NewsMuseums
Baltimore Museum of Art to create a Matisse study centre
Museum will draw on its 1,200 works by the artist to help further scholarship
NewsAuction
Multi-million-dollar Matisse fails to find a buyer at Toronto auction
The French Modern master’s oil painting Femme assise sur un balcon was withdrawn from a Canadian sale after bidding stalled below the reserve price
NewsLaw
US Supreme Court declines to review a challenge to the National Gallery's ownership of a Matisse
Grandchildren of muse depicted in 1908 painting exhaust their US appeals
NewsObituaries
Matisse expert and archivist Wanda de Guebriant has died, aged 69
The only authorised authenticator of the artist’s work started her 40-year career as an assistant to Matisse’s daughter, Marguerite Duthuit
NewsLaw
Court rejects claim to Matisse owned by National Gallery
Rebuffing heirs, an appeals panel in New York says the court lacks jurisdiction
NewsArt market
Rockefeller heavy-hitters pull in $646m for charity at Christie's
Evening auction featuring the family's most valuable works set new records for Monet and Matisse
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US university museum announces controversial sell-off
Christie’s sale of 46 works from La Salle collection, by artists such as Matisse and Degas, has angered arts professionals
NewsAcquisitions
Rockefeller's Matisse and Léger fireplaces reunited in Houston
Museum of Fine Arts confirms acquisition to bring together Modern masterpieces originally commissioned for billionaire's Manhattan penthouse
NewsHenri Matisse
Victory for Matisse family in $4.5m cut-out battle with dealer
Paris art dealer Jérôme Le Blay ordered to hand over works to artist’s descendants
NewsHenri Matisse
Matisse’s heirs claim two cut-outs worth $4.5m
French appeal court to decide case brought by company based in Hong Kong against artist’s family