She and her husband, the financier B. Gerald Cantor, amassed one of the largest private collections of Rodin artworks, donating much of it to museums around the world.
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Iris Cantor, Philanthropist and Art Collector, Dies at 95
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The Exacting, Ephemeral Art of Ice Carving
A look inside a Queens studio where Buddhas, sneakers and swans are carved with reverence and the knowledge that beauty, like ice, is fleeting.
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Arthur L. Carter, 93, Dies; Investment Banker Founded a Cheeky Newspaper
After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.”
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5 New Art Parks You Must See
Five destinations, whether in the English countryside or a forest in Thailand, where the work and nature go hand in hand.
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How Magdalene Odundo Makes Ceramics Seem Like Bodies in Motion
For more than five decades, the ceramist Magdalene Odundo has been making abstract, time-intensive vessels that recall bodies in motion.
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Kelvin LaVerne, Creator of Enigmatic Furnishings, Dies at 88
With his father, Philip, he made idiosyncratic, often monumental bronze work influenced by ancient themes. But was it art or was it furniture?
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B. Wurtz’s Life in Five Artworks
B. Wurtz uses humble, everyday materials — plastic bags, aluminum pans — and turns them into something beautiful. Here, his life in five artworks.
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A Hike to Crazy Horse Stirs Patriotism and Doubt
Thousands took part in a biannual hike to a South Dakota mountaintop, where a sculpture of the Lakota chief is in its 77th year of construction.
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Why Are So Many Artists Building Totems?
In sculpture and design, towering sculptures are rising once more.
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Gian Enzo Sperone’s Remote Swiss Home, Filled With a Lifetime of Collections
The dealer Gian Enzo Sperone now prefers to spend his days at his remote mountain retreat, far from the influential New York gallery he opened in the 1970s.
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Glassware Is Getting Weird and Wobbly
After decades of simple stemware and minimalist tumblers, wild, eye-catching vessels now adorn stylish tables.
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Jewelry Designer Stephanie D’heygere’s Collection of Oversize Objects
Inside the designer Stephanie D’heygere’s collection of surreally oversize everyday objects.