Exploring Matisse’s ‘Wild Palette’: Can AI offer new ways to connect with art?

Breadcrumb Company News Outreach & Initiatives Arts & Culture Exploring Matisse’s ‘Wild Palette’: Can AI offer new ways to connect with art? { "reading_time": "[[read\u002Dtime]] min read" } May 13, 2026 · Share x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link SFMOMA partners with Google Arts & Culture to explore the world of Henri Matisse using Google’s advanced video generation model, Veo to coincide with their landmark exhibition, Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal. Christopher Bedford Helen and Charles Schwab Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Amit Sood VP, Google Arts & Culture Share x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link { "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "VideoObject", "name": "Explore the vibrant world of Matisse with SFMOMA and Google Arts & Culture", "description": "femme au chapeau painting", "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/j6qEURTDUwA/maxresdefault.webp", "uploadDate": "2026-05-13T15:00:00+00:00", "contentUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6qEURTDUwA", "embedUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/j6qEURTDUwA" } Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to article This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental [[duration]] minutes Voice Speed Voice Speed 0.75X 1X 1.5X 2X SFMOMA’s exhibition Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal stages the 1905 debut of Matisse’s Femme au chapeau at the Salon d’Automne in Paris. At the time, the painting shocked audiences with its radical use of non-naturalistic colors and wildly expressive brushwork.Matisse’s departure from convention started a new movement called Fauvism — the work of “wild beasts." Matisse had an expansive imagination, inviting viewers into boldly rendered subjects unbound by the limits of reality.Today, that same spirit of boundary-breaking is embraced through a partnership between SFMOMA and Google Arts & Culture. Moving beyond the confines of the canvas, our latest collaboration uses Google AI to...