henri matisse Archives

YSL Matisse expo Nice - photo © Marcus Gualberto

Exhibitions

A Meeting of The Minds at Musée Matisse

A new landmark exhibition asks what parallels a painter and a couturier saw that academic art refused to acknowledge.

NATJA IGNEY22 June, 2026

Chapelle du Rpsarie in Vence - © Ville de Nice / David NOUY

Exhibitions

Matisse’s Rosary Chapel in Vence Reveals New Secrets

The Musée Matisse Nice and the Baltimore Museum of Art are co-organizing an exhibition dedicated to the French painter’s Stations of the Cross.

NATJA IGNEY15 October, 2025

Coulée Verte in Nice with adjacent buildings

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The Museum Trilogy, Part 1: Nice Between Sea, Surrealism and The Sublime

Our new miniseries rounding up the best summer exhibitions along the French Riviera starts in Nice where Matisse and Dali meet environmentalists and...

NATJA IGNEY7 July, 2025

Exhibitions

Colours Transformed Into a Living Language of Light, Sound, and Scent

The Grimaldi Forum’s bold summer exhibition Couleurs! offers a surprising and exquisitely orchestrated experience for the senses.

NATJA IGNEY2 July, 2025

FondationMaeght Photo Olivier Amsellem Archives Fondation Maeght

Exhibitions

Fondation Maeght Celebrates its 60 Year Anniversary with a Landmark Bonnard-Matisse Exhibition

This summer’s grand event is dedicated to two titans of French arts whose close friendship put its mark on 20th century painting

NATJA IGNEY20 July, 2024

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Summer Exhibitions Part 1: The Eastern Route – Where the World Comes to Visit

The French-Italian border region has traditionally been a haven for travelers, artists and nobility. A number of top notch exhibitions between Tende and...

NATJA IGNEY19 July, 2019