permission to touch. Given the nature of their work, which combines art and science, it's no surprise that the crew, led by Elizabeth Saetta, is an extension of the Cantor Arts Center's Art+Science Learning Lab, run by Susan Roberts-Manganelli. Saetta points out in a post on the Cantor blog Cross-Sections that conservation of art, including outdoor sculpture, involves specific training in not only art, but also chemistry and materials science. Past technicians have in fact included students studying art history, chemistry and materials science, as well as bio-engineering, philosophy, English, mathematics and studio art. The crew trains with Saetta by learning...

August 17, 2013
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Spotlight on “Adam with Pillar”

This 16-inch tall Adam with Pillar is a wonderful example of Rodin's interest in Michelangelo and of the french artist's own genius with the communicative capacity of sculptural form. In 1876 Rodin was living in Brussels, working on decorative sculpture for architecture. He traveled to Italy to study the work of Michelangelo, the only artist he ever acknowledged as being of interest to him. Perhaps that same year, after his return from Italy, Rodin created his own Adam (the figure without pillar), drawing heavily on Michelangelo's pietas and on his paintings for the Sistine Chapel. Rodin's Adam was set aside until a few years later when Rodin decided he wanted an Adam and an Eve to flank his Gates of Hell. Rodin's 1876 Adam is being created by God as we watch: he is awakening to conscious being, pulling and twisting himself out of his prior nothingness, pointing to the ground from whence he came. It is therefore no surprise that this piece was first...

December 18, 2012
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July 2012: Iris Cantor Men’s Health Center Opens

The first of its kind in the region, the Iris Cantor Men’s Health Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center was dedicated and opened its doors in July 2012.  It's a bright, open and high-tech environment where internists and urologists provide men with full-service health care, from heart rate to prostate. The Center offers men the same kind of comprehensive care the Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center has provided to women since it opened a decade ago.  Both Iris Cantor Centers, as envisioned by their founder Iris Cantor, reflect the trend in healthcare that has gradually shifted from detecting and responding to illness with medication and treatment, to a philosophy that encourages preventive measures and healthy lifestyles.  The new Men's Health Center occupies 9,500 square feet on the 12th floor of 425 East 61st Street in Manhattan, the same building as the Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center. The proximity of...

December 18, 2012
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Iris Cantor Receives Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree

Foundation President and Chairman Iris Cantor received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from California's Laguna College of Art+Design at its May commencement ceremonies.  On a beautiful California Day, College President Jonathan Burke acknowledged the distinguished accomplishments of Iris Cantor, saying her longstanding contributions to improving health care, education and the arts have made our world, this nation and our community stronger, healthier, and more inspiring.  Her commitment for  the care and well-being of others has left an imprint deep and indelible.  The Foundation created by Iris and B. Gerald Cantor created the largest, most comprehensive collection of Rodin’s art.   The Foundation has sent traveling exhibitions of Rodin sculpture to cultural institutions across the globe for more than five decades and has reached over ten million people. President Burke went on to express his delight that members of Iris Cantor’s extended family were present for the ceremony and gave a special...

December 18, 2012
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Extends Cantor Rodin Exhibition

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City continues to host a large and stunning group of Rodins from the Cantor Collections.  On loan until the end of 2013, this group of bronzes emphasizes Rodin's Gates of Hell, featuring many of the pieces done originally for this major work of the 1880s, as well as other pieces related to his many monuments, like Balzac in a Dominican Robe, Monument to Claude Lorrain, and reductions of The Burghers of Calais.  We've also lent a group of Rodin hands, among of his most provocative and fascinating works, that are often overlooked because of their size. [caption id="attachment_234" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Rodin Scholar Ruth Butler, Foundation Trustee Ryan Fisher, and Nelson-Atkins Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture Nicole Myers in front of The Three Shades. (The Gates of Hell behind them is a photo-reproduction.)[/caption]...

December 18, 2012
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Rodin: Light and Shadow

Rodin:  Light and Shadow opened on July 5 at the Monterey Museum of Art in California.  With works borrowed from the Cantor Collections and from the Guardian Stewardship, the Museum described this as an interactive exhibition for all ages in a gallery setting meant to evoke Rodin's Parisian studio.  The Foundation loaned a group of Rodin's portraits to the show; included are Bust of Jean Baptiste Rodin (the sculptor's father in the guise of a Roman statesman), Bust of Saint John the Baptist, and Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose, one of Rodin's earliest and most famous pieces. ...

December 18, 2012
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