Can anything essentially new be said about a canonical modernist painting? An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art invites us to look anew at this strange Matisse masterpiece.
Henri Matisse’s cut-outs are works of brilliant and dimensional complexity, works that were not quite painting, not quite sculpture, and — this was the really radical part — not necessarily permanent. Matisse said this was the best work of his long career.
Gotta give Tom Sturridge credit for doing a hell of an acting job in the premiere when his job is to give a convincing hour-long performance while 1) mute, 2) naked, 3) in a fishbowl
