The arts embraces the elderly with 'late period' Matisse and Turner, and writers over 80 Instead, she said, the over-80s should be encouraged to turn their hand to writing plays without being put off by stereotypes. She is now searching for octogenarians to sign up to the Royal Court "Big Idea" project, where they will spend an evening honing their skills. Elsewhere, the Tate galleries announced three major exhibitions of works by Matisse, Mondrian and Turner for 2014. Both the Matisse, which will be held at the Tate Modern, and the Turner, at Tate Britain, will focus on the artists" "late period," produced after each were expected to retire. The Matisse exhibition will feature an unprecedented 120 of his famous cut outs; a technique he developed in his 70s after becoming seriously ill. David Blayney Brown, co-curator of Late Turner: Painting Set Free, said the exhibition would feature work from 1835 onwards, when the Turner turned 60. "At the time, it was thought of as a grand old age and time to hang up his hat," he said. Instead he went on a hugely ambitious tour of Europe and adapted his style and technique to keep looking forward.