The art critic Robert Hughes called Marc Chagall (1887–1985) “the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century.” His greatness was twofold, however. Some considered Chagall the best Jewish artist; others, a modernist pioneer. Born in Belarus in 1887, Chagall relocated to Paris in 1910 and would live most of his long life in France, leaving the country for the duration of both World Wars. Upon his second return, he settled in the Côte d’Azur, not far from Matisse, who was in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and Picasso, who lived in Vallauris. Clowns, acrobats, and lovers swooped across Chagall’s later paintings. “When Matisse dies,” Picasso famously stated in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.” This exhibition of 100 artworks covers Chagall’s career from 1925 until his death in 1985. —Elena Clavarino