ART & DESIGN

Meet the 9 Women Who Rule the Aspen Art Scene

by Rob Haskell

Aspen Art: Amy Phelan
Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Aspen has long been a playground for the rich and powerful, but now, thanks to a group of spirited collectors, it is also an art mecca.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Nancy Magoon, with Tom Friedman’s Circle Dance, 2010.

Dolce & Gabbana cape, dress, and earrings; Valentino Garavani heels.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Gabriela Garza, on a Jean Royère sofa; behind her is Richard Prince’s Nurse in Hollywood, 2003.

Lanvin dress and boots.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Allison Kanders, flanked by, from left, Rachel Harrison’s Walk This Way, 2007, and Paul McCarthy’s Mimi, 2006–2008.

Stella McCartney dress.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Eleanore De Sole, with Lucio Fontana’s Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1966.

Tom Ford dress.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Jennifer Blei Stockman, in front of Christopher Wool’s Untitled, 2007; on left is Aaron Curry’s A’m EFK, 2012, and right, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s mirrored Untitled (The Days of This Society Is Numbered), 2013. Seen reflected is John Baldessari’s Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Two), 2006.

Dior dress; Jimmy Choo pumps.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Jane Nathanson, in front of Anish Kapoor’s Untitled, 2013.

Chanel dress and shoes; Fogal tights.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Nancy Crown, with John Baldessari’s Pink Shapes (in Mountainscape) Above Two Figures With Object, 1990.

Dior top, skirt, and boots.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Jan Greenberg, wearing her own Alexander Calder brooch from 1960, with Calder’s Jeune Fille et Sa Suite, 1970.

Calvin Klein Collection jacket, turtleneck, and pants.

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Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath Stylist: Patrick Mackie

Amy Phelan lies on Walead Beshty’s Mirrored Floor, 2011.

Oscar de la Renta gown and sandals.