04-08-2017 10:30 via theguardian.com

Henri Matisse and Stephen Sutcliffe: this week’s best UK exhibitions

The French painter’s art collection is the focus at the Royal Academy, while class and sexuality in the 1960s are examined at Talbot Rice GalleryThe art collection that Matisse built over a lifetime, from Kongo masks to north African furniture, has a starring role in his paintings and this exhibition. Born in 1869, Matisse lived more than a third of his life in the 19th century and was schooled in its conventions. In the 1900s, he played a leading part in turning those conventions upside d
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