Want to see the late work of one of the giants of modern art? Yep? Then you need to get yourself to Ushaw in Durham where you feast on a veritable buffet of good stuff.

The Irish novelist Edna O’Brien died in July, aged 93, with many of her obituarists noting that she did her best work in her later years. It’s a claim not made about many people who’ve plied their trade in the arts – late bloomings are rare – but I think it’s fair to say that Matisse positively flourished in the last decade of his life. He, through his paintings and sculptures, was already one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, but his later, cut out works, have become some of his best-known pieces. He made them by cutting painted sheets of paper with scissors, and then arranging the pieces into lively compositions, and this show includes some of his most famous lithographic prints including ‘The Snail’ and the ‘Blues Nudes’ series. File under: An Absolute Treat. RM

Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, 7 September-10 November, Ushaw, Durham, ushaw.org