This is going to be a fall art season of the dead white men. Yet again. Major exhibits will feature work by Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.
Cezanne's portraits of his wife, Hortense, will be presented in a show at the Metropolitan Museum. Picasso’s portraits of his last wife Jacqueline Roque will be at the Pace Gallery. And Matisse’s cut-outs will be at the Museum of Modern Art.
In this interview, WNYC art critic Deborah Solomon said that despite the lack of diversity, it’s going to be a great season. “Now that we are in the 21st century, we can look back and say that the 20th century was a true Renaissance, it was a golden age," she said. "Picasso, Matisse, Cezanne — these are our classics and I am happy to look at them again."
The shows Solomon is looking forward to:
Cezanne at the Met:
“In some ways, his paintings of apples are much more sensuous than his paintings of Hortense Cezanne. I have a feeling we will come to think more of Madame Cezanne after we see the show at the Met.”
Matisse at MoMA:
“Matisse’s cut outs prove that you can do joyful work that runs very deep.”
Annie Liebowitz at New York Historical Society:
“I think she does deserve consideration as a serious artist, as opposed to just a photographer of celebrities.”
Plus, Marcel Dzama at David Zwirner, Justine Kurland at Mitchell Innes & Nash, and Roxy Paine at Marianne Boesky.
And the show Solomon is most dreading:
Killer Heels at the Brooklyn Museum:
“Generally I find that high heels are obsolete — they de-center and de-stabilize women.”
How about you? Which art shows are you excited to see and which ones you will skip? Join the conversation.
