Matisse at the Grand Palais

Matisse at the Grand Palais: The Brilliance of His Final Works from 03/24 to 07/26/2026

The Grand Palais is dedicating a major exhibition to the final years of Henri Matisse's career, one of the undisputed masters of modern art. Entitled Matisse. 1941–1954, this retrospective highlights a period when, despite illness, the artist reinvented himself and achieved exceptional creative freedom.

The exhibition features paintings, drawings, and above all, the famous cut-out gouaches, a revolutionary technique through which Matisse composed vast, vibrantly colored compositions. Iconic works such as Jazz, The Sorrow of the King, and the celebrated Blue Nudes bear witness to this explosion of form and color. Conceived as an immersion into the artist's studio, the exhibition reveals a Matisse more inventive than ever, for whom color became a language in its own right. A luminous and inspiring exhibition, essential viewing for rediscovering the creative force of a giant of 20th-century art.