Femme au chapeau hung at the center of a defining moment of rupture in the history of modern art, shocking audiences.

Gathering over 300 works, an expansive exhibition at the Grand Palais spotlights the artist’s creatively fertile final years.

Henri Matisse’s interior “The Red Studio” (1911), at roughly 6 feet tall by 7 feet wide, is monumental yet intimate—somewhere between picture and picture window. The painting’s primary color is a ...

As the art world is getting ready for the back-to-back two-week frenzy of Frieze London and Art Basel Paris, there’s an equally important event in Switzerland. Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel ...

Henri Matisse’s large painting “The Red Studio” (1911) is so familiar an icon of modern art that you may wonder what remains to be said—or even noticed—about it. Quite a lot, as a jewel box of a show ...

In the late 1940s, an infirm and increasingly despondent Henri Matisse made repeat journeys along the French Riviera from his hideaway in Vence to Antibes. It was a most peculiar pilgrimage. An ...

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) and Henri Matisse (1869–1954). Two genius painters representing the 20th century. Symbols of ‘Cubism’ and ‘Fauvism.’ Yet, their relationship defies simple summary. Though ...