Why does the artist choose joy when the whole world is collapsing? The lecture at the "Arsenal" is an opportunity to see how color, light, and courage became for Matisse a true art of happiness. His canvases are like an ode to life and harmony. What do you feel when you look at a painting full of sunlight, juicy shades, and almost childlike simplicity of forms? If it’s joy - you are on the wave of Henri Matisse. He was a master of Fauvism and an apologist for color, light, and inner harmony. And also - a person who, in an era of destruction, chose to create art full of life and warmth. This is what the lecture "Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Henri Matisse. Bright Colors, Hot Days" will be about. The meeting will be conducted by Rimma Gaze - a cultural expert and leading specialist of the Volga-Vyatka branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.