In autumn 2024, the Fondation Beyeler will hold the first Henri Matisse retrospective in the German-speaking world in almost 20 years. Featuring over 70 works from major European and American museums and private collections, the exhibition will highlight the development and diversity of the artist’s ground-breaking oeuvre. The exhibition takes as its starting point Charles Baudelaire’s poem Invitation to the Voyage, 1857. In fact, Matisse's work contains numerous leitmotifs and key themes that are also at the centre of Baudelaire's poem.. Matisse ranks among the most famous exponents of modern art. His ground-breaking work has profoundly influenced generations of artists, from his contemporaries up to the present day. In freeing colour from the motif and simplifying forms, he redefined painting and imbued art with a hitherto unknown lightness.
Matisse
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Invitation to the Voyage
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In the "Bodybuilding" section, the Swiss magazine annabelle focuses on the female body - photographed naked, unretouched but aesthetically pleasing - and allows the subjects to talk about their ...
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Escapism refers to the flight from reality into illusions or pleasures. The intensely colorful works of Henri Matisse and his dreamy motifs also serve as an impetus for many to embark on a mental ...
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This "Friday Beyeler", artists David Karl Max and Michael Ray-Von invite plant scientist Sibylle Lustenberger to explore the fascinating ways plants take form. Enjoy a relaxed evening out at the ...
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The relationship between the artist and his model is complex. Henri Matisse's oeuvre contains many female nudes, which often appear captured and objectified by the artist's gaze. How could they be ...
