At the Gallery we are constantly looking for new avenues to develop stronger connections with our audiences. Our online dialogues have grown significantly in recent years and we have been overwhelmed by the positive responses we have had to past virtual forums. We believe now is the right time to offer a permanent, multi-voiced blog,…
A frequent question to curators and directors of art museums by media and visitors is ‘How long did it take to put the exhibition together?’ Of course there is no single answer, but on average, exhibitions of the scale and breadth of ‘Matisse: Drawing life’ take years rather than months. In this case it is…
My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotion. The simplification of the medium allows that. At the same time, these drawings are more complete than they may appear to some people who confuse them with a sketch. Henri Matisse, ‘Notes of a painter on his drawing’, 1939 Henri Matisse wrote…