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World Service,3 mins

Matisse’s colourful cut-outs go on show

Newshour

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The French painter Henri Matisse was in his seventies when he turned to an entirely new kind of art. Cutting out coloured shapes from paper may sound like child's play - but a big new show at Tate Modern in London shows what can be done with an apparently simple technique. Our arts correspondent Vincent Dowd had a look. (Photo: A gallery assistant in front of 'L'Escargot' by French artist Henri Matisse at the Tate Modern gallery in London. Credit: LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)

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