The display of exquisite samurai armor in Oklahoma highlights the importance of aesthetics to Japan's famed fighters ...

New York University’s Grey Art Museum presents a revelatory exhibition of artists associated with the pioneering French gallerist, including Matisse, Picasso and Modigliani.

Alex Matisse grew up in a family of acclaimed artists, but not until he took an after-school pottery class did he discover his own life’s path. Now his East Fork Pottery makes bowls, plates and other ...

Here’s a roundup of pieces, including reviews of past shows, that trace the life and career of the giant of modernism. When Henri Matisse sent “Le Bonheur de vivre” to the 1906 Salon des ...

How did André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac and Henri Matisse fare in Paris during the Nazi occupation 1940-44? Given that their Fauve works in German museums had been seized ...

The poet Guillaume Apollinaire said it well: “Like the orange, Henri Matisse’s paintings are the fruit of dazzling light.” This light and the colors it enlivened became his signature.

An exhibit featuring the works of contemporary British impressionist Hugo Grenville was the backdrop for a reception honoring ...

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And, oh yeah, he’s also the great-grandson of the French painter and sculptor Henri Matisse. The late French artist was known for his expressive use of color. His great-grandson is known for ...

New exhibit of Matisse’s cut-outs shows how artist began ‘painting with scissors’ 120 of Matisse's paper cut-outs -- created between 1936 and 1954 -- have been collected and will be on ...