“The Jewish Museum presents Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art, an exhibition that situates the subject of art looting during World War II within a unique thematic premise, focusing on the seizure and movement of works as they traveled through distribution centers, sites of recovery,… Read More
All posts tagged “Henri Matisse”
Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond at The Museum of Modern Art, through January 2, 2021
“The Museum of Modern Art presents Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond, the first exhibition devoted to the influential French art critic, editor, publisher, dealer, and collector Félix Fénéon (1861–1944). Though largely unknown today and always discreetly behind the scenes in his… Read More
Van Gogh, Cézanne, Matisse: The Hahnloser Collection at The Albertina Museum, Vienna, August 27 – November 15, 2020
“The ALBERTINA Museum is devoting this exhibition to one of the most important private collections of French modernist art. The Hahnloser Collection came together between 1905 and 1936, initially on the basis of close and friendly exchange between the collecting couple of Arthur and Hedy… Read More
French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints, and Documents, 12th–21st Century at The Grolier Club, through February 2, 2019
“The Grolier Club unveiled its reconstructed state-of-the-art Exhibition Hall, capping a total renovation of the public spaces in the century-old building. To mark the occasion, The Grolier Club mounted the celebratory exhibition French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints, and Documents, 12th–21st Century. The approximately 90 works are… Read More
The Magic of Handwriting: The Pedro Corrêa do Lago Collection at The Morgan Library & Museum, June 1 – September 16, 2018
“The Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, one of the great autograph collectors of the twentieth century, once begged Rainer Maria Rilke for a precious gift: the manuscript of one of Rilke’s own poems. “I realize it is a lot to ask,” Zweig told his friend, “for… Read More
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment at International Center of Photography (ICP), May 23 – September 2, 2018
“Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment examines Cartier-Bresson’s influential publication, widely considered to be one of the most important photobooks of the twentieth century. Pioneering for its emphasis on the photograph itself as a unique narrative form, The Decisive Moment was described by Robert Capa as… Read More
Matisse/Diebenkorn at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March 11 – May 29, 2017
“The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces the first major exhibition to explore the profound inspiration California artist Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) discovered in the work of French modernist Henri Matisse (1869–1954). Co-organized with The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), this exhibition features approximately… Read More
The Art Books of Henri Matisse at Portland Museum of Art, October 7 – December 31, 2016
“Artist’s books—limited-edition publications featuring original works of art—became increasingly popular in Paris during the first decades of the 20th century, when a growing group of educated, bourgeois collectors sought new ways to acquire works by leading contemporary artists. Matisse, like many avant-garde painters, worked in… Read More
The Met Breuer opens with Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, March 18-September 4, 2016, Nasreen Mohamedi, March 18-June 5, 2016 and Relation: A Vijay Iyer Residency, March 18-31, 2016
Photographs by Corrado Serra. Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible is a major thematic survey featuring unfinished works of art from the Renaissance to the present day. It examines a subject that is critical to artistic practice: the question of when a work of art is finished. Nasreen Mohamedi is… Read More
Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts at The Morgan Library & Museum, October 30, 2015 – January 17, 2016
“Henri Matisse’s art is some of the best known—and most loved—of the modern era. This exhibition focuses on a somewhat less familiar aspect of his work, but one that inspired a passionate and enduring commitment during the latter part of the artist’s career. The extraordinary volumes on view… Read More
Life Lines: Portrait Drawings from Dürer to Picasso at The Morgan Library & Museum, June 12 – September 8, 2015
“Life Lines is aptly named as no medium quite captures a person or the connection between artist and sitter like drawing,” said Peggy Fogelman, acting director of the Morgan. “Whether a dashed-off sketch of family life by Rembrandt or a preparatory study for a famous marble bust… Read More
Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs at The Museum of Modern Art, October 12, 2014 – February 08, 2015
Images courtesy Museum of Modern Art
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