In 1905, when Henri Matisse and André Derain unveiled their work at the Salon d’Automne, which was just three years old at the time, many viewers laughed. The critic Louis Vauxcelles was simply disgusted, and declared the paintings were the work of “fauves”—wild beasts! The word eventually lost its negative connotation, but the two artists did indeed go a little wild when they created these paintings. They had spent the summer in the quaint fishing town of Collioure, painting side by side in the village, capturing the Pyrenees, the boats in the harbor, the fish market, and passersby in oil paint straight from the tube. “We were always intoxicated with color,” Derain said, “with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors live.” This exhibition presents 65 paintings from their “wild” summer, and is similar to the exhibition running at the Kunstmuseum Basel, also through January 21. —Elena Clavarino