BC's McMullen Museum of Art courts controversy with 'Pollock Matters' Feb 18, 2007
Mark Bessire, director of the Bates College Museum of Art, said he was surprised the McMullen, known for scholarly exhibitions on the painter Edvard Munch and surrealist Roberto Matta, would host the show. "It's definitely taking a risk, and exciting for them to be taking that risk," he said. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Art exhibits: Distant relations Oct 6, 2006
The 12 selections by Roberto Matta at Perry L. Meyer Fine Art showcase the seminal surrealist's considerable skills as printmaker. The man could draw. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The Structure of a Relationship Aug 30, 2006
Roberto Matta Echaurren (1912-2002) was the Chilean-expatriate painter who went to Paris in the 1930s, joined the Surrealists, followed the first wave of artists fleeing Nazism and, in New York, emerged as a critical influence in the 1940s. Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-78), his American-born son with artist Anne Clark, was a student in Paris during the 1968 riots, worked the following year as an assistant to several artists involved with the landmark "Earth Art" show in upstate New York, and emerged... (Los Angeles Times)
Allende legacy an eyeful Jul 21, 2006
The building is now the country's newest art museum, with the secrets of Chile's dark past replaced by vibrant works from modernist masters such as Joan Mir;, Frank Stella, Alexander Calder and Chile's own Roberto Matta. Salvador Allende Solidarity Museum director Jos; Balmes said the building's new life is not incongruous with its history. (The Miami Herald)
Chile police site now art gallery Jul 20, 2006
The Salvador Allende Solidarity Museum, inaugurated on Tuesday, will display works by Joan Miro, Frank Stella, Alexander Calder and Chilean artist Roberto Matta. Also on show will be Mr Allende's personal belongings and visitors will be able to see the rooms where the security forces monitored opponents. (BBC News -- Americas)
