“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
“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
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
“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 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
Images courtesy Museum of Modern Art
