On a recent trip to New York and its summer environs, I was struck by what was in some ways a small exhibition centered on just one painting, quite well known, that is more than 110 years old and that ...

It is one of the landmark paintings of the early 20th century: Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio," his depiction of his workroom filled with paintings and sculptures, even a plate, all of his own making ...

Henri Matisse’s interior “The Red Studio” (1911), at roughly 6 feet tall by 7 feet wide, is monumental yet intimate—somewhere between picture and picture window. The painting’s primary color is a ...

The objects in the painting are brought together in a spectacular show at the Museum of Modern Art. It’s a marvel of detective work by the curators. By Roberta Smith The Museum of Modern Art’s latest ...

Henri Matisse’s large painting “The Red Studio” (1911) is so familiar an icon of modern art that you may wonder what remains to be said—or even noticed—about it. Quite a lot, as a jewel box of a show ...