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MATISSE. The World in a Room<\/h1>

08 October 2026 \u2013 21 February 2027<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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In Milan, MUDEC presents Matisse. The World in a Room <\/em><\/strong>an exhibition project that explores the deep connection between Henri Matisse<\/strong> (Le Cateau-Cambr\u00e9sis, 1869 \u2013 Nice, 1954) and the cultures he encountered through his studies and travels beyond European borders<\/strong>. The exhibition investigates a central issue that has long remained in the background: the role that African, Islamic, Russian, Pacific, and Chinese art played in shaping Matisse’s language, helping to redefine the boundaries of Western modernism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition, produced by 24 ORE Cultura \u2013 Gruppo Il Sole 24 ORE and promoted by the Municipality of Milan \u2013 Culture<\/strong>, is organized in collaboration with the Mus\u00e9e Matisse in Nice <\/strong>and is supported by Unipol as Main Sponsor, with Turisanda1924<\/strong> (the exclusive travel brand of Alpitour World), Enel, and BPER Banca acting as Sponsors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curated by Ellen McBreen and Chiara Gatti<\/strong>, the exhibition layout is developed across eight thematic sections <\/strong>and brings together around 100 works<\/strong>\u2014including paintings, works on paper, and sculptures\u2014from major international institutions. Lenders include the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection in New York, the MoMA, the Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019Orangerie, the Mus\u00e9e Picasso, the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay, the Mus\u00e9e du Quai Branly, the Bargello Museum in Florence, and MUDEC itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the artworks, a selection of objects and textiles<\/strong>\u2014fundamental presences in the artist’s imagination\u2014reflects the richness of Matisse’s dialogues with distant cultures and traditions. Coming from the Mus\u00e9e Matisse in Nice, the Museum of Civilizations (Museum of Rome), and other institutions, these artifacts allow visitors to deepen their understanding of the role of forms, decorative motifs, and materials in his research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Particular attention is devoted to major decorative projects and artist’s books<\/strong>: from the monumental diptych Oc\u00e9anie<\/em> to the celebrated plates of Jazz<\/em>, from Mallarm\u00e9’s Po\u00e9sies<\/em> to Montherlant’s Pasipha\u00e9<\/em>, up to the preparatory drawings for the Rosary Chapel in Vence, the mature synthesis of Matisse’s artistic research. The itinerary is enriched by period photographs, including several previously unpublished shots taken by the artist himself in Morocco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matisse. The World in a Room <\/em><\/strong> offers an opportunity to critically reread concepts such as otherness, primitivism, and orientalism<\/strong>, fitting into the contemporary debate on the relationships between modern art, nationalism, and colonial culture. The exhibition stems from recent and partly unpublished research, inviting visitors to look at Matisse’s work from a broader perspective, attentive to the cultural exchanges that accompanied its evolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What distinguishes the project is the precision with which it reconstructs these encounters, avoiding reducing them to a generic “oriental” imaginary or a single area of influence. In fact, diverse suggestions coexist within Matisse’s visual universe: Islamic arabesques, the geometries of Romanian costumes, Yoruba Gelede masks, and medieval Russian icons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following these traces means going beyond the immediate elegance of his works to grasp their complexity, tensions, and ambiguities. It is precisely from the encounter between distant worlds that a visual language was born, capable of challenging conventions and leaving a deep mark on twentieth-century art<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n

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