A rare Chicago visit by a Caravaggio Oct 4, 2009
Matisse & Rodin : Henri Matisse and Auguste Rodin met in 1899. The relationship between their sculpture and drawings - how their work both converges and diverges - is explored in this exhibition mounted by the Musee Rodin. (Boston Globe)
Perfectly urban modern condo Oct 2, 2009
A black-and-white Henri Matisse tree print complements her blue, white and gray bedspread featuring an abstract tree design. Three artfully placed black-and-white Saks Fifth Avenue shopping bags fill one wall hook as an art element. (AZCentral -- Home)
Pebble Beach men report art theft Oct 1, 2009
(09-29) 14:53 PDT PEBBLE BEACH, MONTEREY COUNTY -- Two Pebble Beach residents have reported a $27 million theft of artwork, including paintings by Jackson Pollock, Henri Matisse and Vincent van Gogh, authorities said Tuesday. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Bob Dylan to exhibit new paintings in Denmark Sep 17, 2009
Museum spokesman Jakob Fibiger Andreasen says Dylan was interested in displaying his work at the museum that has a large collection of paintings by French artist Henri Matisse. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Time to rethink future of the Fresno Metropolitan Museum Jun 1, 2009
Among those on the horizon: "The Art Books of Henri Matisse," "Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science," "Mammoths and Mastodons," "The Adventures of Clifford the Big Red Dog" and "Hmong of the Central Valley." And, coming June 20: "Bob the Builder-Project: Build It!," an interactive exhibit based on a popular children's TV program. The reporters can be reached at dmunro@fresnobee. (Fresno Bee)
David Hannah, William Tucker: pairing of ideas May 31, 2009
Tucker has renovated the tradition of modeling sculpture in plaster for casting in bronze, a lineage deliberately stymied and disfigured by Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti and Willem de Kooning. Tucker has digested this rambunctious history. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Phillips Collection Annual Gala Unites Washington's Notables in Support of Arts Education May 17, 2009
The Phillips Collection offers an intimate encounter with one of the finest collections of impressionist and modern American and European art, with works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Honore Daumier, Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, and Richard Diebenkorn, among others. The Phillips Collection, America's first museum of modern art, has an active... (PR Newswire)
* Plus ça change ... Apr 29, 2009
Ottinger was in Taipei this month to organize and open Arcadie, a joint exhibit by the Pompidou Center and the TFAM that features works by major modernist artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Georges Braques and Henri Matisse. Arcadie (Arcadia) is on display at TFAM, galleries 1A and 1B. The museum is located at 181, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (x_s_Tq181) until July 12. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Monet's 'Water Lilies' coming to the High Apr 15, 2009
In addition to Picasso and Warhol, the exhibit will include Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Fernand L;ger, Henri Matisse, Joan Mir;, Piet Mondrian and Jackson Pollock. The two museums have worked together before. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Exhibits highlight two great colorists' different methods Apr 12, 2009
It's no less of a treat to shoot forward three and a half centuries and compare the two greatest colorists of the 20th century: Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard ... In Philadelphia, meanwhile (coinciding with the astonishing "Cezanne and Beyond" show that features so many great Matisses), the Philadelphia Museum of Art has a stately three-room exhibition called "Henri Matisse and Modern Art on the French Riviera," which features works by Matisse, Bonnard, and a handful of their contemporaries... (Boston Globe)
Art museums pin hopes on high tech Apr 7, 2009
At The Baltimore Museum of Art, people can stand at a touch-sensitive flat screen for a virtual tour of the apartment and artwork of sisters Claribel and Etta Cone, who assembled a grand collection of pieces from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. At the Brooklyn Museum, two laptops with Web cams record videos of people talking about race in relation to the exhibition "The Black List Project" to be broadcast on YouTube. (MSNBC -- News)
Cubism: Early Twentieth-Century Art... Mar 11, 2009
Fellow artist Henri Matisse, bowing to conventional wisdom, agreed, supplying the impetus for the new movement s name. Picasso and Braque were introduced by Guillaume Apollinaire, a poet, art critic, and influential member of the Paris art scene, and soon became friends. (Suite101.com)
Owners put expensive art works up for cash Mar 10, 2009
