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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were two of the twentieth century's greatest rivals.

And yet no two artists inspired each other more.

Their paintings and sculpture record a timeless dialogue that even death could not silence.


Bois/BrettellConversations with exhibition curator Dr. Yve-Alain Bois, Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Professor of Modern Art at Harvard University and Dr. Richard Brettell, Professor of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Conversations:
The Modernist Mission
Matisse
Picasso
An Artistic Exchange
Rivals or Friends?

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