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Henri Matisse

Matisse's Cut-Outs Head To London

AP | Posted 04.19.2013 | Arts

LONDON — London's Tate Modern says it will stage the largest-ever exhibition of late works by Henri Matisse next year. "Henri Matisse: the Cut-...

Matisse Painting Has Nazi Past

AP | By SALEHA MOHSIN and TOBY STERLING | Posted 04.08.2013 | Arts

OSLO, Norway -- The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis un...

Conclaves, Pheromones and the Pure Religion

Marie Woolf | Posted 05.11.2013 | Religion
Marie Woolf

A whole past of faith and of beauty emerges in front of our eyes thanks to watercolours brushed by a hand of an artist, responsible for love.

Armory Show Legacy Benefits Museum of Modern Art

Liz Goldner | Posted 05.04.2013 | Arts
Liz Goldner

The 100-year anniversary of the 1913 New York Armory Show on February 17th brings new light to the history of modern art in this country and to the creation of MoMA. The exhibition's goal was to bring before the public art "usually neglected by current shows."

Stolen Matisse Painting Has Been Recovered!

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 04.10.2013 | Arts

CARACAS, Venezuela — A painting by Henri Matisse stolen more than a decade ago from a museum in Venezuela will soon be returned to the country, ...

Pair Sentenced For Trying To Sell Stolen Painting In SoBe

Posted 01.23.2013 | Miami

MIAMI -- The pair who pled guilty to trying to sell a stolen Matisse painting to undercover FBI agents in South Beach have been sentenced, according t...

Two Sentenced For Trying To Sell Stolen Matisse

Reuters | Nicholas Wapshott | Posted 01.23.2013 | Arts

A Florida man and a Mexican woman were sentenced to prison terms on Tuesday for trying to sell a stolen painting by French master Henri Matisse a deca...

Happy Birthday, Henri Matisse!

Posted 12.31.2012 | Arts

Today is the birthday of French painter, printmaker and sculptor, Henri Matisse. The Fauvist painter, famous for his mastery of expressive color, woul...

Rare Visions In 2012: A Roundup Of Great Art On View

David Coggins | Posted 02.27.2013 | Arts
David Coggins

This year, politics consumed the culture and attack ads became common currency. That makes it hard for the creative class to decide where to reside: M...

Matisse Surprises In A New Show At The Met

Posted 02.25.2013 | Arts

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Would You Have Noticed?

Posted 01.23.2013 | Miami

The man and woman accused of selling a stolen Henri Matisse painting on Miami's black market have pled guilty. Pedro Antonio Marcuello Guzman of M...

Big Art Heist Reported At Dutch Museum

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 12.15.2012 | Arts

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse pot...

Topless Protest To Demand The Return Of A Matisse

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 08.21.2012 | Arts

On a recent morning in Caracas, Venezuela, over a dozen topless women donning only red pants congregated in front of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo ...

FBI Recovers Matisse Painting Swapped In Famous Heist

Posted 07.19.2012 | Miami

Miami is known as an up-and-coming art town thanks to local art stars, vibrant Wynwood galleries, and Art Basel Miami Beach. But as it turns out, it's...

21 Questions for Painter and "Girls" Star Jemima Kirke

ARTINFO | Posted 09.15.2012 | Arts
ARTINFO

Name: Jemima Kirke Age: 27 Occupation: Artist/actor Location: New York What project are you working on now? I have been looking at my drawings. Revi...

Bizarre Crochet Portraits

Posted 06.01.2012 | Arts

Personally, we're impressed when people can crochet a scarf. So when we stumbled upon Jo Hamilton's detailed crochet portraits we immediately fell in ...

60 Years Of Light

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.25.2012 | Arts

Lois Dodd is not interested in telling stories. Just as snapshots transport us back to forgotten feelings, physical states, and even temperatures, so ...

'Origin of the Universe' Takes On Art History Greats

Posted 04.09.2012 | Arts

Mickalene Thomas' works range from paintings of fractured interior spaces to thought-provoking riffs on famous works of art, yet her themes remain con...

Happy Birthday, Juan Gris!

Posted 03.23.2012 | Arts

Happy Birthday to Juan Gris! Known affectionately as the "third musketeer of cubism," Gris had the reputation of being a pupil to Picasso's master, bu...

Jonas Wood's Unstable Interiors

Posted 03.23.2012 | Arts

Jonas Wood's works, in theory, are fairly straightforward. They are representational paintings of the spaces he inhabits, from his artist studio to hi...

Tiny Paintings By Big Artists

Posted 03.14.2012 | Arts

Oftentimes exhibitions are organized around artist, movement, location or theme. But rarely have we seen one organized around size. (Excluding Shaq's ...

The Steins' Avant-Garde Collection Shows At The Met

Posted 02.29.2012 | Arts

Anyone who has seen "Midnight In Paris" knows that the Stein house was the place to be if you were an aspiring artist, writer, musician or socialite. ...

New York Art Dealer Charged In $4M Fraud

AP | Posted 03.28.2012 | Arts

NEW YORK — A New York art dealer has been charged in a $4 million fraud for selling works by Picasso, Matisse and others without informing the o...

New Year's Babies Throughout History

Linda Rosenkrantz | Posted 02.28.2012 | Parents
Linda Rosenkrantz

If you're shopping for New Year's baby names, there are several possible ways to go... But you could also go down the namesake path, paying tribute to a notable bearer of a name you happen to like, one who entered the world on New Year's Eve or Day.

Major French Museum To Dispatch Mobile Gallery

Posted 11.27.2011 | Home

The Centre Pompidou Mobile, a travelling component of the French museum of modern and contemporary art, is set to launch in October, much to the delig...