Works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol are among the pieces collectors have leveraged in recent months. The Metropolitan Opera put up two famed Marc Chagall murals in its lobby as collateral, and renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz recently borrowed $15 million against her entire collection of images. (MSNBC -- Business)
Land of Myths Gustave Moreau Exhi... Mar 8, 2009
His impulsive style, running from lyrical to almost abstract, and intense use of colours influenced such artists as Albert Marquet and Henri Matisse. This is the first time an exhibition of his works is shown in the Central European region. (Suite101.com)
As economy tanks, art put up for collateral Mar 7, 2009
Works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Andy Warhol are among the pieces collectors have been leveraging in recent months. The Metropolitan Opera put up two Marc Chagall murals in its lobby as collateral. (AZCentral -- Business)
Art.view: Bull for a night Mar 1, 2009
The top lot of the night was Henri Matisse s splendid still life, Les Coucous, Tapis Bleu et Rose (pictured). Mr Giraud won again, outbidding Alain Tarica, whose father, Sammy, had sold the very same Matisse to Mr Berg; and Mr Saint Laurent back in 1979. (The Economist)
Saint Laurent auction rakes in $500 million Feb 26, 2009
On the auction's opening day Monday, "Les coucous, tapis bleu et rose" (The Cowslips, Blue and Rose Fabric), a 1911 oil painting by Henri Matisse, fetched euro32. 1 million. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Saint Laurent auction breaks world records Feb 24, 2009
9-million euros paid for a 1911 painting of a vase of cowslips on a blue tablecloth by the French painter Henri Matisse. The designer's companion, Pierre Berge, who built up the collection with Mr. Saint Laurent over five decades together and who decided to sell after his partner's death last year, said he was very pleased but not surprised by the success of the sale. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Yves Saint Laurent art sells for €206 million Feb 24, 2009
Henri Matisse's 1911 oil painting "Les coucous, tapis bleu et rose," displayed at the Grand Palais prior to being auctioned ... This painting, by Henri Matisse, set a third world record at 35. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Tolkien trilogy sold at auction Feb 24, 2009
A 23-volume set of Charles Dickens novels fetched 4,100, while a copy of James Joyce's Ulysses, illustrated by French artist Henri Matisse, sold for 1,500. Bids for the collection were made from buyers in France, the United States and Japan, as well as the UK.. (Yahoo News -- Lord of the Rings)
Record bids for YSL private art Feb 24, 2009
An Henri Matisse artwork which sold for a record 32m euros was among bids of 206m euros (181m) for Yves Saint Laurent's private art collection. "Cuckoos on a blue and pink carpet" smashed the previous record for similar work by the French painter set in 2007. (BBC News -- Europe)
YSL auction fetches record price for Matisse Feb 24, 2009
PARIS - A painting by Henri Matisse sold Monday for euro32. 1 million ($41. (AZCentral -- Business)
Saint Laurent auction breaks world records Feb 24, 2009
9-million euros paid for a 1911 painting of a vase of cowslips on a blue tablecloth by the French painter Henri Matisse. The designer's companion, Pierre Berge, who built up the collection with Mr. Saint Laurent over five decades together and who decided to sell after his partner's death last year, said he was very pleased but not surprised by the success of the sale. (Globe and Mail)
Matisse sold for record price at Yves Saint Laurent auction Feb 24, 2009
A 1911 Henri Matisse painting was sold at auction on Monday in Paris for $40 ... A painting by Henri Matisse sold Monday for euro32. (International Herald Tribune)
How an alleged con preyed on the BCE deal Feb 12, 2009
Court filings allege Mr. Dreier used money from the phony sales to buy yachts and properties in New York and the British West Indies, as well as dozens of pieces of art, including works by Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. He also bought 9,294 shares of Nortel Networks, which is in bankruptcy protection. (Globe and Mail)
Hundreds seek ways to keep public access to Brandeis museum Feb 11, 2009
Among the nearly 7,000 works at the Rose are paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Henri Matisse, and Andy Warhol. Reinharz said the Rose will remain open for academic purposes, although eventually it will not be a public museum. (Boston Globe)
Baltimore Museum exhibit on circus art Feb 10, 2009
The museum exhibit, "A Circus Family: Picasso to Leger," runs through May 17, with prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures and books by Pablo Picasso, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Fernand Leger, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse and other artists. The works range from Toulouse-Lautrec's 19th-century circus posters to Picasso's portraits of circus families, done in 1904 and 1905 in Paris, to lithographs from Leger's 1950 book "Cirque." Tickets are required to see the show. (Yahoo News)
