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World-first: Matisse exhibition marks Gallery of Modern Art’s 5th anniversary

BRISBANE.- Arts Minister Rachel Nolan will tonight open Matisse: Drawing Life, an exclusive exhibition of Henri Matisse’s drawings and prints, showing at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art until 4 March 2012. “The highlight of GoMA’s fifth anniversary celebrations, the exhibition brings together more than 300 works from international museums, the National Gallery of Australia, and private collections, including works never previously shown or reproduced,” Ms Nolan said. “This comprehensive survey explores the extraordinary range and depth of Matisse’s graphic art, providing a new understanding of this great and influential artist.” Ms Nolan said the exhibition was curated especially for Brisbane by Céline Chicha-Castex, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Prints, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and independent