Stunning violet sea snails have recently made a surprise appearance along La Jolla Shores, riding in on a warm ocean current.

In the southern hills of the Mexico state of Coahuila, water bubbles from below the surface to create crystal clear pools ...

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When Alex Matisse founded East Fork Pottery, in Asheville, N.C., he didn't want to use the name of his great-grandfather, artist Henri Matisse. But after business took off, Alex decided it was ...

When Alex Matisse founded East Fork Pottery, in Asheville, N.C., he didn't want to use the name of his great-grandfather, artist Henri Matisse. But after business took off, Alex decided it was ...

Alex Matisse wanted to go in his own creative direction with East Fork. Now he’s weaving in aspects of his famous great-grandfather’s work.

In 1899, Matisse, then a 29-year-old struggling artist, discovered Van Gogh’s work at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris. He fell in love with L’Arlesienne and wanted to buy the portrait of ...

Art History Picasso vs. Matisse: The Friendship (and Rivalry) That Shaped Modern Art Were the artists frenemies, rivals, or creative soulmates? All of the above, it seems.

Experiencing Matisse’s Joie de Vivre at Fondation Beyeler Don't miss “Matisse—Invitation to the Voyage,” a retrospective that showcases over seventy works chronicling the artist's ...

This period, often considered one of his most iconic, underscores the idea that physical disability doesn't hinder creativity ...

Made by cutting abstract forms from painted paper, the artist’s 1952 work abounds with ebullient activity suggestive of water and the sea—and is on view at the museum until it goes into ...

The Fondation Beyeler owns a group of the papiers-découpés, no doubt helping them to gather the stellar loans among 70 works in Matisse: Invitation to the Voyage.