Henry McBride, art critic of the Sun, valiantly defended the new art, including “Matisse pink,” a color that Americans had never objected to in their watermelons. Chicago, which was determined ...

Courageous accents abound—a decanter stopper catches the light with a potpourri of crimson, orange, pink and viridian—but the overall effect is muted. Captivated by Paul Cézanne, Matisse was ...

I'm Denise Mina and I'm a writer. I write detective novels and comics and plays, and I love observing. Most people don't observe. Most people don't trust what they see, but as a writer you want to ...