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Construction Breaks Ground for Iris Cantor Building at Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine

The University of Arizona in Tucson broke ground in March 2022 for construction of a state-of-the-art teaching and research space for the university’s Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. The facility was made possible by a gift from Iris Cantor. Spanning three stories and 30,000 square feet, the Iris Cantor Building will be one of three structures comprising the complex, which is designed to embody the Weil Center’s ethos of whole-person wellness and the principles of integrative health. The three buildings will be linked by desert gardens and a series of pathways, and each will represent an aspect of the whole person: mind, body, and spirit. The project also takes into account the holistic aspects of integrative medicine by using non-toxic building materials, sound-absorbing surfaces, and windows that allow for abundant natural light. The interior and exterior design features help to emphasize movement, social relationships, healthy nutrition, sleep quality, and stress reduction,...

April 15, 2022
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Carpeaux’s Fictions of Emancipation Opens at the Met

In March 2022, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast exhibition which ran through March 2023 and was made possible by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. The exhibition was organized around a main sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875), Why Born Enslaved!, which depicts an enslaved woman looking out with anguish and defiance. A staunch abolitionist, Carpeaux sought to use his talent to depict the horrors of slavery.  Until recently it was assumed that all marble busts of Why Born Enslaved! had been lost – until one resurfaced at a Christie’s auction in Paris, where, with the help of the Cantor Foundation, the sculpture eventually made its way to the Met. Accompanying Carpeaux’s legendary bust in the exhibition were thirty-five works by other artists including Josiah Wedgwood, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Charles Cordier, Edmonia Lewis, and Louis-Simon Boizot. These works also emphasize the theme of Western colonialism and...

April 8, 2022
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The Met Celebrates its 150 Years with the Making of the Met Exhibition

In August 2020, the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrated 150 years as a landmark cultural institution. The Making of the Met Exhibition, made possible by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, features 250 diverse works that help showcase the history and evolution of the iconic museum. The works include rarely seen archival photographs, engaging digital features, and stories of both behind-the-scenes work and the Museum's community outreach enhance this unique experience. Making the Met Exhibition ...

September 4, 2020
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Stanford Introduces Cantor Commons

In November 2019, Stanford introduced the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Commons, a new outdoor space that complements the B. Gerald  Cantor Sculpture Garden and the Cantor Arts Center. A place where students, faculty, alumni and visitors can pause and contemplate the nearby sculpture garden, the Commons reflects the Cantors’ guiding philosophy that art should be an integral part of daily life, accessible to all. Cantor Arts Center Rodin Sculpture Garden...

December 18, 2019
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Iris Cantor Lauded by French President François Hollande

On March 20 Iris Cantor was celebrated by French President François Hollande in a ceremony where he bestowed on her the new rank of Officier in the French Legion d'Honneur. Mrs. Cantor, President and Chairman of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, first became a member of this august organization in 2000, when she was named a Chevalier. During the past two decades she has been repeatedly cited for her profound philanthropy and support for the worlds of culture and healthcare for women in France. Before a crowd of about 100 people -- including members of the press and of Paris' museum community, well-wishers, and friends -- President Hollande told Iris Cantor that she was "right to be passionate about Rodin. He is a beautiful companion." He went on to say, "Thanks to your love for Rodin, you and your husband have contributed to the influence of France. Therefore, because...

April 21, 2017
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International Art World Commemorates One-Hundredth Anniversary Year of Rodin’s Death

When Auguste Rodin died on November 17, 1917 he was the most famous sculptor since Michelangelo. His work was exhibited and collected world-wide and it had an enormous influence on what sculptors of his day and ours create and exhibit. Now, one hundred years after his death, museums all over the world are commemorating Rodin's vision as he transformed sculpture from a traditional artform to a modern one. The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation has been a major participant in this commemoration. As it has every year since the late 1970s, the Cantor Foundation has loaned traveling exhibitions to museums all over North America. Much sought-after, these exhibitions have visited scores of museums and have introduced Rodin to more than ten million people since the program began. Currently on tour are Rodin: The Human Experience; Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections and Rodin: Portraits of a Lifetime;...

April 21, 2017
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Foundation Offering Two New Rodin Exhibitions for 2018, 2019, 2020

Two new exhibitions are now in the works. Muses, Sirens, and Lovers: Rodin and Women, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections will include about 45 bronzes of Rodin’s women: as models; as objects of love, dalliance and appetite; as collectors of his work; and of course as the subject of his artistic fascination. The exhibition will include special loans of Rodins that have been donated by the Cantors and the Cantor Foundation to the Brooklyn Museum, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and other institutional friends of the Cantors and the Foundation. The other exhibition is a general, 22-piece retrospective filled with "stars." It's called Rodin: Truth, Form, Life, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections. Sized especially for college museums and galleries, it's being snatched up by academic institutions. Both shows will travel though 2020. Museums are...

April 21, 2017
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Foundation Leadership Gets “New Portfolios”

At its April meeting, the Boad of Directors of the Cantor Foundation named Vice President of the Board of Trustees Ryan Fisher the new Executive Director of the Foundation. The fourth Executive Director in the Foundation's 41-year history, Fisher's election to the leadership position puts him directly in charge of the Foundation's philanthropic efforts and its vision for moving forward into the 21st century. Fisher's first official act was to name Judith Sobol, who had been ED for 16 years and as such oversaw the curatorial, philanthropic, and administrative functions of the Foundation, to the new position of Curator of Collections and Exhibitions. As such, Sobol will focus on the Foundation's traveling exhibitions and loan programs. Photo: Ryan Fisher and Judith Sobol chat during a visit to Rodin's exhibition pavilion at his home in Meudon, a suburb of Paris....

April 21, 2017
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University of Richmond’s Harnett Museum Hosts RODIN: THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE

On a lovely summer evening in late August a lively crowd of students, faculty, and townspeople turned out for the public opening of Rodin:  The Human Experience; Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond.  This exhibition of 32 bronzes from the Cantor Collections is on a three-year tour of American museums. The Harnett's opening celebration began with a welcome by Elizabeth Schlatter (left), deputy director and curator of exhibitions at the Museums.  She shared insights gained about Rodin's sculpture from the process of installing the show, saying that "one thing I didn’t quite expect until we started laying out the exhibition was the contrast between the dark and often warm colors of the bronzes and the creamy white paint of our walls and pedestals. This contrast creates a silhouette effect and manages to bring out the strong linear quality...

October 31, 2016
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Symposium Highlights Catalyst Role of Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center

  [caption id="attachment_2410" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo includes (standing) panel moderator Dr. Andrea Hevener, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine; second from right is Gail Greendale, MD, Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Research Director for the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center.[/caption] The Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center sponsored a “Catalyst” symposium on women’s health research this past spring. It was attended by 80 UCLA scientists and included panel presentations on current research and a poster session where 20 researchers described their current research projects and findings.To further their work, three poster presenters were each awarded $2,000 by the Director’s Fund of the Center. A medical student and public health student were also recognized for their work. “We were thrilled to receive support from the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, funded by the National Institutes of Health, for this first of its kind...

October 28, 2016
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