Matisse’s explosive finale and a brand new chapter for Hong Kong? Plus, Schiaparelli and Dalí—podcast – The Artwork Newspaper

The Grand Palais in Paris this week unveiled an infinite exhibition specializing in the ultimate 13 years of Henri Matisse’s life and work, a undertaking conceived by the Centre Pompidou. The present consists of ample examples of the celebrated gouache cut-outs, his works for the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, and his ultimate work, drawings, and illustrated books, amongst a lot else. Ben Luke interviews the exhibition’s curator, the Centre Pompidou’s Claudine Grammont, in Paris.

The most recent version of Artwork Basel Hong Kong opened this week amid a lot uncertainty in regards to the Hong Kong artwork world after a chronic downturn within the Chinese language economic system. But, some commentators are suggesting that Hong Kong has turned a nook. The Artwork Newspaper’s chief contributing editor, Gareth Harris, has been in Hong Kong this week and tells us what he found.

And for this episode’s Work of the Week, we give attention to a associated portray and costume. The portray is Salvador Dalí’s Necrophiliac Spring (1936), which was owned by the style designer Elsa Schiaparelli; the costume is the Tears Gown with Veil, from Schiaparelli’s Circus Assortment of 1938, made with a cloth designed by Dalí. The portray and the garment are in Schiaparelli: Style Turns into Artwork on the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which opens this weekend, and Ben talks to Rosalind McKeever, one of many three curators of the exhibition, in regards to the pairing.

Matisse 1941-1954, Grand Palais, Paris, till 26 July. You may learn extra on the present, and get the total particulars on a wealth of Matisse reveals opening in varied museums and galleries in 2026, on the web site or app.Artwork Basel Hong Kong continues till Sunday, 29 March.Schiaparelli: Style Turns into Artwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 28 March-8 November