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Phyllis Tuchman reviews Matisse in the Studio at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on view through July 9, 2017. Tuchman writes: "Though he closely observed his subjects, [Matisse] generally rendered them with a twist depending on his interests of the moment. Has any other show in recent times made us so acutely aware of
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Phyllis Tuchman reviews Seurat's Circus Sideshow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on view through May 29, 2017. Tuchman writes: "As in his other major works, Seurat was portraying an actual place in Circus Sideshow (Parade de Cirque)... A sequence of nine gas lamps perched above the temporary stage illuminates the scene; another
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Phyllis Tuchman reviews Matisse/Diebenkorn at the Baltimore Museum of Art, on view through January 29, 2017. Tuchman asserts: "Astonishingly, Diebenkorn’s paintings in Baltimore are never overshadowed, as you might expect, by Matisse’s masterpieces. The American ... doesn’t just hold his own: he actually upstages Matisse... Like Matisse, he’s become the type of artist we expect