Members Preview Lecture | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism”
Henri Matisse, Landscape at Collioure (Study for “The Joy of Life”), 1905, oil on canvas, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. © 2024 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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SOLD OUT February 24, 2024
MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture previewing the new exhibition Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism. Dita Amory, curator at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, speaks with MFAH curator Ann Dumas.
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Members Previews
Friday & Saturday, February 23 & 24, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Plan Your Visit
- This lecture takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building, and the exhibition is on the upper level.
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“Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism” was organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from:
Lead Corporate Underwriter:
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Additional generous support is provided by:
Cherie and Jim Flores
Linnet F. Deily
Nancy Pollok Guinee
Carla Knobloch
Rand Group
Polly and Murry Bowden
Bettie Cartwright
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
Rosanette S. Cullen
Samuel F. Gorman