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Singing Acquavella

The fabulous new Matisse exhibition at the Acquavella Galleries is a testament to the surging interest in a sometimes overlooked artist—as well as to the masterful stewardship of the Acquavella family, which created and still controls the modern Matisse market.

Acquavella Gallery, Henri Matisse
Upstairs, there’s a room dominated by a set of bronze heads that Acquavella sold to Glenstone. The room is also lined with works of exceptional provenance, including a strong painting of a seated female nude viewed from behind. Photo: Kent Pell/Courtesy of Acquavella Galleries/© 2026 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Marion Maneker
April 10, 2026

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Henri Matisse seems inescapable this year, with museum shows at the Grand Palais in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, SFMoMA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. There’s even one at the Morris Museum, in Morristown, New Jersey, with 71 Matisse drawings from the Mourlot family archive on display. The Mourlots were master lithographers, and the show documents the production of the artist’s books, which preoccupied him during his last 15 years.