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Tag: Henri Matisse

MoMA’s Cheeky Riff on Misguided Kim Kardashian Post Is Going Viral

by Valentina Di Liscia October 28, 2020November 5, 2020

MoMA captioned Henri Matisse’s “Dance (I)” with a line from Kim Kardashian’s highly criticized post about hosting a party on a private island during the pandemic.

New Art Books for the New Season

by Michael Glover September 12, 2020November 5, 2020

An autumnal offering of Artemisia Gentileschi, Dorothea Tanning, Henri Matisse, and Guston galore, among much, much else.

Why Matisse Thought “A Picture Should Always Be Decorative”

by Barry Schwabsky June 9, 2019June 6, 2019

For Matisse, decoration was never a secondary matter.

The Undiscussed Sexual Exploitation Buried in Matisse’s Odalisque Paintings

by Lorissa Rinehart March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

So ingrained is exploitation in our understanding of female sexuality within (and outside of) art history that incredibly basic readings recede into the background and are deemed somehow radical.

Can This System Hold the “Keys” to Modern Art?

by Angelica FreyMarch 5, 2019September 16, 2020

Simon Morley’s new book presents a seven-tiered analytical framework that aims to make even the most inscrutable works of modern art accessible.

Deconstructing Race in Western Painting

by David Carrier December 1, 2018November 30, 2018

The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.

When Photorealism Meets Delacroix

by Joe Fyfe April 14, 2018April 13, 2018

Robert Bechtle’s photorealist pictures of suburban California resist exoticism as much as Delacroix’s paintings of Algerian harems.

The Eclectic Objects that Inspired Matisse’s Art

by Debbie Hagan May 25, 2017May 25, 2017

Matisse in the Studio, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the first exhibit to focus specifically on Matisse’s objects and how they influenced his art making.

Origins of Originality: ‘Matisse/Diebenkorn’ at the Baltimore Museum of Art

by Barry Nemett December 3, 2016December 2, 2016

At the core of this show is a conversation in paint about influence and individuality.

Picasso and Matisse Trade Blows in a Cubism vs. Fauvism Bar Brawl

by Carey Dunne June 30, 2016June 29, 2016

Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were the 20th century’s greatest artistic frenemies.

Beyond Drips: Investigating Jackson Pollock’s Many Artistic Phases

by Daniel Larkin April 18, 2016April 19, 2016

“Come over here to the drips,” a visitor at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) advised friends.

Mastery and Missteps in Matisse’s Books

by Megan N. Liberty January 4, 2016January 5, 2016

The Morgan Library & Museum’s current exhibition Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts demonstrates the artist’s well-deserved reputation of having produced some of the most prominent livres d’artistes.

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