Other activities · May 2, 2024 Matisse: “The Red Studio” and Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colors, 1945-2015: two major exhibitions at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

Following the resounding success of its Mark Rothko retrospective, the Fondation Louis Vuitton is presenting two concurrent exhibitions from May 4 to September 9, 2024, in a tribute to two major figures in the history art. "Matisse: The Red Studio" and "Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colors, 1945-2015" bring together an exceptional selection of paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings. In addition, to mark the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, the Fondation is also presenting selected works from its Collection around the theme of sports, offering a novel and poetic take on this major global event.

Matisse: The Red Studio.

In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York and the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (National Gallery of Denmark), the Fondation Louis Vuitton is hosting the exhibition "Matisse: The Red Studio", centered on the genesis and history of the famous 1911 masterpiece, one of MoMA's iconic works since its acquisition in 1949. In this vast canvas, the artist depicts his studio, filled with his paintings and sculptures and decorative objects. The exhibition reunites the artworks shown in The Red Studio for the first time since they left Matisse's studio in Issy- les-Moulineaux, and also includes rare archival material and related paintings and drawings, placing the creation of the painting and its exceptional itinerary in perspective. The core of the exhibition is the painting The Red Studio itself, displayed along with the six paintings, three sculptures and ceramic shown in the painting, which were done between 1898 and 1911.